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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #618
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #618 of 42 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/04/1988
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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Nightwing & Speedy on the Prowl!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is based on and credited to a double-page pin-up in Batman #181 (DC, 1940 Series) by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.
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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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First Encounter

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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; Veronica Hawkes; Cynthia Gresham
First Line: I got him Siphon! I got Green Lantern!
Synopsis: The Freak Show escapes from Hal Jordan and he tracks them to Hawkes Industries.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4090
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
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Unhappy Landing

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Natalie Reed; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Olaf Friedriksen; Johannes Van Der Houten; Johannes Van Der Houten's army; Mr. Kustarto; Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]
First Line: Put the chair down. Now.
Synopsis: The Blackhawks are captured by Van Der Houten.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4064
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
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[untitled]

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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Four: Lucky Night

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Susan King; Len (Susan King's camerman); Coleen McQueen; unnamed female serial killer
First Line: This has been some break, hasn't it, Ken? A serial killer and "Wild Pup" cropping up during ratings sweeps!
Synopsis: Wild Dog gives an interview to a news reporter and stumbles upon the serial killer, but she escapes.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4219
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
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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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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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Out on the Town

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt
First Line: Returning to the Clinton Street apartment he maintains as Clark Kent, Superman discovers that his guest Bob Galt is...
Synopsis: Superman searches for Bob Galt.
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Job Number: G-4202
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
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Write Right Now!

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Chapter One: Grave Doings

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Wellman Legros; Sgt. Cosgrove (body); zombies
First Line: Bruce Lee, Elvis and me... all dead.
Synopsis: Deadman discovers Wellman Legros attempting to create an army of zombies and inhabits one to try to thwart him.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4256
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #619. Further stories in the series numbered as parts, not chapters.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Dear Mike, Congratulations! You finally did it!
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Job Number: L-3348
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mike Schaeffer, Malcolm Bourne, Jon Iverson, Nick Damon, and Charles J. Sperling, with responses from Mike Gold.
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The Cheshire Contract - Conclusion [Chapter 6]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lord Lawrence Hill
First Line: Roy...
Synopsis: Nightwing defeats Cheshire and Speedy is reunited with his daughter.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4224
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #617.
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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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