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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #617
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #617 of 42 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1988
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: superhero
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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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Assault on a Green

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Stasis; Incinderella; Lt. Burt Rensaleer
First Line: Arisia! I thought I'd find you back here at our sublet. We have to talk.
Synopsis: Hal Jordan tracks down and is attacked by the Freak Show, while Arisia contemplates her relationship.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3796
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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Seems Like Old Times...

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Natalie Reed; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Olaf Friedriksen; Johannes Van Der Houten; Mr. Kustarto
First Line: You've done an awful lot for me, Olaf. I want you to know I appreciate it.
Synopsis: Weng brings Olaf to a reunion with the Blackhawks and Olaf and Blackhawk get into a barroom fight.
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Job Number: G-4063
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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Three: Puppy Dog Tale

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Susan King; Harry; unnamed wife of Harry
First Line: Wild Dog Combat Log, Night Two: Tonight I am a family counselor. A husband accused his wife of infidelity, an accusation he has announced by way of firing off his .357 Mag in a neighborhood bar.
Synopsis: Wild Dog breaks up a domestic quarrel and is helped by Wild Pup.
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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 Mike, Bob and Brian I'd like to share some thoughts on Action Comics Weekly #606.
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Job Number: L-3347
Disclose Notes: Letters from Frank Balkin, DC Jordan, Jay Roe, Mike Sangiacomo and Mark Balbes, with responses from Brian Augustyn.
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Write Right Now!

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Missing Person

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Genres: superhero
First Line: After giving a statement to the local authorities...
Synopsis: Superman helps police get a description of Charles Culpepper's attacker and searches for Bob Galt.
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Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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Channel Switching

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Sylvia Blaine; Ky'lhorr
First Line: Where..? Ah, this place... ...who am I?
Synopsis: The Phantom Stranger helps send an Atlantean king's spirit to its final rest after it is mistakenly called by a medium.
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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 5: Motives

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wen Chen Cheng
First Line: This is a battle orchestrated in silence. They are both professionals, and they waste no energy in threats, banter or repartee.
Synopsis: Nightwing fights Cheshire to a standstill as she injures Speedy, though Speedy takes custody of his daughter.
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Job Number: G-3844
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #616; continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.
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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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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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