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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #630
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #630 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: 10/27/1988
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. This cover is preprinted as a pinup page in Action Comics Weekly 629.
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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 Man of Steel

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Will

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): alien in form of Randy Violent
First Line: Out of my way, GL!
Synopsis: Captain Atom fights Hal Jordan and leaves him exhausted in the desert and goes back to attack an alien.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #10 published January 1991
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4444
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #629; continues in Action Comics Weekly #631.
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Knock 'Em Dead, Part 7

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Lt. Cameron; Ken Glazier; Anna; Ron Tompkins
First Line: They're gong to kill her, Dinah.
Synopsis: Black Canary breaks up a police arrest and the suspect goes free only to be captured by another murderer.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4323
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #629; continues in Action Comics Weekly #631.
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...The Mockingbird Still Singing O'er Its Grave...

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Walter Fenady (dies); Ms. Heppel; Max (dies); Mr. Thorsen; Mr. Giddens; Gus Markesson; Rafael DiRienzi (new Mockingbird?)
First Line: Chevy Chase, Maryland -- the former August Durant Estate. July 11. 7:38 a.m.
Synopsis: The Secret Six kills the last of "the Agency" personnel after they attack. Rafael DiRienzi disappears after his father is killed, and a new Mockingbird appears.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-3808
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #629.
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The Power from Beyond!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt; Mother Tierra; Listener
First Line: As the forces of the Consortium rush to engage and exterminate the Superman-worshipping fellowship...
Synopsis: Superman tries to trace the energy that his worshippers gain their powers from as the Consortium rushes to their hideout.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4424
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #629; continues in Action Comics Weekly #631.
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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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First Line: Mike, A friend of mine, upon finding out that I handwrite all letters to you, told me that that was the reason my letters are never printed.
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Pages: 1.78
Job Number: L-3499
Disclose Notes: Letters from Ray RIzier, Phil Rheim, Lou Carmichael and Brian Stewart, with replies from Mike Gold.
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Aliens in the Pacific! Heroes to the Rescue!

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First Line: Twin tales tied to the invasion...
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Disclose Notes: On the bottom right of the second page of the letters page.
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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]. None are pictured.
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Rocks and Hard Places, Chapter V: Attacks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button
First Line: Seconds ago, Speedy's hme a continent away from home was firebombed.
Synopsis: Speedy tries to rescue the kidnapped Button from the Friends of the Empire after they firebomb his house.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4312
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #629; continues in Action Comics Weekly #631. Nightwing does not appear but is listed as co-feature.
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Official Licensed Medallions

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First Line: 1 ounce .999 pure silver
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Just Folk

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First Line: Surviving the American dream
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Mr. Blackhawk Goes to Washington

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]; Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz; Wendell Hardesty; Keng Kuan Chee [Mairzey]; President Harry S. Truman; Dean Forrestal; Admiral Hillenkoetter; George
First Line: Pardon me, sir -- can you tell me how to get to the quay?
Synopsis: Blackhawk accepts a deal to work for the U.S. government, which pulls Steve Claiborne (Leslie Richardson) off the case, while a Nazi group plots to ambush Blackhawk.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4237
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #629; continues in Action Comics Weekly #631.
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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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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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