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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #629
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #629 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: 10/20/1988
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Contains a promo feature "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series. Also contains a pinup page reproducing the cover to Action Comics Weekly 630.
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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 Secret of Mockingbird!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Jump Back

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First Line: 'Cause new, improved Trix is so sweet and fruity and brightly colored, now you gotta wear shades when you eat it!
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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So Long Ago the Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): alien in form of Randy Violent
First Line: There you are!
Synopsis: Captain Atom attacks an alien while Hal Jordan supports a building the alien has weakened.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #9 published December 1990
as C'Era Una Volta Il Giardino... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4443
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #628; continues in Action Comics Weekly #630.
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Knock 'Em Dead, Part 6

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Lt. Cameron; Ken Glazier; Jason Marsh; Marilyn Meyers; Joe; Richard Malone (corpse)
First Line: House lights up
Synopsis: The police and Black Canary both investigate a string of murders and both arrive upon the murderer at the same time.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4301
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #628; continues in Action Comics Weekly #630.
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Beginning of the End

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Walter Fenady; Mr. Drake; U.S. Secretary of Defense; Ms. Heppel; Mr. Harris; Max
First Line: Georgetown -- 6:33 a.m., July 11
Synopsis: Carlo DiRienzi briefs the Secret Six on their history, and Walter Fenady discovers their destruction of "the Agency."
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3807
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #628; continues in Action Comics Weekly #630. Many of the word balloons in the conversation between Mr. Fenady and the Secretary of Defense are pointing to the wrong person.
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Journey's End

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt; Mother Tierra; John Hodges
First Line: If I can slip away from Bob for just a minute, I might be able to get some answers out of those two... as Superman!
Synopsis: Superman discovers the hiding place of the cult that worships him, and the Consortium follows him.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4423
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #628; continues in Action Comics Weekly #630.
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Write Right Now!

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Disclose Notes: Twenty-two ads for various products.
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Terrific News! Arcade Classics to Play at Home

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First Line: MagMax and Seicross -- super exciting, outerspace video games you can play at home for the first time ever!
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: This pinup page previews the cover to Action Comics Weekly #630.
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Official Licensed Medallions

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First Line: 1 ounce .999 pure silver
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Invasion First Strike!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: The South Pacific -- U.S. troops trapped under enemy fire in the South Pacific were joined in their battle against the alien invasion force by Firestorm, Firehawk, Power Girl, and Starman.
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Disclose Notes: Information on the Invasion series. Characters mentioned include Firestorm [Ronald Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Firehawk; Power Girl [Kara Starr]; Starman [Will Payton]; Wonder Woman; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Doom Patrol; Sea Devils; Aquaman [Arthur Curry].
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Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter IV: New Friends, Old Enemies

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button; Sean McMullen; Seamus Paul O'Connor
First Line: Roy Harper enters the darkened house, weary from his journey to Northern Ireland and the events that led him there.
Synopsis: Speedy is harassed by both the Friends of the Empire and the Sanas after he discovers his house is inhabited by 2 children.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4311
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #628; continues in Action Comics Weekly #630. Nightwing does not appear but is listed on first page as co-feature.
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Just Folk

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First Line: Surviving the American dream
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I WIll Show You Terror in a Handful of Dust

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First Line: He controls your dreams
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Some Guys Can't Take "No" for an Answer

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Chuck Sirianni; Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz
First Line: There was nothing we could do, Mr. Richardson
Synopsis: Blackhawk and Steve Claiborne (Leslie Richardson) fight after Marcia Rossiter (Alice Richardson) dies, and the Blackhawks are invited to meet with President Truman, while a Nazi group plots to hijack an LSD shipment.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4236
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #628; continues in Action Comics Weekly #630.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Monthly from DC Comics
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[untitled]

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First Line: Nintendo gamers, the biggest hit of the decade is back -- just for you!
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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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