Issue | #616 |
Published | September 6, 1988 |
Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate) |
Notes | Contains 6 stories. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne. |
Characters | Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; unnamed army personnel |
Genre | Adventure; War |
Pencils | Alex Toth (signed) |
Inks | Alex Toth (signed) |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (cover) |
Notes | Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 615. |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Peter David |
Pencils | Richard Howell |
Inks | Arne Starr |
Colors | Anthony Tollin |
Letters | Helen Vesik |
Editing | Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617. |
Characters | Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [aka. 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]. |
Genre | Adventure; War |
Script | Martin Pasko |
Pencils | Rick Burchett |
Inks | Rick Burchett |
Colors | Tom Ziuko |
Letters | Steve Haynie |
Editing | Mike Gold (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617. |
Characters | Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Mrs. Crown; Harry; unamed 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. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Max Collins |
Pencils | Terry Beatty |
Inks | John Nyberg |
Colors | Carl Gafford |
Letters | Tim Harkins |
Editing | Brian Augustyn (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent] |
Synopsis | Superman enlists the aid of 2 doctors to get closer to finding the source of the assassins. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Roger Stern |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Colors | Petra Scotese |
Letters | Bill Oakley |
Editing | Mike Carlin (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617. |
Characters | Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [aka. 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. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Marv Wolfman |
Pencils | Chuck Patton |
Inks | Tom Poston |
Colors | Anthony Tollin |
Letters | Albert DeGuzman |
Editing | Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617. |
Characters | Dinah Lance [aka. 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. |
Genre | Superhero; Adventure |
Script | Sharon Wright |
Pencils | Randy DuBurke |
Inks | Pablo Marcos |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Letters | Steve Haynie |
Editing | Mike Gold (story) |
Notes | Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 615. Should be labeled Chapter 8 to match other chapters. |