Price: 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1988-07-07
Editing: Mike Gold (credited) (supervising editor); Brian Augustyn (credited) (associate editor); Robert Greenberger (credited) (associate editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics Weekly (DC, 1988 series) #614 Edit Cover
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Green Lantern... America's Cosmic Defender!
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Green Lantern / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (2)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Contains 6 stories.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Tengen Games / advertisement / 1 page

Bring Me a Man
(Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Peter David (credited)
Pencils:
Tod Smith (credited) (artist)
Inks:
Tod Smith (credited) (artist)
Colors:
Anthony Tollin (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor)
Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Synopsis:
Hal Jordan discovers that his ring removed his fears and he successfully directs it to replace some fears. Story retells his origin as Green Lantern.

Indexer Notes

Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #613.

Death God
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils:
Tom Grindberg (credited)
Inks:
Brett Breeding (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Bob Pinaha (credited as B. Sean Pennaha)
Editing:
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
  • Job Number:G-3832
  • Feature Logo:The Phantom Stranger
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I... hurt... to my very soul... what remains of it... what Ah Puch, the Mayan Death Go, did not rip from me...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Daniel Gleason; Au Puch; zombies
Synopsis:
The Phantom Stranger defeats Ah Puch.

Indexer Notes

Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #613.

Bigger Than You Figure.
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Candilicious Chewy Candies / advertisement / 1 page

[The Cheshire Contract, Chapter Two] First Blood
(Table of Contents: 5)

Nightwing / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils:
Chuck Patton (credited)
Inks:
Tom Poston (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-3963
  • Feature Logo:Nightwing
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:So, my dear, sweet lover thinks he can stop me from completing my assignment.
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Brian Rachaels (dies); Nicholas (dies)
Synopsis:
Nightwing and Speedy stop Cheshire once, but she succeeds eventually.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #613; continues in Action Comics Weekly #615. References New Teen Titans #20.

Comic Book Sets 30%-80% Off!
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Mile High Comics / advertisement / 2 pages

Death Comes Calling...
(Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils:
Curt Swan (credited)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors:
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters:
Bill Oakley (credited)
Editing:
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:Superman [rounded u bottom]
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I can almost accept that this secret fellowship considers me a god... after all, there are a lot of strange cults in California.
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Synopsis:
Superman arrives in California just in time to save Charles Culpepper.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #613; continues in Action Comics Weekly #615.

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Earn $1.00 an Item Cash
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Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page

The Tin Roof Club, Part Four
(Table of Contents: 9)

Catwoman / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Mindy Newell (credited)
Pencils:
Barry Kitson (credited)
Inks:
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Carrie Spiegle (credited)
Editing:
Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor)
Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
  • Genre:adventure; crime; superhero
  • Job Number:G-4038
Characters:
Arthur; Harry (death); Raul
Synopsis:
Catwoman kills two security guards and frames Holly's husband for it and for the jewelry theft.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #613.

Write Right Now!
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advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Mike Gold (credited)
Pencils:
Barry Crain (credited) (cover preview)
Inks:
Rick Magyar (credited) (cover preview)
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-3340
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Nick Damon, Rob Ullman, Louis A. Morra, Coy Brown and Bob the Duck.

Bitter Fruit, Part 4
(Table of Contents: 12)

Black Canary / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Sharon Wright (credited)
Pencils:
Randy DuBurke (credited)
Inks:
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors:
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Mike Gold (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mrs. Librado; Hank Beecham; Jake
Synopsis:
William MacDonald hires someone to kill one of his employees just as Doug Vallines' private investigator is preparing to give her information on the Librados, and Black Canary stops a shakedown of Hank Beecham.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #613; continues in Action Comics Weekly #615. Story is mislabeled as Part 4; it should be Part 6.

Someone Will Die.
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Batman / advertisement / 1 page

Territorial Expansion
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TSR Hobbies Games / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Green Lantern... America's Cosmic Defender!
    Green Lantern
  2. ["Tengen puts the biggest arcade hits on the Nintendo Entertainment System!"]
    Tengen Games
  3. Bring Me a Man
    Green Lantern
  4. Death God
    The Phantom Stranger
  5. Bigger Than You Figure.
    Candilicious Chewy Candies
  6. [The Cheshire Contract, Chapter Two] First Blood
    Nightwing
  7. Comic Book Sets 30%-80% Off!
    Mile High Comics
  8. Death Comes Calling...
    Superman
  9. Earn Famous Name Prizes or Earn $1.00 an Item Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  10. The Tin Roof Club, Part Four
    Catwoman
  11. Write Right Now!
  12. ["Dear Action, I looooooove this comic!"]
    Action Comics Weekly
  13. Bitter Fruit, Part 4
    Black Canary
  14. Someone Will Die.
    Batman
  15. Territorial Expansion
    TSR Hobbies Games
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