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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #617
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #617 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: 07/28/1988
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: 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): Dean Motter (signed)
Inker(s): Dean Motter (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Assault on a Green

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; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Stasis; Incinderella; Lt. Burt Rensaleer
Synopsis: Hal Jordan tracks down and is attacked by the Freak Show, while Arisia contemplates her relationship.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3796
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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Seems Like Old Times...

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; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Olaf Friedriksen; Johannes Van Der Houten; Mr. Kustarto
Synopsis: Weng brings Olaf to a reunion with the Blackhawks and Olaf and Blackhawk get into a barroom fight.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4063
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Three: Puppy Dog Tale

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]; Susan King; Harry; unnamed wife of Harry
Synopsis: Wild Dog breaks up a domestic quarrel and is helped by Wild Pup.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian Augustyn
Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove (cover preview)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson (cover preview)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3347
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Missing Person

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
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]
Synopsis: Superman helps police get a description of Charles Culpepper's attacker and searches for Bob Galt.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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Channel Switching

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Fred Carrillo
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Fred Carrillo
Editor(s): Renee Witterstaetter (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Phantom Stranger
Character(s): The Phantom Stranger; Sylvia Blaine; Ky'lhorr
Synopsis: The Phantom Stranger helps send an Atlantean king's spirit to its final rest after it is mistakenly called by a medium.
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Pages: 8
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[The Cheshire Contract] Chapter 5: Motives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): Chuck Patton
Inker(s): Tom Poston
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
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
Synopsis: Nightwing fights Cheshire to a standstill as she injures Speedy, though Speedy takes custody of his daughter.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3844
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.

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