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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #603
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #603 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: 04/19/1988
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: No cover date. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. The letters column is letters about the Wild Dog mini-series of 1987.

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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kyle Baker (signed)
Inker(s): Kyle Baker (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]
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Pages: 1
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Retribution!

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]
Synopsis: Authorities believe that John Stewart crashed the F-14 into Coast City. Hal Jordan and Star Sapphire battle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3859
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #602; continues in Action Comics Weekly #604. Spelling "Zamorans" is used in this story.
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Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly

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 [Carlo DiRienzi]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Melanie Sommers
Synopsis: The new Secret Six receives their orders and begins action, while the death of the old Secret Six is discovered.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3632
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #602; continues in Action Comics Weekly #604.
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Chapter Three: Talaoc's Tale!

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; Mr. Combs; Mr. Currier
Synopsis: Deadman questions Talaoc while the C.I.A. discovers weapons in the pyramid Talaoc was entombed in.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3746
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #602; continues in Action Comics Weekly #604.
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More Powerful Than a Locomotive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Beatty
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Editor(s): Mike Carlin (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Charles Culpepper
Synopsis: Superman chases Bob Galt's would-be assassins, one kills another and 2 are captured.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-3701
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #602; continues in Action Comics Weekly #604.
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Moral Stand, Chapter Three: Censored

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Allan Collins
Penciller(s): Terry Beatty
Inker(s): John Nyberg (uncredited)
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): Jack Wheeler [Wild Dog]; Lt. Andy Flint; B. Lyle Layman (villain); Lou Godder; Susan King; Helen Scournt; Legion of Morality (villains)
Synopsis: The police begin an investigation into the destruction of Readworld, and Lt. Flint proposes that Jack Wheeler go undercover in the Legion of Morality, which is establishing a new office in the Quad Cities.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3714
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #602; continues in Action Comics Weekly #604. John Nyberg as the inker is inferred from previous issues, as none is listed for this story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Gold
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
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Pages: 2
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Another Fine War, Chapter 3

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
Synopsis: Cynthia Hastings helps outfit Blackhawk for the job.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3828
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #602; continues in Action Comics Weekly #604. Should be labeled as Part 3, not Chapter 3 to match other parts.

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