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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #602
Publication Date: May 1988
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Issues: #602 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: 04/12/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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: No cover date. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. No letter column.

On-sale date from Direct Currents #3, confirmed from copyright registration.
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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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Green Lantern Learns the Meaning of Fear!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Pérez
Inker(s): George Pérez
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly #601.
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Requiem

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 (dead); John Stewart; Arisia; Kilowog
Synopsis: Hal Jordan attempts and fails to stop Star Saphire's rampage.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3858
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603. Spelling "Zamorans" is used in this story.
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Chapter Two: Showdown

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; Professor Fulgencio Flores; Talaoc (villain); Mr. Jones
Synopsis: Deadman discovers that C.I.A. section chief Grace Kasaba has been possessed by Talaoc, who tries to fight Deadman.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3704
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.
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Moral Stand, Chapter Two: Dog Gone

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; Susan King; Len [Susan King's camerman]; B. Lyle Layman (introduction, villain); Lou Godder; Mr. H. Hovey (introduction); Helen Scournt (introduction); Reverend Smuggworthy (introduction); Legion of Morality
Synopsis: The Legion of Morality begins an attack on pornography while Wild Dog lays low.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3677
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.
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They Can Run, but They Can't Hide!

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; Charles Culpepper
Synopsis: Bob Galt's would-be assassins try to escape from Superman.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-3700
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.
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Look What Fell Out of the Sky Today

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] (dies); Secret Six [King Savage (dies); Lili Deneuve (dies); Kit Langman (dies); Carlo DiRienzi; Tiger Force (dies)]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]
Synopsis: Five of the original Secret Six (all except Carlo DiRienzi) die by saboteurs, while the new Secret Six receive their gear.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3631
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Power of the Atom

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian Augustyn
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Focus
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3204
Disclose Notes: Article relates the history of The Atom (Ray Palmer).
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Another Fine War, Part 2

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; Mr. Zalecki
Synopsis: Blackhawk excapes from Mr. Zalecki and his friends with the help of Cynthia Hastings, and she outlines a job for him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3827
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.

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