Action Comics Weekly
#612
(August 9, 1988)
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
- 1988-06-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
The New Secret Six... Revealed!
Secret Six / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Paul Gulacy (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Gulacy (signed)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]
Mind Over Matter
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Peter David (credited)
- Pencils
- Tod Smith (credited)
- Inks
- Tod Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited)
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Lt. Burt Rensaleer; Cynthia Gresham; Mind Games
- Synopsis
- Hal Jordan and others are turned into madmen, but Hal manages not to kill anyone and tracks down Mind Games.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #611; continues in Action Comics Weekly #613.
Out of the Frying Pan... Into the Fire
Secret Six / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle (credited)
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle (credited)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- Carrie Spiegle (credited)
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3660
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Gus Markesson; Rafael DiRienzi; Walter Fenady
- Synopsis
- Carlos DiRienzi's manager contacts the Secret Six, while they complete their second assignment and decide to unmask Mockingbird.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #611; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
Chapter Twelve: Take Us to Our Leader
Deadman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Colors
- Elizabeth Safian (credited as Liz Berube)
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Stan Kriptman; Satan; Talaoc; Major Grace Kasaba; Mr. Currier; unnamed C.I.A. agent
- Synopsis
- Deadman helps to return "Satan" to Talaoc, as he is one of his comrades.
- Reprints
-
in Super-Homem (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #85 (julho de 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #611.
Where Lurks the Evil?
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- John Beatty (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (credited) (editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Perry White; John Hodges
- Synopsis
- Superman decides to search out Bob Galt's attackers, and they decide they must destroy Superman.
- Reprints
-
in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
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Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #611; continues in Action Comics Weekly #613.
The Tin Roof Club, Part Two
Catwoman / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Mindy Newell (credited)
- Pencils
- Barry Kitson (credited)
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson (credited)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy (credited)
- Letters
- Carrie Spiegle (credited)
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
- Genre
- adventure; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; George Flannery; Holly; Willie; Jack; Frank
- Synopsis
- George Flannery attempts to arrest Catwoman but she escapes and tries to retrieve the stolen brooch from Holly.
- Reprints
-
in Green Arrow (Play Press, 1990 series) #13 (Aprile 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #611; continues in Action Comics Weekly #613.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mike Gold (credited)
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (cover preview)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (cover preview)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3301
Indexer Notes
Letters from Bob Kowalski, Richard Pachter, Louis Ambriz, J. Wilbur, Brian Saner Lamken, Kenneth Michael, Douglas S. Simpson, Jr., Doug Clark, Vincent M. Cirpriano, and Harry Craft.
Bitter Fruit, Part 4
Black Canary / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Sharon Wright (credited)
- Pencils
- Randy DuBurke (credited)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo (credited)
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited) (editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Canary [Dinah Lance; also as Bonnie Cardinal]; Oliver Queen; Rita Librado; Doug Vallines; Gary DeMott; Vincent Scales
- Synopsis
- Black Canary is knocked unconscious by Gary Demott and he tries to con her into showing him where she lives, while one of Vincent Scales men tries to kill Hector Librado.
- Reprints
-
in Green Arrow (Zinco, 1989 series) #4 (August 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #611; continues in Action Comics Weekly #613.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
The New Secret Six... Revealed!
Secret Six -
1.
Mind Over Matter
Green Lantern -
2.
Out of the Frying Pan... Into the Fire
Secret Six -
3.
Chapter Twelve: Take Us to Our Leader
Deadman -
4.
Where Lurks the Evil?
Superman -
5.
The Tin Roof Club, Part Two
Catwoman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
7.
Bitter Fruit, Part 4
Black Canary
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