(February 28, 1989)
- 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
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Editing:
- Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going
Issue Notes
Contains 6 stories. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.
[no title indexed]
Wild Dog / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Rick Burchett
- Inks:
- Rick Burchett
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- Robert Greenberger (cover)
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]
Indexer Notes
Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 639, but previously credited in the GCD index to Terry Beatty.
Exiles ([Part] 5)
Speedy / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mark Verheiden
- Pencils:
- Frank Springer
- Inks:
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colors:
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters:
- Tim Harkins
- Editing:
- Robert Greenberger (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4389
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Adventure
- Characters:
- Speedy [Roy Harper]; Sean Bauman [Phillip Lossner]; Donald Lossner; Dr. Fielding?; Luana; Owen Burley
- Synopsis:
- Speedy helps quell a riot at an AIDS hospice, as his client reconciles with his brother.
Indexer Notes
Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 639. The "supervising physician" may not be Dr. Fielding, as Dr. Fielding was a black woman and this is a white woman.
Abandon Hope
Etrigan The Demon / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Alan Grant
- Pencils:
- Mark Pacella
- Inks:
- Bill Wray
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Editing:
- Dan Raspler (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4407
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Characters:
- Etrigan The Demon; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Asteroth; Merlin; Morgan Le Fay; Lurgo
- Synopsis:
- Morgan LeFay captures Etrigan as Glenda and Randu enter Asteroth's domain.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.
[Ready, Aim, Fire]
Hero Hotline / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- Stephen De Stefano
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors:
- Bob Ro [Bob Rozakis]
- Letters:
- Agustin Mas
- Editing:
- Brian Augustyn (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4480
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Hotshot [William Lefferts]; Flex [Sturgis Butterfield]; Stretch [Tom Longacre]; 500-2Q; Lester Lee; Voice-Over [Andy Greenwald]; Microwavabelle [Belle Jackson]; Melanie Boulder; Diamondette [Diana Theotocopoulos]; Mrs. Lefferts; Harry; Roderick C. Broderi
- Synopsis:
- Hero Hotline rescues a dog and stops a terrorist.
Indexer Notes
Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 639.
Where There's Smoke...
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters:
- Bill Oakley
- Editing:
- Mike Carlin (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4560
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Lou
- Synopsis:
- Superman rescues a man from a burning building and searches for the arsonists.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641. "Special Thanks" credit to Tom Peyer, but it is not stated what this is for (he is a writer on other stories).
Lady of The House
Phantom Lady / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Len Strazewski
- Pencils:
- Chuck Austen
- Inks:
- Gary Martin
- Colors:
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Editing:
- Mark Waid (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4523
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Edwin Guerrehart; Gronk (dies); Sarah
- Synopsis:
- Phantom Lady appears to kill Gronk while stealing the information that Mr. Guerrehart was using to blackmail her father.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.
'Tween A Rock And A Hard Place; (Crack Up Chapter 5)
Wild Dog / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Max Collins
- Pencils:
- Terry Beatty
- Inks:
- John Nyberg
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Tim Harkins
- Editing:
- Brian Augustyn (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4546
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Susan King; Lt. Andy Flint; Jimmy
- Synopsis:
- Wild Dog continues his investigation of a crack ring, killing two more members.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Exiles ([Part] 5)
Speedy -
2.
Abandon Hope
Etrigan The Demon -
3.
[Ready, Aim, Fire]
Hero Hotline -
4.
Where There's Smoke...
Superman -
5.
Lady of The House
Phantom Lady -
6.
'Tween A Rock And A Hard Place; (Crack Up Chapter 5)
Wild Dog
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- Brian Mowbray
- Donald Dale Milne
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