Action Comics Weekly
#637
(January 31, 1989)
DC,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly with the exception of the last week of the year
- On-sale Date
- 1988-12-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor); Dick Giordano (excutive editor)
Issue Notes
Contains a promo feature, "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series.
See Hollywood and Die!
Speedy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jerome Moore (signed)
- Inks
- Jerome Moore (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Speedy [Roy Harper]; Luana; common crook
- Reprints
-
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #72 (Março 1992)
-
Exiles, Part 2
Speedy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Mark Verheiden
- Pencils
- Louis Williams
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4360
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Life's full of little ironies, isn't it?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Owen Burley; William Rettick; Mr. Pelham; Luana
- Synopsis
- Speedy thwarts a mugging and continues to track his private investigator assignment.
- Reprints
- in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #72 (Março 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
Never Trust a Demon!
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-4356
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Never trust a demon.
- Genre
- superhero; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Demon [Etrigan]; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack
- Synopsis
- Jason Blood convinces Etrigan to leave a boy alone and begins tracking Morgaine Le Fey.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
[First Day at Work]
Hero Hotline / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Stephen DeStefano
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- Bob Rozakis
- Letters
- Agustin Más
- Editing
- Brian Augustyn (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4477
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hero Hotline, good morning.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hero Hotline: The Coordinator [Harry] (Tex Thomson's first appearance as The Coordinator); Diamondette [Diana Theotocopoulos] (introduction); Hotshot [Billy Lefferts] (introduction, joins team, adopts codename in #638); Microwavabelle [Belle Jackson] (introduction); Mr. Muscle/Flex [Sturgis Butterfield] (introduction, changed name from Mr. Muscle to Flex); Private Eyes [Lester W. Lee] (introduction); Soozie-Q [500-ZQ] (introduction); Stretch [Tom Longacre] (introduction); Voice-Over [Andy Greenwald] (introduction)
Melanie Boulder (first mentioned, introduction in #638); Irma Lefferts (introduction, mother of Billy Lefferts/Hotshot, first name revealed in Hero Hotline #1); unnamed villain (introduction, next in #638) - Synopsis
- A new employee joins Hero Hotline and a villain takes one of the heroes hostage.
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Hero Hotline.
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
The Power of Darkseid!
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Bill Oakley
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darkseid! I should have seen your handwork in this!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Darkseid; Mr. Jacobs; Mr. Billings; John Hodges
- Synopsis
- Darkseid tells Superman why he created a holy war and captures the 3 leaders of The Consortium. Darkseid notes that 34 people have died in his experiment.
- Reprints
-
in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Brian Augustyn
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (cover preview)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (cover preview)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3571
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, we're a half year into the weekly status of...
- Characters
- The Demon
Luck Be a Lady
Phantom Lady / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Len Strazewski
- Pencils
- Chuck Austen
- Inks
- Gary Martin
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Mark Waid (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4520
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No Sarah, Guerrehart wasn't in any of the files...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Mr. Farid
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Lady collects some information from an arms dealer.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
Invasion-Aftermath!
Daily Planet / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adams]
Indexer Notes
Information on the Invasion series. Characters are mentioned, not depicted.
Crack Up, Chapter Two: Easy M$ney
Wild Dog / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty
- Inks
- John Nyberg
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Editing
- Brian Augustyn (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4445
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All ya gotta do, Georgie, is play lookout for the homeboys inside.
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Georgie Washington (dies); Willie Wallace; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway
- Synopsis
- The police kill Georgie Washington accidentally in a crack house raid.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
See Hollywood and Die!
Speedy -
1.
Exiles, Part 2
Speedy -
2.
Never Trust a Demon!
The Demon -
3.
[First Day at Work]
Hero Hotline -
4.
The Power of Darkseid!
Superman -
5.
["Well, we're a half year into the weekly status of..."]
Action Comics Weekly -
6.
Luck Be a Lady
Phantom Lady -
7.
Invasion-Aftermath!
Daily Planet -
8.
Crack Up, Chapter Two: Easy M$ney
Wild Dog
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