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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #631
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #631 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: 11/03/1988
Volume:
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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Disclose Notes: Contains a promo feature "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series.
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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 Phantom Stranger Combats His Greatest Foes!

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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, 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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Détente

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): alien in form of Randy Violent
First Line: Night in Nevada's desert.
Synopsis: Captain Atom attempts unsuccessfully to track an alien into space then rescues Hal Jordan from a desert, after which Hal finds his power battery in the hands of some common crooks and confronts them to recharge his ring and capture them.
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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-4468
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #630; continues in Action Comics Weekly #632.
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Knock 'Em Dead, Part 8

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Ron Tompkins (dies); Ken Glazier; Cat Maddox
First Line: Ron Thompkins...
Synopsis: Black Canary tracks Cat Maddox, who commits another murder and eludes capture.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4324
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #630; continues in Action Comics Weekly #632.
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Cat and Mouse, Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Cassandra Craft; Tannarak; Tala
First Line: ...and I've been waiting for you, Cassandra Craft! Well, girl -- no words of greeting for an old friend... ahhh, but I forget myself!
Synopsis: The Phantom Stranger confronts Tannarak and Tala, after Tala appears to defeat Cassandra Craft.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4134
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #632. Pages 6 and 7 are reversed in order.
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Point Blank

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt; Mother Tierra
First Line: In the hidden California sanctuary of the Fellowship...
Synopsis: Superman fights the Consortium after discovering it is receiving the same rays from outer space that his worshippers are.
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Job Number: G-4459
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #630; continues in Action Comics Weekly #632.
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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: Dear Action Aces, I found this letter on my doorstep. I think it's for you.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3500
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mark Balbes, Jon R. Stewart, Thomas Moudry, Howard Leroy Davis, Bruce Kimble and Nick Damon, with replies from Brian Augustyn.
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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 Six: Old Friends, New Enemies

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button; Mr. Clapton; Mrs. Sebastian; Lian Harper
First Line: Stop it! Stop it!
Synopsis: Dick Grayson returns to Ireland after Speedy defeats some Sanas, and some police are found to be causing murders as the Friends of the Empire.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4313
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #630; continues in Action Comics Weekly #632.
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Official Licensed Medallions

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First Line: 1 ounce .999 pure silver
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Kissoff -- That's a Russian Word, Isn't It?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz; Keng Kuan Chee [Mairzey]; Dean Forrestal; Admiral Hillenkoetter; ; Chuck Sirianni; Constance Darabont; Dieter; Simon
First Line: D-lysergic acid diethylamide-45 is hardly a "truth serum," Major.
Synopsis: The Blackhawks discuss espionage with President Truman while some C.I.G. operatives kidnap Natalie Reed, and a Nazi plot to steal LSD begins.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4238
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #630; continues in Action Comics Weekly #632.
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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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[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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