Price: 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1988-11-24
Editing: Mike Gold (credited) (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (credited) (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (credited) (associate editor)
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Beware My Power... Green Lantern's Light!
(Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:

Issue Data

Two Ways to Win in the Ring...
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Acclaim Entertainment Games / advertisement / 1 page

Total War
(Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
M. D. Bright (credited as Bright) (co-plotter)
Pencils:
M. D. Bright (credited as Bright)
Inks:
Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Editing:
Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor)
Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-4608
  • Feature Logo:Green Lantern [silver age]
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:More than two hundred years before Hal Jordan was born, this man's father was a member of the Green Lantern Corps.
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Green Lantern [Lord Malvolio]
Synopsis:
Hal Jordan battles Malvolio, who destroys Hal's power ring.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #633; continues in Action Comics Weekly #635.

Cat and Mouse, Chapter Four
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Carrillo (credited)
Inks:
Fred Carrillo (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Dan McKinnon (credited)
Editing:
Renee Witterstaetter (credited as Renée Witterstaetter) (editor)
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • Job Number:G-4171
  • Feature Logo:The Phantom Stranger
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tannarak... Tala... two emissaries of Chaos, who returned to life and their evil works by the dark lords of of the universe...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Cassandra Craft; Tala; lion creation of Tannarak (destroyed); demons of Chaos
Synopsis:
Dr. Thirteen breaks Tannarak's spell, and the Phantom Stranger defeats Tannarak and frees Cassandra Craft, while Tala escapes.

Indexer Notes

Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #633.

Knock 'Em Dead, Part 11
(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-4355
Characters:
Lt. Cameron; Dannie Glazier (flashback); Ken Glazier; Cat Maddox (dies)
Synopsis:
Cat Maddox dies while fighting Black Canary, and her ex-husband is saved from her.

Indexer Notes

Concludes from Action Comics Weekly #633.

Breathless!
(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-4462
Characters:
Synopsis:
Superman destroys the machine which has been supplying power to both the cultists and the Consortium.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #633; continues in Action Comics Weekly #635.

The World of F.I.S.T.
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F.I.S.T. Games / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

New England Comics / advertisement / 2 pages

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

Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Mike Gold (credited)
Pencils:
Eduardo Barreto (cover preview)
Inks:
Eduardo Barreto (cover preview)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-3543
  • Feature Logo:Action Comics Weekly
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Action Comics Weekly Editor: Let me say that this letter is my first ever written to a comic book editor, but the time has come to speak up.
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
The Blackhawks Colonel Diaz; Susan Sullivan (Blackhawk Express employee)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ed Himick, Lance R. Axt, Jacob Gilbert and Peter Guerin, with replies by Mike Gold.

Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter Nine: The Circle Closes
(Table of Contents: 9)

Nightwing; Speedy / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Cherie Wilkerson (credited)
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-4316
Characters:
Lord Danvers; Mr. Hunter; Mr. Monroe; Jonathon Sepulveda; Moira (by letter)
Synopsis:
The C.B.I. has been following Speedy and Nightwing and rescues them after they lead the C.B.I. to their inside drug runner.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #633.

Comic Book Sets 30%-80% Off!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Mile High Comics / advertisement / 2 pages

Coming Down
(Table of Contents: 11)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Martin Pasko (credited)
Pencils:
Rick Burchett (credited)
Inks:
Rick Burchett (credited)
Colors:
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters:
Editing:
Mike Gold (credited) (editor)
  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
  • Job Number:G-4296
  • Feature Logo:Blackhawk
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Stop it, Jan! I tell you the coffee was drugged!--
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
The Blackhawks Gretchen Koblenz (dies); Dieter (dies)
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks kill the Nazi agents and rescue the LSD.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #633; continues in Blackhawk (DC, 1989 series) #1.

Comic Book Conventions!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Great Eastern Conventions / advertisement / 0.5 page

10 Reasons to Buy Suicide Squad in 1989!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Suicide Squad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Wham!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Taito Games / advertisement / 1 page

Get the Atari Advantage!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Atari Video Games and Systems / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Beware My Power... Green Lantern's Light!
    Green Lantern
  2. Two Ways to Win in the Ring...
    Acclaim Entertainment Games
  3. Total War
    Green Lantern
  4. Cat and Mouse, Chapter Four
    The Phantom Stranger
  5. Knock 'Em Dead, Part 11
    Black Canary
  6. Breathless!
    Superman
  7. The World of F.I.S.T.
    F.I.S.T. Games
  8. [no title indexed]
    New England Comics
  9. ["Action Comics Weekly Editor: Let me say that this letter is my first ever written to a comic book editor, but the time has come to speak up."]
    Action Comics Weekly
  10. Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter Nine: The Circle Closes
    Nightwing; Speedy
  11. Comic Book Sets 30%-80% Off!
    Mile High Comics
  12. Coming Down
    Blackhawk
  13. Comic Book Conventions!
    Great Eastern Conventions
  14. 10 Reasons to Buy Suicide Squad in 1989!
    Suicide Squad
  15. Wham!
    Taito Games
  16. Get the Atari Advantage!
    Atari Video Games and Systems
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