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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #616
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #616 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: 07/21/1988
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 (editor); Bob Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Contains 6 stories.
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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): Alex Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; unnamed army personnel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Safe at Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter David
Penciller(s): Richard Howell
Inker(s): Arne Starr
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Helen Vesik
Editor(s): Dennis O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Veronica Hawkes; Ollie; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Lt. Burt Rensaleer; Mrs. Rensaleer
Synopsis: Hal Jordan escapes from a trap and begins to hunt the criminals.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3809
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continued in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Mission: Implausible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Rick Burchett
Inker(s): Rick Burchett
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]; Natalie Reed; Marcia Rossiter [also as Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Johannes Van Der Houten; Mr. Kustarto
Synopsis: Blackhawk and his men take a search job from Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson].
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4062
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Two: Battle Gear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Collins
Penciller(s): Terry Beatty
Inker(s): John Nyberg
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Tim Harkins
Editor(s): Brian Augustyn (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wild Dog
Character(s): Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Mrs. Crown; Harry; unnamed wife of Harry
Synopsis: Wild Pup puts together his own set of battle gear, while Wild Dog arrives in a bar to break up a domestic quarrel.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4203
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Gold
Penciller(s): Dean Motter (cover preview)
Inker(s): Dean Motter (cover preview)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3346
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Dead Men Tell No Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
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]
Synopsis: Superman enlists the aid of 2 doctors to get closer to finding the source of the assassins.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4085
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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The Cheshire Contract, Chapter Four: Counterpoint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): Chuck Patton
Inker(s): Tom Poston
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Barbara Kesel (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightwing
Character(s): Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [Jade]; Wen Chen Cheng; Raymond Weist (dies)
Synopsis: Speedy and Nightwing search separately for Cheshire. Speedy is defeated by Wen Cheng and Nightwing fights Cheshire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3843
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Bitter Fruit, Conclusion [Part 8]

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 [also as Bonnie Cardinal]; Doug Vallines; Barry Neiman; William B. MacDonald; Vincent Scales; Hector Librado (dies); Gary DeMott
Synopsis: Black Canary finds Vincent Scales and convinces him to stop his efforts against Doug Vallines and the Librado family.
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In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #8 published December 1989
as Fruto amargo: Conclusión [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4041
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #615. Should be labeled Chapter 8 to match other chapters.

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