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Action Comics Weekly 617

ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #617

Cover Date: September 13 1988
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dean Motter (signed)


Story: "Assault on a Green" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter David
PencilsRichard Howell
InksArne Starr
LetteringHelen Vesik
ColorsAnthony Tollin
Assistant editingDan Raspler
EditingDennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Supporting Character(s):

Arisia Rrab
Lt. Burt Rensaleer (next in issue #620)

Villain(s):

Freak Show (first appearance as a team)
Siphon II
Castle
Incinderella (first appearance)
Runaround Sue
Stasis (first appearance)
Lillian Hawkes (leader of Freak Show)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth:


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Second Story: "Seems Like Old Times..." (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMartin Pasko
ArtRick Burchett
LetteringSteve Haynie
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingMike Gold

Feature Character(s):

Blackhawk

Supporting Character(s):

Blackhawks:
Natalie Reed
Chuck
Andre Blanc-Dumont
Weng Chan
Olaf Friedriksen (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #45)

Villain(s):

Van Der Houten
Kustarto

Other Character(s):

Leslie Richardson

Comment(s):

This story takes place in June, 1947.


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Third Story: "Fatal Distraction Chapter Two: Puppy Dog Tale" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMax Allan Collins
PencilsTerry Beatty
InksJohn Nyberg
LetteringTim Harkins
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingBrian Augustyn

Feature Character(s):

Wild Dog

Supporting Character(s):

Susan King

Villain(s):

Harry (first appearance; a drunken jealous husband)

Other Character(s):

Daniel Crown (as "Wild Pup")


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Fourth Story: "Missing Person" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoger Stern
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
LetteringBill Oakley
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Superman


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Fifth Story: "Channel Switching" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Kupperberg
PencilsJoe Orlando
InksFred Carrillo
LetteringFred Carrillo
ColorsPetra Scotese
EditingRenee Witterstaetter

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Stranger (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Ky'Lhorr (first appearance; an Atlantean warlord and spirit, possesses Sylvia Blaine)

Other Character(s):

Sylvia Blaine (first appearance; a motivational speaker and spiritualist)


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Sixth Story: "[The Cheshire Contract] Chapter Four: Motives" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMarv Wolfman
PencilsChuck Patton
InksTom Poston
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsAdrienne Roy
EditingBarbara Kesel

Feature Character(s):

Nightwing II
Speedy I

Villain(s):

Cheshire
Wen Cheng


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