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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #629
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #629 of 42 Issues
Title:
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: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Contains 6 stories. Also 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: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Secret of Mockingbird!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Rockwell (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Rockwell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Six
Character(s): Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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So Long Ago the Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Priest [as James Owsley]; M. D. Bright (co-plotter)
Penciller(s): M. D. Bright
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Dennis O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]
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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Miscellaneous
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sharon Wright
Penciller(s): Randy DuBurke
Inker(s): Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Steve Haynie
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Black Canary
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Lt. Cameron; Ken Glazier; Jason Marsh; Marilyn Meyers; Joe; Richard Malone (corpse)
Synopsis: The police and Black Canary both investigate a string of murders; both arriving upon the murderer at the same time.
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Miscellaneous
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Frank Springer
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Six
Character(s): Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; August Durant (flashback); Walter Fenady; Mr. Drake; U.S. Secretary of Defense; Ms. Heppel; Mr. Harris; Max
Synopsis: Carlo DiRienzi briefs the Secret Six on their history and Walter Fenady discovers their destruction of "The Agency."
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Miscellaneous
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Editor(s): Mike Carlin (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Mother Tierra; John Hodges
Synopsis: Superman discovers the hiding place of the cult that worships him, and the Consortium follows him.
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Miscellaneous
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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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Severin (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This pinup page previews the cover to Action Comics Weekly #630.
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Invasion First Strike!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Character(s): 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on the Invasion series.
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Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter IV: New Friends, Old Enemies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cheri Wilkerson
Penciller(s): Tom Mandrake
Inker(s): Tom Mandrake
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Editor(s): Barbara Kesel (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightwing and Speedy
Character(s): Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button; Sean McMullen; Seamus Paul O'Connor
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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Miscellaneous
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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Some Guys Can't Take "No" for an Answer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Rick Burchett
Inker(s): John Nyberg
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Steve Haynie
Editor(s): Mike Gold (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz
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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Miscellaneous
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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