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Action Comics Weekly 618

ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #618

Cover Date: September 20 1988
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)


Story: "First Encounter" (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

Villain(s):

Freak Show:
Siphon II
Castle
Incinderella
Runaround Sue
Stasis
Lillian Hawkes

Other Character(s):

Veronica Hawkes (last in issue #616)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth:


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Second Story: "Unhappy Landing" (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

Villain(s):

Johannes Van Der Houten (revealed to be the provisional governor of Maninjau)
Kustarto

Other Character(s):

Leslie Richardson

Comment(s):

This story takes place in June, 1947.


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Third Story: "Fatal Distraction Chapter Three: Lucky Night" (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
Len Godden

Villain(s):

The Night Slasher


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Fourth Story: "Out On The Town" (2 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Other Character(s):

Bob Gale


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Fifth Story: "Chapter One:Grave Doings" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMike Baron
PencilsKelley Jones
InksTony DeZuniga
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsDaniel Vozzo
EditingBarbara Kesel

Feature Character(s):

Deadman (last in issue #612/3)

Villain(s):

Wellman Legros (first appearance; the "Voodoo King" of New Orleans)

Other Character(s):

Sgt. Cosgrove (first appearance; a dead policeman animated by Legros)


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Sixth Story: "The Cheshire Contract - Conclusion" (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Nightwing II
Roy Harper (next in issue #627/5; says he is 22 years old)

Guest Star(s):

Koriand'r

Supporting Character(s):

Lian Harper (celebrates her first birthday)

Villain(s):

Cheshire (next in Deathstroke, the Terminator #13)


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