Price: 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1988-10-06
Editing: Mike Gold (credited) (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (credited) (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (credited) (associate editor); Dick Giordano (credited) (executive editor)
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Terror in Ireland!
(Table of Contents)

Nightwing / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Gil Kane (signed as G K)
Inks:
Gil Kane (signed as G K)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: weekly with the exception of the last week of the year
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

Contains 6 stories.

Your Body Is a Weapon.
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Acclaim Entertainment Games / advertisement / 1 page

And Now... Captain Atom
(Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Christopher Priest (credited as James Owsley) (script and plot)
M. D. Bright (credited) (plot)
Pencils:
M. D. Bright (credited)
Inks:
Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors:
Anthony Tollin (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor)
Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:Green Lantern [silver age]
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:More than twenty years ago, Nathaniel Adam took part in a bizarre experiment that bumped him twenty years into the future and left him encased in a shell of alien metal.
  • Keywords:California
    • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
alien in form of Randy Violent; Chip
Synopsis:
Captain Atom destroys an alien spaceship just as the alien completes repairs, and Hal Jordan is saying his goodbyes.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #626; continues in Action Comics Weekly #628.

A Bird in the Hand...
(Table of Contents: 3)

Secret Six / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Martin Pasko (credited)
Pencils:
Frank Springer (credited)
Inks:
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors:
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Robert Greenberger (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero; adventure
  • Job Number:G-3806
  • Feature Logo:The Secret Six!
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:July 11. 4:58 A.M. A holding cell in the "workshop" of the mysterious intelligence organization called "the Agency":
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
The Secret Six Rafael DiRienzi; Gus Markesson
Synopsis:
Luke escapes from "the Agency" as the remainder of the Secret Six attacks it, and Mockingbird reveals himself to Rafael DiRienzi.

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #626; continues in Action Comics Weekly #628.

Knock 'Em Dead, Part 4
(Table of Contents: 4)

Black Canary / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Sharon Wright (credited)
Pencils:
Randy DuBurke (credited)
Inks:
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors:
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Robert Greenberger (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-4200
Characters:
Ken Glazier; Harvard; Wanda; Ray; Richard Malone
Synopsis:
Black Canary is arrested while obtaining information from some prostitutes.

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #626; continues in Action Comics Weekly #628.

Panic in the Sands!
(Table of Contents: 5)

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
  • Job Number:G-4421
Characters:
Bob Galt
Synopsis:
Superman tries to escape the Consortium with Bob Galt.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #626; continues in Action Comics Weekly #628.

Write Right Now!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

advertisement / 1 page

Terrific News! Arcade Classics to Play at Home
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

FCI Games / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

A Nightmare on Elm Street / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Brian Augustyn (credited)
Pencils:
George Pratt (cover preview)
Inks:
George Pratt (cover preview)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-3442
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Letters from Doug Clark, Coy J. Brown, George Stephens, and Marc Kevin Hall, with replies by Brian Augustyn. Vote request. Next issue with cover preview.

The Bat-Cave
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

American Comics & Entertainment Products / advertisement / 2 pages

Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter One: Travels
(Table of Contents: 11)

Nightwing; Speedy / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Marv Wolfman (credited) (writer, co-plotter)
Cherie Wilkerson (credited) (co-plotter)
Pencils:
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Inks:
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
Editing:
Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-4308
Characters:
Mrs. Sebastian; Anne (dies)
Synopsis:
Nightwing and Speedy become embroiled in a drug smuggling operation in Ireland when Speedy attempts to vacation there.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in this issue.

Rocks and Hard Places. Chapter Two: Distractions
(Table of Contents: 12)

Nightwing; Speedy / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Marv Wolfman (credited) (writer, co-plotter)
Cherie Wilkerson (credited) (co-plotter)
Pencils:
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Inks:
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
Editing:
Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-4309
Characters:
Mrs. Sebastian; Jonathan Sepulveda
Synopsis:
Nightwing escapes from a fightm and he and Speedy are harassed in Ireland.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from this issue; continues in Action Comics Weekly #628.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho-No!
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DC / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Welcome to the 25th Century!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

TSR Hobbies Games / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Terror in Ireland!
    Nightwing
  2. Your Body Is a Weapon.
    Acclaim Entertainment Games
  3. And Now... Captain Atom
    Green Lantern
  4. A Bird in the Hand...
    Secret Six
  5. Knock 'Em Dead, Part 4
    Black Canary
  6. Panic in the Sands!
    Superman
  7. Write Right Now!
  8. Terrific News! Arcade Classics to Play at Home
    FCI Games
  9. ["You know my face... you know my name. Now get my tape and buy my game!"]
    A Nightmare on Elm Street
  10. ["Dear ACW, Hi. 1) Blackhawk. thank God he's back!"]
    Action Comics Weekly
  11. The Bat-Cave
    American Comics & Entertainment Products
  12. Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter One: Travels
    Nightwing; Speedy
  13. Rocks and Hard Places. Chapter Two: Distractions
    Nightwing; Speedy
  14. Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho-No!
    DC
  15. Welcome to the 25th Century!
    TSR Hobbies Games
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