Issue | #629 |
Published | December 6, 1988 |
Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 2.00 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. Also contains a pinup page reproducing the cover to Action Comics Weekly 630. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne. |
Characters | second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Dick Rockwell (signed) |
Inks | Dick Rockwell (signed) |
Editing | Robert Greenberger (cover) |
Notes | Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 628. |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam] |
Synopsis | Captain Atom attacks an alien while Hal Jordan supports a building the alien has weakened. |
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. |
Reprinted | in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #9 |
Characters | Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Lt. Cameron; Ken Glazier; Jason Marsh; Marilyn Meyers; Joe; Richard Malone (corpse) |
Synopsis | The police and Black Canary both investigate a string of murders; both arriving upon the murderer at the same time. |
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. |
Characters | second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; August Durant (flashback); Walter Fenady; Mr. Drake; U.S. Secretary of Defense; Ms. Heppel; Mr. Harris; Max |
Synopsis | Carlo DiRienzi briefs the Secret Six on their history and Walter Fenady discovers their destruction of "The Agency." |
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. Many of the word balloons in the conversation between Mr. Fenady and the Secretary of Defense are pointing to the wrong person. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Mother Tierra; John Hodges |
Synopsis | Superman discovers the hiding place of the cult that worships him, and the Consortium follows him. |
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. |
Characters | Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button; Sean McMullen; Seamus Paul O'Connor |
Synopsis | Speedy is harrassed by both the Friends Of The Empire and the Sanas after he discovers his house is inhabited by 2 children. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cheri Wilkerson |
Pencils | Tom Mandrake |
Inks | Tom Mandrake |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Letters | Agustin Mas |
Editing | Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. |
Characters | Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz |
Synopsis | Blackhawk and Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson] fight after Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson] dies, and the Blackhawks are invited to meet with president Truman while a Nazi group plots to hijack an LSD shipment. |
Genre | Adventure; War |
Script | Martin Pasko |
Pencils | Rick Burchett |
Inks | John Nyberg |
Colors | Tom Ziuko |
Letters | Steve Haynie |
Editing | Mike Gold (story) |
Notes | Continued from Action Comics Weekly 629; continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. |
Characters | Firestorm [Ronald Raymond and Professor Martin Stein]; Firehawk; Power Girl [Kara Starr]; Starman [Will Payton]; Wonder Woman ; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Doom Patrol; Sea Devils; Aquaman [Art |
Genre | Superhero |
Notes | Information on the Invasion series. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | John Severin (signed) |
Inks | John Severin (signed) |
Editing | Mike Gold (series); Robert Greenberger (cover); Brian Augustyn (associate) |
Notes | This pinup page preprints the cover to Action Comics Weekly #630. |