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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #621
Publication Date: October 1988
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Issues: #621 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: 08/23/1988
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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[untitled]

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): unnamed army personnel
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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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Gremlins!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dex; Hawk; Chip; Al
First Line: Welcome to Sol, a G2-Class yellow dwarf star located eight light minutes away from Earth.
Synopsis: Hal Jordan saves an alien space ship and begins his new job, and his power battery is destroyed when he charges his ring.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #3 published June 1990
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4166
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #622. There is a gap in time between this and the previous story in Action Comics Weekly #620.
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Fatal Distraction, Chapter Seven: Stab in the Dark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Lou Godder; Nigel; unnamed female serial killer
First Line: What's this?
Synopsis: Wild Dog tracks down a serial killer and stops her, but Wild Pup gets injured when he helps.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4222
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #620; continues in Action Comics Weekly #622.
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Guess What We Learned in School Today?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Billy Abrahams; Shelley; Mr. Peterson; Steve Traeger; Gus Markesson; Lurene; Walter Fenady
First Line: July 8. 10:21 p.m., Eastern Time
Synopsis: The Secret Six tracks Mockingbird as "the Agency" tracks them.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3770
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #620; continues in Action Comics Weekly #622.
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Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt; Skud; Zippo
First Line: After a frantic search, Supeman has finally found Bob Galt in a downtown Metropolis alley...
Synopsis: Superman saves Bob Galt from some muggers.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4217
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #620; continues in Action Comics Weekly #622.
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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 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Wellman Legros; zombies; Madame Waxahachie (first name given as both Molly and Mabel); Clara; Letrita Brogden; Lisa Brogden; spirit of Stella Peckshaw; spirit of Delia Peckshaw
First Line: Zombies, hear us! My sister Delia and I represent the true bon dieu!
Synopsis: Deadman and Madame Waxahachie continue searching for the Peckshaw twins, who have escaped with their zombie army.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4307
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #620; continues in Action Comics Weekly #623.
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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First Line: To Sharon Wright and Mike Gold, Re: Black Canary WHOOAHH!! Wait a minute!
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3383
Disclose Notes: Letters from Stephanie Chan, R. Allen Oswald, Nick Damon, Jay Roe, John O Gerdes, Charles J. Sperling, and Theodore Miller, with responses from Brian Augustyn.
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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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It's Not the Heat, It's the Futility

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Chuck Sirianni; Olaf Friedriksen; Weng Chan; Marcia Rossiter [also as Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]; Johannes Van Der Houten; Johannes Van Der Houten's army; Mr. Kustarto; Mr. Soek
First Line: Sumatra -- June, 1947. The pepper plantation of Johannes Van Der Houten:
Synopsis: The Blackhawks begin to escape from Van Der Houten as he decides to discontinue his search for the missing plane.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4088
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #620; continues in Action Comics Weekly #622.
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Write Right Now!

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Disclose Notes: Twenty ads for various products.
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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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Pages: 1
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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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