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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #616
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #616 of 42 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/21/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): unnamed Army personnel
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Pages: 1
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Free with Proofs of Purchase M&M's Painter's Cap

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First Line: Also available: M&M's custom designed shirt
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Safe at Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Veronica Hawkes; Ollie; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Lt. Burt Rensaleer; Mrs. Rensaleer
First Line: Honey! Can you hear me? We'll get out!
Synopsis: Hal Jordan escapes from a trap and begins to hunt the criminals.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3809
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continued in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Mission: Implausible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Natalie Reed; Marcia Rossiter [also as Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Johannes Van Der Houten; Mr. Kustarto
First Line: Still no word from your old O.S.S. contacts, mon ami?
Synopsis: Blackhawk and his men take a search job from Steve Claiborne (a.k.a. Leslie Richardson).
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4062
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Two: Battle Gear

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Mrs. Crown; Harry; unnamed wife of Harry
First Line: This is Susan King, Eyewitness News, reporting from the alley where sometime last night the serial killer that police are calling the Night Slasher claimed his -- or her -- fourth victim.
Synopsis: Wild Pup puts together his own set of battle gear, while Wild Dog arrives in a bar to break up a domestic quarrel.
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Job Number: G-4203
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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12 Hot Hits for a Cool Penny

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First Line: Plus a chance to get 2 more free!
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First Line: Dear Mr. Gold, I want to thank and congratulate all the people who give us Action Comics Weekly.
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Job Number: L-3346
Disclose Notes: Letters from John Gettel, Nick Damon, Malcolm Bourne, Coy Brown and Ray Rizer, with responses from Mike Gold.
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Write Right Now!

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Dead Men Tell No Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Moving quickly to prevent a murder, Superman sent the assassin slamming into a wall...
Synopsis: Superman enlists the aid of 2 doctors to get closer to finding the source of the assassins.
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Job Number: G-4085
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Someone Will Die Because the Joker Wants Revenge.

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First Line: Batman 426 and 427. Both on sale in September.
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The Cheshire Contract, Chapter Four: Counterpoint

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wen Chen Cheng; Raymond Weist (dies)
First Line: Why am I so nervous? I've been planning this for weeks. Ever since my friends at the C.B.I. let slip that Cheshire would be in London.
Synopsis: Speedy and Nightwing search separately for Cheshire. Speedy is defeated by Wen Cheng, and Nightwing fights Cheshire.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3843
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #615; continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.
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Bitter Fruit, Conclusion [Part 8]

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Doug Vallines; Barry Neiman; William B. MacDonald; Vincent Scales; Hector Librado (dies); Gary DeMott
First Line: Cold. Doesn't matter what the temperature really is, the water's always cold when you hit.
Synopsis: Black Canary finds Vincent Scales and convinces him to stop his efforts against Doug Vallines and the Librado family.
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In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #8 published December 1989
as Fruto amargo: Conclusión [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4041
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #615. Should be labeled Chapter 8 to match other chapters.
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Gobble the Power Pellets or Get Gobbled by Ghosts!

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First Line: Yes, the ever-loveable, ever-ravenous Pac-Man is back!
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Welcome to the 25th Century!

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First Line: Buck Rogers, the super hero of cosmic comat, blasts off with all new adventure books and a board game from TSR.
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