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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #601
Publication Date: May 1988
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Issues: #601 of 42 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/05/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of April 5, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.

No cover date. Contains a coupon which expires 4/10/88, and advertises comics on sale in March. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. Also contains a text article on the creation of Action Comics Weekly. No letter column.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): ?; Todd Klein (logo design)
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Green Lantern; Deadman; Wild Dog; Blackhawk; The Secret Six
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Priest [as James Owsley]
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Katma Tui (death); John Stewart; Arisia
Synopsis: Star Sapphire has gone mad after the loss of her Zamarons and kills Katma Tui when she comes looking for Hal Jordan.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3857
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
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Moral Stand, Chapter One: Point of Order

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Allan Collins
Penciller(s): Terry Beatty
Inker(s): John Nyberg
Colorist(s): Michele Robinson [as Michele Wolfman]
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]
Editor(s): Mike Gold (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wild Dog
Character(s): Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway; Captain Lange; Susan King; Len; Committee for Social Change (some die)
Synopsis: The Committee for Social Change takes over a Davenport City Council meeting and Wild Dog charges in, killing several members of the group and freeing the hostages.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3667
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
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Listening to the Mockingbird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle
Inker(s): Dan Spiegle
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Carrie Spiegle
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Six
Character(s): Mockingbird [August Durant]; Secret Six [King Savage; Lili Deneuve; Kit Langman; Carlo DiRienzi; Tiger Force]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna (introduction); Vic Sommers (introduction); Mitch Hoberman (introduction); Luke McKendrick (introduction); Ladonna Jameal (introduction); Dr. Maria Verdugo (introduction)] (introduction); Rafael DiRienzi (introduction); Gus (introduction)
Synopsis: Mockingbird calls his 5-year reunion of the Secret Six, at the same time calling together a new group of recruits.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3641
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602. Origin & 1st appearance of the second Secret Six.
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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Beatty
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Editor(s): Mike Carlin (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Bob Galt (introduction); Charles Culpepper (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Superman saves Bob Galt from an assassination.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-3699
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
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[Chapter One] The Section Chief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Baron
Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens
Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga
Colorist(s): Liz Berube
Letterer(s): Steve Haynie
Editor(s): Barbara Kesel [as Barbara Randall] (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Deadman
Character(s): Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba (introduction); Professor Fulgencio Flores (introduction)
Synopsis: Deadman thwarts a C.I.A. drugs-for-guns run but discovers that the C.I.A. section chief can see him.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3668
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Gold
Penciller(s): George Pérez (cover preview)
Inker(s): George Pérez (cover preview)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3185
Disclose Notes: Article discusses the creation of Action Comics Weekly and future contents. No letters.
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Another Fine War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Grell
Penciller(s): Rick Burchett
Inker(s): Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Steve Haynie
Editor(s): Mike Gold (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings (introduction); Mr. Zalecki (introduction)
Synopsis: Blackhawk is attacked by a Mr. Zalecki he may owe money to, while Cynthia Hastings is looking for him.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3812
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.

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