Issue | #637 |
Published | January 31, 1989 |
Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate) |
Notes | Contains 6 stories. Also contains a promo feature, "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne. |
Characters | Speedy [Roy Harper]; Luana; common crook |
Genre | Superhero; Adventure |
Pencils | Jerome Moore (signed) |
Inks | Jerome Moore (signed) |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (cover) |
Notes | Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 636. |
Characters | Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Owen Burley; William Rettick; Mr. Pelham; Luana |
Synopsis | Speedy thwarts a mugging and continues to track his private investigator assignment. |
Genre | Superhero; Adventure |
Script | Mark Verheiden |
Pencils | Louis Williams |
Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
Colors | Julianna Ferriter |
Letters | Tim Harkins |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638. |
Characters | Etrigan The Demon; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack |
Synopsis | Jason Blood convinces Etrigan to leave a boy alone, and begins tracking Morgaine Le Fey. |
Genre | Occult |
Script | Alan Grant |
Pencils | Mark Pacella |
Inks | Bill Wray |
Colors | Tatjana Wood |
Letters | John Costanza |
Editing | Dan Raspler (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638. |
Characters | 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] |
Synopsis | A new employee joins Hero Hotline and a villian takes one of the heros hostage. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Bob Rozakis |
Pencils | Stephen De Stefano |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Colors | Bob Ro [Bob Rozakis] |
Letters | Agustin Mas |
Editing | Brian Augustyn (story) |
Notes | Continued in Action Comics Weekly 638. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Darkseid; Mr. Jacobs; Mr. Billings; John Hodges |
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. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Roger Stern |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Colors | Tom Ziuko |
Letters | Bill Oakley |
Editing | Mike Carlin (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638. |
Characters | Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Mr. Farid |
Synopsis | The Phantom Lady collects some information from an arms dealer. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Len Strazewski |
Pencils | Chuck Austen |
Inks | Gary Martin |
Colors | Glenn Whitmore |
Letters | John Costanza |
Editing | Mark Waid (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638. |
Characters | Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Georgie Washington (dies); Willie Wallace; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway |
Synopsis | The police kill Georgie Washington accidently in a crack house raid. |
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 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638. |
Characters | Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond and Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel |
Genre | Superhero |
Notes | Information on the Invasion series. |