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Action Comics Weekly 601

ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #601

Cover Date: May 24 1988
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dave Gibbons (signed)


Story: "...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJames Owsley
ArtGil Kane
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsAnthony Tollin
EditingDennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Batgirl Special #1)

Supporting Character(s):

John Stewart (last in Green Lantern Corps #224; also in flashback in issue #602 between pages)
Katma Tui-Stewart (last in Green Lantern Corps #224; dies; also in flashback in issue #602 between pages)
Arisia Rrab (last in Green Lantern Corps #224)

Villain(s):

Star Sapphire (last in Green Lantern Corps #213; also in flashback in issue #602 between pages)


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Second Story: "Moral Stand, Chapter One: Point of Order" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMax Allan Collins
PencilsTerry Beatty
InksJohn Nyberg
LetteringGaspar Saladino
ColorsMichele Wolfman
EditingMike Gold

Feature Character(s):

Wild Dog (last in Wild Dog #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Lieutenant Andy Flint (last in Wild Dog #4)
Detective Calloway (last in Wild Dog #2)
Susan King (last in Wild Dog #4)
Len (last in Wild Dog #4)

Villain(s):

The Committee for Social Change (last in Wild Dog #3)

Other Character(s):

Captain Lange (last in Wild Dog #2)


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Third Story: "Listening to the Mockingbird" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMartin Pasko
ArtDan Spiegle
LetteringCarrie Spiegle
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingDick Giordano

Feature Character(s):

Secret Six II:
Luke McKendrick (first appearance; an Olympic Gold medalist in track)
La Donna Jameal (first appearance; a former actress)
Vic Sommers (first appearance; a former US Marine)
Mitch Hoberman (first appearance; a former sculptor, model-maker and special-effects artist)
Maria Verdugo (first appearance; a mathematician and computer specialist)
Anthony Mantegna (first appearance; a former Pulitzer Prize winning writer)

Supporting Character(s):

Secret Six:
Carlo di Rienzi
King Savage
Lili de Neuve
Kit Langman (formerly Kim Dawn)
Mike Tempest
August Durant
Rafael di Rienzi (first appearance; Carlo's son)
Melanie (first appearance; Vic Sommers' ex-wife)
Gus (first appearance; Carlo di Rienzi's butler)

Villain(s):

Warren Lichfield (first appearance; an employee at Technodyne)
Ed Flaum (first appearance; an employee at Technodyne)
Elvis Brockman (behind the scenes)

Other Character(s):

Thorsen (Durant's chauffeur)
Heppel
Jeremy


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Fourth Story: "Faster Than A Speeding Bullet " (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoger Stern
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Beatty
ColorsBill Oakley
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Villain(s):

Charlie, Dave and one other (first appearance of all three; three hired guns)
Charles Culpepper (first appearance; an agent of the Consortium)
The Consortium (behind the scenes)

Other Character(s):

Bob Galt (first appearance)


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Fifth Story: "The Section Chief" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMike Baron
PencilsDan Jurgens
InksTony DeZuniga
LetteringSteve Haynie
ColorsLiz Berube
EditingBarbara Randall

Feature Character(s):

Deadman (last in Spectre Annual Vol. 2 #1)

Villain(s):

Major Grace Kasaba (first appearance; a CIA Section Chief)
Barry and Lewis (first appearance of both; CIA agents)
Talaoc (first appearance; the spirit of a Mayan king; takes possession of Grace Kasaba)

Other Character(s):

Fulgencio Flores (first appearance; a professor of ancient civilizations at Dakota Wesleyan University)


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Sixth Story: "Another Fine War" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMike Grell
InksPablo Marcos
LetteringSteve Haynie
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingMike Gold

Feature Character(s):

Blackhawk (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #45)

Supporting Character(s):

Cynthia Hastings (first appearance; a nun)

Other Character(s):

Zalecki (first appearance; a gambler)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in February 1947.


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