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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #637
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #637 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: 12/15/1988
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 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); Dick Giordano (excutive editor)
Disclose Notes: Contains a promo feature, "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series.
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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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See Hollywood and Die!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jerome Moore (signed)
Inker(s): Jerome Moore (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Speedy
Character(s): Speedy [Roy Harper]; Luana; common crook
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Pages: 1
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Exiles, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Verheiden
Penciller(s): Louis Williams
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Julianna Ferriter
Letterer(s): Tim Harkins
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Speedy
Character(s): Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Owen Burley; William Rettick; Mr. Pelham; Luana
First Line: Life's full of little ironies, isn't it?
Synopsis: Speedy thwarts a mugging and continues to track his private investigator assignment.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4360
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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Never Trust a Demon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Grant
Penciller(s): Mark Pacella
Inker(s): Bill Wray
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Dan Raspler (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Demon
Character(s): The Demon [Etrigan]; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack
First Line: Never trust a demon.
Synopsis: Jason Blood convinces Etrigan to leave a boy alone and begins tracking Morgaine Le Fey.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4356
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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First Day at Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Stephen DeStefano [as Stephen De Stefano]
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Bob Rozakis [as Bob Ro]
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Editor(s): Brian Augustyn (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hero Hotline
Character(s): Hotshot [William Lefferts]; Mrs. Lefferts; Flex [Sturgis Butterfield]; Stretch [Tom Longacre]; 500-2Q; Harry; Lester Lee; Voice-Over [Andy Greenwald]; Microwavabelle [Belle Jackson]; Diamondette [Diana Theotocopoulos]
First Line: Hero Hotline, good morning.
Synopsis: A new employee joins Hero Hotline and a villain takes one of the heroes hostage.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4477
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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The Power of Darkseid!

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]; Darkseid; Mr. Jacobs; Mr. Billings; John Hodges
First Line: Darkseid! I should have seen your handwork in this!
Synopsis: Darkseid tells Superman why he created a holy war and captures the 3 leaders of The Consortium. Darkseid notes that 34 people have died in his experiment.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian Augustyn
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (cover preview)
Inker(s): Terry Austin (cover preview)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
Character(s): The Demon
First Line: Well, we're a half year into the weekly status of...
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3571
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Luck Be a Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Strazewski
Penciller(s): Chuck Austen
Inker(s): Gary Martin
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Mark Waid (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Phantom Lady
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Mr. Farid
First Line: No Sarah, Guerrehart wasn't in any of the files...
Synopsis: The Phantom Lady collects some information from an arms dealer.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4520
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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Invasion-Aftermath!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Character(s): Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adams]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on the Invasion series. Characters are mentioned, not depicted.
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Crack Up, Chapter Two: Easy M$ney

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]; Lou Godder; Georgie Washington (dies); Willie Wallace; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway
First Line: All ya gotta do, Georgie, is play lookout for the homeboys inside.
Synopsis: The police kill Georgie Washington accidentally in a crack house raid.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4445
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

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