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Issue: Action Comics #588
Publication Date: May 1987
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Issues: #588 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Canadian
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/26/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041005
Price: $1.00 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
14 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #36.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Shadow War: The Epic Climax!

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Genres: superhero
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All Wars Must End [Part Two]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thangarians (villains)
First Line: I'm getting closer. That annoying hypersonic signal that's been hitting me for the past twenty minutes.
Synopsis: Hawkman and Hawkwoman request Superman's aid to help repel the Thangarian invasion fleet.
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Disclose Notes: Ties into the Shadow War plotline in the Hawkman series. Story continues from Hawkman (DC, 1986 series) #10 and continues in Hawkman (DC, 1986 series) #11.
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Packs of Fun for Everyone

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Build a Repuation

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First Line: When you build a model, you hold a reputation, too. A reputation for hard work. Care and concentration. Attention to detail.
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Wanted

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First Line: Interpol bulletin...
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[untitled]

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First Line: Back in the days when the good died young, they were the only chance we had!
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Free Gifts from DC Comics

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First Line: By subscribing to Superman, Adventures of Superman, Action or Wonder Woman, you can get one of the following gifts:
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Write Right Now!

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Here's a Look at the New Flash

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First Line: The costume's the same... everything else is different!
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2 Free Months! of DC Comics

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First Line: Subscribe now and you'll get 14 months of your favorite DC title(s) for the price of 12.
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[untitled]

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First Line: In the final analysis, how did Action Comics #585 shape up? We don't know -- you tell us...
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Job Number: L-2697
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Thomas McNulty, Willie Holmes, T. E. Pouncey, Kevin Hall, Aaron Gibbons, Joe Frank, and Jonathan Gilbert.
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Earn $1.00 an Item Cash

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First Line: Sell cards & gifts from free sales booklet!
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Betcha Bite a Chip With Chips Ahoy!

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First Line: There are so many chocolate chips in a Chips Ahoy! cookie, it's impossible to bite a cookie without biting a chip.
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The Misadventures of Captain Clueless in Pursuit of Scary, Bouncing Ugly Balls

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First Line: I'll find them on cow's tails or inside the fuit of dessert cacti or in whirlpools in the heart of the Ganglion rain forest...
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