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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #609
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #609 of 42 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/02/1988
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 9 (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.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Brian Bolland (signed)
Inker(s): Brian Bolland (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Black Canary
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Lance]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bitter Fruit, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sharon Wright
Penciller(s): Randy DuBurke
Inker(s): Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Steve Haynie
Editor(s): Mike Gold (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Black Canary
Character(s): Dinah Lance; Oliver Queen; Hector Librado; Luis Librado; Rita Librado; William B. MacDonald; Jake
Synopsis: Problems for an acquaintance of Dinah Lance involve crop dusting and immigration. Dinah burns the Black Canary costume with the large black collar. She no longer has the Canary Cry at this point in her life.
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In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #1 published May 1989
as Fruto amargo (1ª parte) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3853
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.
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Chapter Nine: Faux Pas

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]; Yakin; Stan Kriptman; Lynn Smyth; President Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev; Raisa Gorbachev
Synopsis: Deadman and Yakin battle in the bodies of President Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and their wives.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3780
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608, continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.
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Canned in Boston

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): Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Hank Byner; Rafael di Rienzi; Melanie Sommers; Gary (Melanie Sommers husband); Phyllis (photographer working with Hank Byner)
Synopsis: Vic Sommers ends his previous life when he fights with his ex-wife's husband, Rafael di Rienzi is kidnapped by Mockingbird, and the Secret Six begins its 2nd assignment.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3652
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608, continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.
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And There Will Be a Sign!

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
Synopsis: Clark Kent questions Bob Galt for information on his attackers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-3939
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608; continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.
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Moral Stand, Chapter Nine: Red Pencil

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; B. Lyle Layman; Legion of Morality (some die); Helen Scournt; Ted Scournt (dies)
Synopsis: Wild Dog captures B. Lyle Layman and thwarts his final terrorist act.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4086
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #608.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Gold
Penciller(s): David Lloyd (cover preview)
Inker(s): David Lloyd (cover preview)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Job Number: L-3254
Disclose Notes: Letters column has editor replies and fan letters from current creators back before they were famous contained in the DC archives. They are from: Roy Thomas (from Flash #116, November 1960); Mark Evanier (from Superman #195, April 1967); Joe Staton (from Justice League of America #9, February 1962); Bob Rozakis (from Batman #168, December 1964); E. Nelson Bridwell (from Green Lantern #10, January 1962).

There is also a small write-up on what these people have done since their letter writing days.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: Someone will live, someone will die. You decide.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for Batman #426 and 427.
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Cutting Remarks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter David
Penciller(s): Tod Smith
Inker(s): Danny Bulanadi
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Oprah Winfrey; Dr. Stephanie Cole; Morris Levine (controlled by Mind Games); Joan Hough; Joey Hough (dies)
Synopsis: Hal Jordan tries to explain his fearlessness on Oprah while the first victim of a mind ray goes on a killing rampage.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3748
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608; continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

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