Action Comics Weekly
#636
(January 24, 1989)
DC,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly with the exception of the last week of the year
- On-sale Date
- 1988-12-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Issue Notes
Contains a promo feature, "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series.
[no title indexed]
Phantom Lady / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Etrigan The Demon; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]
Indexer Notes
Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly #635. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Exiles [Part 1]
Speedy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Mark Verheiden
- Pencils
- Lewis Williams
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4359
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Speedy [Roy Harper]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback); Cheshire [Jade] (flashback); Lian Harper; Owen Burley; Geniello; Mrs. Estavez
- Synopsis
- Speedy tries to get a job as a private investigator, and is accosted by a mugger.
- Reprints
-
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #72 (Março 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
[The Book of Pandemonium] or ["And Etrigan Waits"]
The Demon / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Alan Grant
- Pencils
- Mark Pacella
- Inks
- Bill Wray
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Dan Raspler (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4338
- Genre
- superhero; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Demon [Etrigan]; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack; Malefik
- Synopsis
- Jason Blood reluctantly performs an exorcism and calls upon Etrigan to help.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
All That Jazz
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Andy Kubert
- Inks
- Andy Kubert
- Colors
- Adam Kubert
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Editing
- Renee Witterstaetter (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4454
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Loblow Jones; Ezra Griffith; Esther Griffith; Billie; Barbie; Sid
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Stranger breaks a magic spell that a muscian was using to steal children.
- Reprints
- in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #76 (Julho 1992)
-
The Face and the Voice!
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Bill Oakley
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4462
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Darkseid; Bob Galt; Mother Tierra
- Synopsis
- Superman chases the Consortium away after they lose their power, and is confronted by Darkseid.
- Reprints
-
in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #635; continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Pencils
- Jerome Moore (cover preview)
- Inks
- Jerome Moore (cover preview)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Daddy's Girl
Phantom Lady / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Len Strazewski
- Pencils
- Chuck Austen
- Inks
- Gary Martin
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- John Costanza; Todd Klein (feature logo design)
- Editing
- Mark Waid (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4519
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dee Tyler [Phantom Lady]; Marie; Sarah; Mrs. Peel; Ms. Knight; Albert A. Tyler; Roger Richter; Edwin Guerrehart; Gronk
- Synopsis
- Dee Tyler graduates from college and comes home to find her father in trouble.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Crack Up, Chapter One: Wrong Turn
Wild Dog / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty
- Inks
- John Nyberg
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Editing
- Brian Augustyn (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4414
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Georgie Washington; Willie Wallace
- Synopsis
- Wild Dog injures a crack dealer and gives a job to a poor youngster.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Phantom Lady -
1.
Exiles [Part 1]
Speedy -
2.
[The Book of Pandemonium] or ["And Etrigan Waits"]
The Demon -
3.
All That Jazz
The Phantom Stranger -
4.
The Face and the Voice!
Superman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
6.
Daddy's Girl
Phantom Lady -
7.
Crack Up, Chapter One: Wrong Turn
Wild Dog -
8.
Invasion-Aftermath!
Daily Planet
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