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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #620
Publication Date: October 1988
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Issues: #620 of 42 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/18/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 17 (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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The Mission Falls Apart!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Last Gasp!

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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; Lt. Burt Rensaleer
First Line: He's down! He's dirty! He's dead! Boys and girls, we killed Green Lantern!
Synopsis: Hal Jordan defeats the Freak Show, but the leader is free and Arisia leaves him.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4089
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #619. There is a large gap in time between this story and the next Green Lantern story in the next issue.
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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Six: Tailed!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Susan King; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; unnamed male mass murderer
First Line: Come and get 'im, Wild Dog! He's all yours!
Synopsis: Wild Dog kills a mass murder, and Wild Pup tails him to his garage.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4221
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #619; continues in Action Comics Weekly #621.
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Just a Little Bug That's Going Around

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Billy Abrahams; Shelley; Mr. Peterson; Steve Traeger; Dr. Ainsley; Gus Markesson; Mr. Drake; Walter Fenady
First Line: July 8. 2:05 p.m.
Synopsis: The Secret Six begin to track Mockingbird while "the Agency" tracks the Secret Six.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3772
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #619; continues in Action Comics Weekly #621.
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Too Late, the Hero?

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt; Skud; Zippo
First Line: What have we here? Looks like a tourist!
Synopsis: Bob Galt is accosted by muggers.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4216
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #619; continues in Action Comics Weekly #621. From now on Superman appears on the magazine's center spread.
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Someone Will Die Because the Joker Wants Revenge. But You Can Prevent It.

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First Line: Batman 426 and 427. Both on sale in September.
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Body Builder

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First Line: Maybe it's a truck body. Maybe a racing car body. But whatever model you're building, you want it to look the best.
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Bigger Than You Figure.

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[Grave Doings] Part 3

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Wellman Legros; zombies; Madame Waxahachie (first name given as both Molly and Mabel); Clara; Luke Estes; Letrita Brogden; Lisa Brogden; Willie McTell; spirit of Stella Peckshaw; spirit of Delia Peckshaw
First Line: So... first I'm visited by a deadman, then two zombies grab the Brogden twins.
Synopsis: Deadman and Madame Waxahachie try to disrupt Wellman Legros plot and free the Brogden twins, but the twins are inhabited by spirits.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4306
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #619; continues in Action Comics Weekly #621.
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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First Line: Dear Guys, After years of reading "comic" books, I decided to write my first letter.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from John Britt, Jacob Gilbert, J. R. Gipson, Chris Romano, and Scott Gibson, with responses by Mike Gold and with an accompanying illustration of the next issue's cover.
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[untitled]

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First Line: DC goes to great lengths to bring you the original stretchable super-hero --
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Most Guys Just Leave Her Hanging There

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Marcia Rossiter [also as Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]; Mr. Soekardja
First Line: The ruins of an ancient Buddhist temple in Sumatra -- June, 1947
Synopsis: Blackhawk frees Marcia Rossiter (Alice Richardson) and learns about the missing plane.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4087
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #619; continues in Action Comics Weekly #621.
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Write Right Now!

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Make a Power Play in Mindscape's Instant Win Game.

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First Line: Win Grand Prize -- Ful Size Atari 720° Arcade Game
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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No More "Bored" Games!

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First Line: Take to the skies with TSR's new action-packed adventure boardgames.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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