Action Comics Weekly
#613
(August 16, 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
- 1988-06-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Nightwing Flies Again!
Nightwing / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies (DC, 2013 series) ([October] 2013), ([October] 2013)
-
Head Trip
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Peter David
- Pencils
- Tod Smith
- Inks
- Tod Smith
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
- Job Number
- G-3787
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Mind Games; Arisia; Lt. Burt Rensaleer; Cynthia Gresham; Myrwhydden (hallucination); Goldface [Keith Kenyon] (hallucination); Black Hand [William Hand] (hallucination); Sinestro (hallucination); The Shark (hallucination); Hector Hammond (hallucination); Star Sapphire (hallucination)
- Synopsis
- Hal Jordan defeats Mind Games and discovers he is totally without fear. He then asks his ring to show him why. Meanwhile, Arisia accepts a modeling job.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #612; continues in Action Comics Weekly #614.
The Cheshire Contract! [Chapter One]
Nightwing / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Chuck Patton
- Inks
- Tom Poston
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman
- Editing
- Barbara Kesel (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3843
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [Jade]
- Synopsis
- Nightwing gets unexpected help from Speedy to break up a smuggling ring, then Speedy asks Nightwing to help him stop Cheshire from her next murder.
- Reprints
-
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #50 (Maio 1990) - in Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies (DC, 2013 series) ([October] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #614.
Can't Judge a Book...
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Tom Grindberg
- Inks
- Dennis Janke
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
- Letters
- Bob Pinaha
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Bruce Gordon; Daniel Gleason; Au Puch
- Synopsis
- An ancient Mayan god is brought to life by a mystery writer and attacks the Phantom Stranger.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #614.
Wicked Business!
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4082
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Bob Galt; John Hodges; Charles Culpepper
- Synopsis
- The Consortium decides to eliminate Charles Culpepper and Superman, while Superman goes hunting for them.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #612; continues in Action Comics Weekly #614.
The Tin Roof Club, Part 3
Catwoman / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Mindy Newell
- Pencils
- Barry Kitson
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Carrie Spiegle
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
- Job Number
- G-4022
- Genre
- adventure; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; George Flannery; Holly (dies); Arthur
- Synopsis
- Catwoman hunts down Holly's husband after he kills Holly and steals the missing brooch.
- Reprints
-
in Green Arrow (Play Press, 1990 series) #14 (Maggio 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #612, continues in Action Comics Weekly #614.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Brian Augustyn
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (cover preview)
- Inks
- Ty Templeton (cover preview)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3320
Bitter Fruit, Part 5
Black Canary / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Sharon Wright
- Pencils
- Randy DuBurke
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4024
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dinah Lance; Rita Librado; Luis Librado; Barry Neiman; Doug Vallines (on telephone); Gary DeMott; William B. MacDonald; Jake; Vincent Scales; Ellen Waverly; Hank Beecham
- Synopsis
- Black Canary questions the Librados, while problems develop at an INS office and Vincent Scales' people beat up a forger the Librados used.
- Reprints
-
in Green Arrow (Zinco, 1989 series) #5 (September 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #612; continues in Action Comics Weekly #614.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Nightwing Flies Again!
Nightwing -
1.
Head Trip
Green Lantern -
2.
The Cheshire Contract! [Chapter One]
Nightwing -
3.
Can't Judge a Book...
The Phantom Stranger -
4.
Wicked Business!
Superman -
5.
The Tin Roof Club, Part 3
Catwoman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
7.
Bitter Fruit, Part 5
Black Canary
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