Episode #92: Action Comics Weekly!

This is the week when DC Comics is publishing the 12th and last issue of Wednesday Comics, an anthology title printed in the style of the classic full page Sunday comics section. 20 years before was, as far as I know, the first weekly comics publication by DC, Action Comics Weekly. After the 80 page Action Comics #600, the May 1988 issue, published on February 2, 1988, the title became a weekly anthology title with issue #601 (cover dated 1988, released on April 5, 1988). Each issue contained 48 pages and sold for #1.50. Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons drew the cover, which featured Superman with the other characters who would be featured in that issue. The final weekly issue would be #642, March 1989, January 24, 1989. Mike Gold edited this entire weekly run, and it would be interesting to ask him if he would ever be part of a similar project again.

How DC Comics managed to publish a week comic book, on time, was to print five short stories, of a rotating cast of characters. Each short story would be part of about a six part story arc. With a few exceptions, when one story finished another character would be featured in another 7 - 8 page 6-part story. Hal Jordan Green Lantern appeared in almost all of the issues, as well as Superman.

Superman's story was different from the others. His story was in much the same fashion as the stories in Wednesday Comics, except in a comic book size. In Action Comics Weekly Superman appeared in a two page story drawn in a three tier comic strip. Personally, this was not my favorite Superman story. In fact I did not buy all of the issues, only the ones featuring my favorite stories in ACW, Blackhawk. The issues I have are 601 - 609, 615 - 622 and 628 - 635, which contained all three Blackhawk stories. So I do not have the concluding issues of the weekly run.

The only to issues that were not in the anthology format were #635, January 1989, November 29, 1988, The Crash of '89, and the final weekly issue, #642. They were a tyle of teamup of most of the charadcters who appeared in the weekly series.

There were two Superman stories that ran in the weekly series. The first ran from #'s 601 - 638. It involved Superman rescuing someone who happened to belong to a cult that worshipped Superman as a God. There was another group who considered Superman a devil, so there was a religious war over Superman. The whole thing would be revealed in the end as an "experiment by Darkseid. Superman would stop the lord of Apokolips, but it was an unfulfilling victory, and story.

The second, which I have not read, was published in issues 639 - 641. Superman rescued a man whose store had been burned in retaliation to a terrorist attack, because of his ethnicity.

The Blackhawk stories picked up after the end of Howard Chaykin's 1988 three issue mini-series. The first ACW story, from issues 601 - 608, began with the end of WWII. Janos Prohaska, aka Blackhawk, was in Singapore, where he was hired by a blonde woman to recover some Buddhist treasure and gold in French Indochina, now Vietnam. The treasure was known to have fallen into the hands of a Chinese bandit known only as the Red Dragon.Blackhawk and his client fly into the base of the Red Dragon and discover that the Red Dragon is a red haired Chinese-Irish woman, in the Dragon Lady tradition of cartoonist Milton Caniff's comic strip Terry And The Pirates. Blackhawk discovered that his client was actually a nun, who wanted to return the Buddhist treasure to its temple. The treasure had been moved into a Catholic mission in Vietnam for safekeeping until the Japanese army took all of the treasure. They escape the Red Dragon with the Buddhist treasure and some gold. The nun let Blackhawk keep the gold while she returned the treasure to its temple to honor a promise made between members of different religions.

The second Blackhawk story was published in issues 615 - 622. The Blackhawks were hired by a man to find his pilot wife who had crashed in a cargo plane in Sumatra. He wanted to clear her name. While they were doubtful about the reliability of the story, but take the job anyway. It was revealed in the story that the woman was held on a plantation belonging to German national, who was interested in her knowledge of some valuable lost cargo in the jungle. The Blackhawks and their client were captured by this same man, and Prohaska and his client were taken to an abandoned temple near a volcano that was expected to erupt any day. Tremors cause an avalanche, which allowed the prisoners to overcome the guard and for Blackhawk to release the woman. It was revealed that the husband and wife story were bogus, and the man and woman were in fact brother and sister who were also O. S. S. agents. Their mission was to recover a Japanese "microwave generator", which had been discovered in the volcano crater and unrecoverable. The other Blackhawks were able to escape and all of them were able to fly off the island in their plane, just before the volcano erupted.. The woman was hit by gunfire as their plane made its escape. This story concluded with the Blackhawks in the air.

This conclusion of this story would appear in the first part of the third and final Blackhawk story of ACW in issues 628 -634. The woman would die in a Singapore hospital, and the Blackhawks would eventually be sent on another mission to occupied Berlin. Their mission was to escort the female head of an American pharmaceutical company to take possession of some capture vials of LSD that had been captured from a hidden Nazi splinter group. Other members shoot the female executive outside the Blackhawks' Berlin hotel, and one of their members take her place. On the flight back to the U. S. she spiked their coffee with LSD and bailed out near an island where the splinter group had a submarine. The Blackhawks shook off the effects of the LSD and landed their plane on the same island. There they killed the Nazi group and recovered the drug. At the end of the story was a caption promoting a new Blackhawk series that would begin with the March 1989 issue, published on January 31, 1989. Reviews and plot summaries will be featured at My Pull List blog at http://mypulllist.blogspot.com/ , beginning with issue #71 and posted bi-weekly thereafter.

Action Comics Weekly Checklist:

(NOTE: creator credits will be given for the first part of each story. Only changes in the creative team will be noted for future parts of the same story.)

Issue #601: Cover: Dave Gibbons featuring Superman, along with the other heroes who were featured in this issue, published on April 5, 1988.
Green Lantern: part I ... and The Pain Shall Leave My Heart (8 pgs.) writer: James C. Owsley, artist: Gil Kane, letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman, colorist: Anthony Tollin.
Wild Dog: part I Point Of Order (8 pgs.) writer: Max Allen Collins, penciller: Terry Beatty, inker: John Nyberg, letterer: Gasper Saladino, colorist: Michelle Wolfman.
Secret Six: part I Listening To The Mockingbird (8 pgs.) writer: Martin Pasko, artist: Dan Spiegle, letterer: Carrye Spiegle, colorist: Carl Gafford.
Superman: part I Faster Than A Speeding Bullet (2 pgs.) writer: Roger Stern, penciller, Curt Swan, inker: John Beatty, letterer: Bill Oakley, colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko.
Deadman: part I Section Chief (8 pgs.) writer: Mike Baron, penciller: Dan Jurgens, inker: Tony DeZuniga, letterer: Steve Haynie, colorist: Liz Berube.
Blackhawk: partI Another Fine War (8 pgs.) writer: Mike Grell, penciller: Rick Burchett, inker: Pablo Marcos, letterer: Steve Haynie, colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko.

Issue #602: Cover: George Perez featuring the Green Lantern, published on April 12, 1988.
Green Lantern: Requiem (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Showdown (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Dog Gone (8 pgs.)
Superman: They Can Run But They Can't Hide (2 pgs.).
Secret Six: Look What Fell Out Of The Sky Today (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Another Fine War (8 pgs.)

Issue #603: Cover: Kyle Baker featuring Blackhawk, published on April 19, 1988.
Green Lantern Retribution (8 pgs.)
Secret Six: Spread Your Broken Wings And Learn To Fly (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Taloc's Tale (8 pgs.)
Superman: More Powerful Than A Locomotive (8pgs.) Colorist: Petra Scotese.
Wild Dog: Censored (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Another Fine War Chapter 3 (8 pgs.)

Issue #604: Cover: Klaus Janson featuring Wild Dog, published on April 26, 1988.
Green Lantern: I, The Jury inker: Donald Simpson (8pgs.)
Wild Dog: Unleashed (8pgs.)
Secret Six: Haunts Of The Very Rich (8 pgs.)
Superman: Final Escape? (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Genie In A Bottle (2 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Another Fine War Part 4 (8 pgs.)

Issue #605: Cover: pencilled by Andy Kubert and inked by Adam Kubert featuring Deadman, published on May 3, 1988.
Green Lantern: Golgotha, inkers: Donald Simpson and Dick Giordano (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Deadman Goes To Hell (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Sleeping Dogs Lie (8 pgs.)
Superman: Aftermath (2 pgs.)
Secret Six: If That Mockingbird Don't Sing ... (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Enter ... Red Dragon (8 pgs.)

Issue #606: Cover: penciller: Kerry Gammil, inker: John Nyberg, featuring Superman, published on May 10, 1988.
Green Lantern: The List artist: Tod Smith (8pgs.)
Secret Six: The Sins Of The Father ... (8 pgs.)
Deadman: This Is Hell (8 pgs.)
Superman: The True Believer (2 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Stop The Presses (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Another Fine War Part 6 (8 pgs.)

Issue #607: Cover: Steve Lightle featuring the Secret Six, published on May 17, 1988.
Green Lantern: Guilty artist: Tod Smith (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Escape From Hell (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Legionnaire's Disease (8 pgs.)
Superman: Familiar Face? (2 pgs.)
Secret Six: Gino (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Another Fine War Chapter 7 (8 pgs.)

Issue #608: Cover: Tod Smith featuring Green Lantern, published on May 24, 2009.
Green Lantern: Where The Heck Is Green Lantern? writer: Peter David, penciller: Tod Smith, inker: Danny Bulandi, letterer: Tim Harkins, colorist: Anthony Tollin. (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Winged Dog (8 pgs.)
Secret Six: Blind Impulse (8 pgs.)
Superman: Questions And Mysteries (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Gala Reception (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Another Fine War -- Conclusion (8 pgs.)

Issue #609: Cover: Brian J. Bolland, featuring Black Canary, published on May 31, 1988.
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit Part 1 writer: Sharon Wright, penciller: Randy DuBurke, inker: Pablo Marcos, letterer: Steve Haynie, colorist: Gene D'Angelo (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Faus Pas (8 pgs.)
Secret Six: Canned In Boston (8 pgs.)
Superman: And There Will Be A Sign (2 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Red Pencil (8 pgs.)
Green Lantern: Cutting Remarks letterer: John Costanza (8 pgs.)

Issue #610: Cover: David Lloyd featuring Deadman, published on June 7, 1988.
Green Lantern: Risky Business artist: Tod Smith, letterer: John Costanza (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Kenny And The Demon writer: Paul Kupperberg, artist: Kyle Baker, letterer: John E. Workman, Jr., colorist: Petra Scotese (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Catfight (8 pgs.)
Superman: Show & Tell (2 pgs.)
Secret Six: ... Another Man's Poison (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit Part 2 8 pgs.

Issue #611: Cover: Alex N. Nino, featuring Superman, published on June 14, 1988.
Green Lantern: Room Service letterer: Albert Tobias DeGuzman (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Will The Real Devil Please Stand Up? (8 pgs.)
Secret Six : Bringing Home The Bacon (8 pgs.)
Superman: ... Beyond Mortal Men (2 pgs.)
Catwoman: The Tin Roof Club writer: Mindy Newell, penciller: Barry Kitson, inker: Bruce D. Patterson, letterer: Carrie Spiegle, colorist: Adrienne Roy (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruits Part 3 (8 pgs.)

Issue #612: Cover: Paul Gulacy featuring the Secret Six, published on June 21, 1988.
Green Lantern: Mind Over Matter (8 pgs.)
Secret Six: Out Of The Frying Pan ... Into The Fire (8 pgs.)
Deadman: Take Us To Your Leader (8 pgs.)
Superman: Where Lurks The Evil? (8 pgs.)
Catwoman: The Tin Roof Club Part Two (7 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit Part 4 (8 pgs.)

Issue #613: Cover: Michael William Kaluta featuring Nightwing, published on June 28, 1988.
Green Lantern: Head Trip (8 pgs.)
Nightwing: The Chesire Contract writer: Marv Wolfman, penciller: Chuck Patton, inker: Tom Poston, letter: Albert Tobias DeGuzman, colorist: Adrienne Roy (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Can't Judge A Book ... writer: Paul Kupperberg, penciller: Tom Grindberg, inker: Dennis Janke, letterer: Robert M. Pinaha, colorist: Petra Scotese (8 pgs.)
Superman: Wicked Business inker: Murphy Anderson, colorist: Petra Scotese (2 pgs.)
Catwoman: The Tin Roof Club Part 3 (7 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit Part 5 (8 pgs.)

Issue #614: Cover: penciller: Mile Mignola, inker: Ty Templeton, published on July 5, 1988.
Green Lantern: Bring Me A Good Man (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Death God inker: Brett Breeding (8 pgs.)
Nightwing: First Blood (8 pgs.)
Superman: Death Comes Calling (2 pgs.)
Catwoman: The Tin Roof Club Part Four (7 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit Part Four (7 pgs.)

Issue #615: Cover: penciller: Barry Crain, inker: Rick Magyar, featuring Wild Dog, published on July 12, 1988.
Green Lantern: Freaks writer: Peter David, plot/penciller: Richard Howell, inker: Arne Starr, letterer: Todd Klein, colorist: Anthoiny Tollin (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: That Was No Lady ... writer: Martin Pasko, artist: Rick Burchett, letterer: Stevie Haynie, colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Night Patrol writer: Max Allen Collins, penciller: Terry Beatty, inker: John Nyberg, letterer: Tim Harkins, colorist: Carl Gafford (7 pgs.)
Superman: Fatal Flaw? colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko (2 pgs.)
Nightwing: Tracks Of A Killer inker: Tom Poston (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit Part 7 (8 pgs.)

Issue #616: Cover: artist: Alex Toth featuring Blackhawk, published on July 19, 1988.
Green Lantern: Safe At Home letterer: Helen Vesik (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Mission Implausible (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Battle Gear (7 pgs.)
Superman: Dead Men Tell No Tales colorist: Petra Scotese (2 pgs.)
Nightwing: Counterpoint colorist: Anthony Tollin (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Bitter Fruit - Conclusion (8 pgs.)

Issue #617: Cover: artist: Dean Motter featuring Superman, published on July 16, 2009.
Green Lantern: Assault On A Green letterer: Helen Vesik (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Seems Like Old Times (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Puppy Dog Tale (7 pgs.)
Superman: Missing Person (2 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: channel Switching (8 pgs.)
Nightwing: Motives (8 pgs.)

Issue #618: Cover: penciller: Jon Bogdanove, inker: Murphy Anderson (after the iconic cover to Batman #181 by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson), published on August 2, 1988.
Green Lantern: First Encounter (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Unhappy Landing (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Lucky Night (7 pgs.)
Superman: Out On The Town (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Grave Doings writer: Mike Baron, penciller: Kelley Jones, inker: Tony DeZuniga, letterer: Alvert Tobias DeGuzman, colorist: Daniel Vozzo (8 pgs.)
Nightwing: The Chesire Contract - Conclusion (8 pgs.)

Issue #619: Cover: artist: Esteban Maroto featuring Deadman, published on August 9, 1988.
Green Lantern: Veronica letterer: Albert Tobias DeGuzman (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: One Mass Murderer To Go penciller: Dick Rockwell (7 pgs.)
Deadman: Part 2 (8 pgs.)
Superman: Protective Shield? colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko (2 pgs.)
Secret Six: Once More Unto The Breach writer: Martin Pasko, penciller: Frank Springer, inker: Frank McLaughlin, letterer: Albert Tobias DeGuzman, colorist: Carl Gafford (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: What's A Nice Girl Like You ... ? (7 pgs.)

Issue #620 Cover: artist: Mary Wilshire featuring the Secret Six, published on August 16, 1988.
Green Lantern: Last Gasp (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Tailed (7 pgs.)
Secret Six: Just A Little Bug That's Going Around (8 gs.)
Superman: Too Late, The Hero (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Part 3 (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Most Guys Just Leave Her Hanging There (7pgs.)

Issue #621: Cover: artist: Joe Orlando featuring Blackhawk, published on August 23, 1988.
Green Lantern: Gremlins writer: James C. Owsley, plot/penciller: Mark D. Bright, inker: Jose F. Marzan, Jr., letterer: Albert Tobias DeGuzman, colorist: Anthony Tollin (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Stab In The Dark (7 pgs.)
Secret Six: Guess What We Learned In School Today? (8 pgs.)
Superman: Let The Punishment Fit The Crime (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Part 4 inkers: Tony DeZuniga, Pablo Marcos (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: It's Not The Heat, It's The Futility (7 pgs.)

Issue #622: Cover: penciller: Ron Frenz, inker: Larry Mahlstedt, featuring Green Lantern, published on August 30, 1988.
Green Lantern: The Edge Of Forever (8 pgs.)
Wild Dog: To Help A Child (7 pgs.)
Starman: We Don't Need The Super-Hero writer: Roger Stern, penciller: Tom Lyle, inker: Robert Campanella, letterer: Agustin Mas, colorist: Daniel Vozzo (7 pgs.)
Superman: Seeds Of Doubt (2 pgs.)
Secret Six: Dead Man On Campus (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: The Big Blowoff (7 pgs.)

Issue #623: Cover: artist: Brent Eric Anderson featuring Superman, published on September 6, 1988.
Green Lantern: Priest (8 pgs.)
Captain Marvel: My Week In Valhalla writer: Roy Thomas, Danette Thomas, penciller: Rick Stasi, inker: Rick Magyar, letterer: Jean Simek, colorist: Nansi Hoolahan (7 pgs.)
Deadman: Seventeen (8 pgs.)
Superman: Revelations (2 pgs.)
Secret Six Standard Allowable Deductions (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: The Devil Was A Baby writer: Paul Kupperberg, artist: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, letterer: Dan McKinnin, colorist: Petra Scotese (8 pgs.)

Issue #624: Cover: artist: Alan Davis featuring Black Canary, published on September 13, 1988.
Green Lantern: Faith (8 pgs.)
Captain Marvel: Aryan Acres (7 pgs.)
Secret Six: The Sound Of A Silent Heart (8 pgs.)
Superman: Pin The Tail ... (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Wildwood inker: Tony DeZuniga (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part I writer: Sharon Wright, penciller: Randy DuBurke, inker: Pablo Marcos, letterer: Steve Haynie, colorist: Gene D'Angelo (7 pgs.)

Issue #625: Cover: artist: Eduardo Baretto, featuring Deadman, published on September 20, 1988.
Green Lantern: The Law (8 pts.)
Captain Marvel: Might Makes Reich (7 pgs.)
Superman: Out Of The Frying Pan ... (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Tickle, Tickle (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 2 (7 pgs.)

Issue #626: Cover: artist: Paul Chadwick, featuring Green Lantern, published on September 27, 1988.
Green Lantern: Bethel inker: Romeo Tanghal (8 pgs.)
Captain Marvel: When Captains Clash (7 pgs.)
Secret Six: Capital Offenses (8 pgs.)
Superman: ... Into The Fire (2 pgs.)
Deadman: Finale (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 2 (7 pgs.)

Issue #627: Cover: artist: Gil Kane, featuring Nightwing, published on October 4, 1988.
Green Lantern: And Now ... Captain Atom (8 pgs.)
Secret Six: A Bird In The Hand ... (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 4 (7 pgs.)
Superman: Panic In The Sands (2 pgs.)
Nighwing/Speedy: Travels writer: Michelle Wolfman, plot: Cherie Wilkerson, artist: Tom Mandrake, letterer: John Costanza, colorist: Adrienne Roy (8 pgts.)
Nightwing/Speedy: Distractions writer: Marv Wolfman, plot: Cherie Wilkerson, artist: Tom Mandrake, letterer: JOhn Costanza, colorist: Adrienne Roy (8 pgs.)

Issue #628: Cover: artist: George Pratt, featuring Blackhawk, published on October 11, 1988.
Green Lantern: Heroes (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 5 (7 pgs.)
Nightwing/Speedy: Arrival writer: Cherie Wilkerson, plot: Marv Wolfman (8 pgs.)
Superman: Wipeout (2 pgs.)
Secret Six: Remains To Be Seen (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: ... And A Time To Gather Stones Together writer: Martin Pasko, penciller: Rick Burchett, inker: John Nyberg, letterer: Steve Haynie, colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko (7 pgs.)

Issue #629: Cover: artist: Dick Rockwell featuring the Secret Six, published on October 18, 1988.
Green Lantern: So Long Ago The Garden plot/penciller: Mark W. Bright, inker: Romeo Tanghal (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 6 (7 pgs.)
Secret Six: Beginning Of The End (8 pgs.)
Superman: Journey's End (2 pgs.)
Nightwing/Speedy: New Freinds, Old Enemies artist: Tom Mandrake, letterer: Agustin Mas (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Some Guys Can't Take No For An Answer (7 pgs.)

Issue #630: Cover: artist: John Severin, featuring Superman, published on October 25, 1988.
Green Lantern: Will (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 7 (7 pgs.)
Secret Six: ... The Mockingbird Still Singing O'er Its Grave ... letterer: Tim Harkins (8 pgs.) (The identity of Mockingbird is revealed in this story [see episode #57 featuring E. Nelson Bridwell])
Superman: The Power From Beyond 2 pgs.
Nightwing/Speedy: Attacks letterer: Agustin Mas (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Mr. Blackhawk Goes To Wahsington (7 pgs.)

Issue #631: Cover: artist: Jim Starlin, featuring The Phantom Stranger, published on November 1, 1988.
Green Lantern: De'Tente (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 8 (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Cat And Mouse Part I writer: Paul Kupperberg, artist, Fred Carrillo, letterer: Albert Tobias DeGuzman, colorist: Ptetra Scotese (8 pgs.)
Superman: Point Blank (2 pgs.)
Speedy/Nightwing: Old Friends/New Enemies penciller: Vince Giarrano, inker: Tom Mandrake (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Kissoff -- That's A Russian Word, Isn't It? (7 pgs.)

Issue #632: Cover: artist: Tom Grindberg, featuring Nightwing and Speedy, published on November 8, 1988.
Green Lantern: Beyond Phobos (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Cat And Mouse Chapter II (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 9 (7 pgs.)
Superman: Holy War (2 pgs.)
Nightwing/Speedy: A Time Of Changes (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Doing The Horizontal Goosestep (8 pgs.)

Issue #633: Cover: penciller: Curt Swan, inker: Murphy Anderson, featuring Blackhawk, published on November 15, 1988.
Green Lantern: Apocalypse (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part 10 (7 pgs.)
Nightwing/Speedy: Behind Closed Doors artist: Tom Mandrake (8 pgs.)
Superman: Blood And Sand (2 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Cat And Mouse Chapter III letterer: Dan McKinnon (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Gremlins At Twelve O'Clock (7 pgs.)

Issue #634: Cover: artist: George Freeman, featuring Green Lantern, published on November 22, 1988.
Green Lantern: Total War (8 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Cat And Mouse Chapter Four letterer: Dan McKinnon (8 pgs.)
Black Canary: Knock 'Em Dead Part II (7 pgs.)
Superman: Breathless (2 pgs.)
Nightwing/Speedy: The Circle Closes (8 pgs.)
Blackhawk: Coming Down (7 pgs.)

Issue #635: Cover: Eduardo Barreto (a crossover of most of the characters appearing in Action Comics Weekly), published on November 29, 1988.
The Crash of '88 writer: Mark Verheiden, penciller: Eduardo Baretto, inker: John Nyberg, letterer: Carrie Spiegle, colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko (29 pgs.)
Superman: Power Failure (2 pgs.)
Green Lantern: The End plot/penciller: Mark D. Bright, colorist: Julianna Ferriter and Amory Williams (8 pgs.)
(NOTE: This is the last issue of Action Comics Weekly I bought, since it was the last one with a Blackhawk story.)

Issue #636: Cover: artist: Dick Giordano, featuring Phantom Lady, Superman, Speedy, The Demon and Wild Dog, published on December 6, 1988.
Speedy: Exiles writer: Mark Verheiden, penciller: Louis Williams, inker: Frank McLaughlin, letterer: Tim Harkins, colorist: Julianna Ferriter (7 pgs.)
Demon: The Book Of Pandemonium writer: Alan Grant, penciller: Mark Pacella, inker: Bill Wray, letterer, Jon Costanza, colorist: Tatjana Wood (7 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: All That Jazz writer: Paul Kupperberg, artist: Andy Kubert, letterer: Tim Harkins, colorist: Adam Kubert (8 pgs.)
Superman: The Face And The Voice (2 pgs.)
Phantom Lady: Daddy's Girl writer: Len Strazewski, penciller: Chuck Austen, inker: Gary Martin, letterer: John Costanza, colorist: Glenn Whitmore (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Wrong Turn writer: Max Allen Collins, penciller: Terry Beatty, inker: John Nyberg, letterer: Tim Harkins, colorist: Carl Gafford (7 pgs.)

Issue #637: Cover: artist: Jerome K. Moore, featuring Speedy, published on December 13, 1988.
Speedy: Exiles Part 2 (7 pgs.)
Demon: Never Trust A Demon (7 pgs.)
Hero Hotline: First Day At Work writer: Bob Rozakis, penciller: Stephen DeStaphano, inker: Kurt Schaffenberger, letterer: Agustyn Mas, colorist: Bob Rozakis (7 pgs.)
Superman: The Power Of Darkseid (2 pgs.)
Phantom Lady: Luck Be A Lady (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Easy Money (7 pgs.)

Issue #638: Cover: penciller: Jack Kirby, inker: Terry Austin, featuring The Demon, published on December 20, 1988.
Speedy: Exiles Part III (7 pgs.)
Demon: The Road To Hell (7 pgs.)
Hero Hotline: The Razor's Edge (7 pgs.)
Superman: The Power Within (2 pgs.)
Phantom Lady: Toast Of The Capital (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Burning Down The House (7 pgs.)

Issue #639: Cover: artist: Kevin Nowlan, featuring Phantom Lady, published on January 3, 1989.
Speedy: Exiles IV (7 pgs.)
Demon: Witches (7 pgs.)
Hero Hotline: Keep Her On Ice (7 pgs.)
Superman: An Eye For An Eye (2 pgs.)
Phantom Lady: Belle Of The Ball (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Rung By Rung (7 pgs.)

Issue #640: Cover: Rick Burchett, featuring Wild Dog, published on January 10, 1989.
Speedy: Exiles V (7 pgs.)
Demon: Abandon Hope (7 pgs.)
Hero Hotline: Ready, Aim, Fire (7 pgs.)
Phantom Lady: Lady Of The House (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: 'Tween A Rock And A Hard Place (7 pgs.)

Issue #641: Cover: artist: Murphy Anderson, featuring Superman, published on January 17, 1989.
Demon: Welcome To Hell (7 pgs.)
Phantom Lady: Lady Lost (7 pgs.)
Human Target: The Pow! Zap! Wham! Contract writer: Mark Waid, penciller: Curt Swan, inker: Dick Giordano, letterer: Albert Tobias DeGuzman, colorist: Robert K. LeRose (7 pgs.)
Superman: Justice For All (2 pgs.)
Phantom Stranger: Tommy's Monster writer: Paul Kupperberg, artist: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, letterer: Tim Harkins, colorist: Petra Scotese (7 pgs.)
Wild Dog: Unfriendly Takeover (7 pgs.)

Issue #642: Cover: penciller: Ross Andru, inker: Eric Shanower, featuring Superman, Green Lantern, Deadman and Nightwing, published on January 24, 1989.
Where There's A Will ... writer: Elliot S! Maggin, artist: Gil Kane, pencillers/inkers: Steve Ditko & Art Thibert, Jim Aparo & John Nyberg, Curt Swan & Ty Templeton, Jim Mooney & Ian Akin/Brian Garvey, Carmine Infantino & Kevin Nowlan, letterer: John E. Workman, Jr., colorist: Glenn Whitmore.

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