Issue | #627 |
Published | November 22, 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 | Nightwing [Dick Grayson] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Gil Kane (signed) |
Inks | Gil Kane (signed) |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (cover) |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Chip |
Synopsis | Captain Atom destroys an alien spaceship just as the alien completes repairs and Hal Jordan is saying his goodbyes. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | James Owsley [Christopher Priest] (co-plotter); Mark Bright [M.D. Bright] (co-plotter) |
Pencils | Mark Bright [M.D. Bright] |
Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
Colors | Anthony Tollin |
Letters | Albert DeGuzman |
Editing | Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628. |
Reprinted | in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #7 |
Characters | second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; Rafael DiRienzi; Gus Markesson |
Synopsis | Luke escapes from "The Agency" as the remainder of the Secret Six attacks it, and Mockingbird reveals himself to Rafael DiRienzi. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Martin Pasko |
Pencils | Frank Springer |
Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
Colors | Carl Gafford |
Letters | Albert DeGuzman |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628. |
Characters | Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Ken Glazier; Harvard; Wanda; Ray; Richard Malone |
Synopsis | Black Canary is arrested while obtaining information from some prostitutes. |
Genre | Superhero; Adventure |
Script | Sharon Wright |
Pencils | Randy DuBurke |
Inks | Pablo Marcos |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Letters | Steve Haynie |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt |
Synopsis | Superman tries to escape the Consortuim with Bob Galt. |
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 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628. |
Characters | Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mrs. Sebastian; Anne (dies) |
Synopsis | Nightwing and Speedy become embroiled in a drug smuggling operation in Ireland when Speedy attempts to vacation there. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Marv Wolfman; Cheri Wilkerson (co-plotter) |
Pencils | Tom Mandrake |
Inks | Tom Mandrake |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Letters | John Costanza |
Editing | Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story) |
Notes | Continued in Action Comics Weekly 628, after 2 chapters of this story appear in this issue. |
Characters | Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mrs. Sebastian; Johnathon Sepulveda |
Synopsis | Nightwing escapes from a fight and he and Speedy are harrassed in Ireland. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Marv Wolfman; Cheri Wilkerson (co-plotter) |
Pencils | Tom Mandrake |
Inks | Tom Mandrake |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Letters | John Costanza |
Editing | Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story) |
Notes | Continued from this issue, as 2 chapters of this story appear in this issue; continued in Action Comics Weekly 628. |