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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #636
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #636 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: 12/08/1988
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.
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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: superhero
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Two Ways to Win in the Ring...

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Exiles [Part 1]

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Owen Burley; Geniello; Mrs. Estavez
First Line: Come on, babe, it's late. Let's go to bed.
Synopsis: Speedy tries to get a job as a private investigator and is accosted by a mugger.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4359
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
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The World of F.I.S.T.

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First Line: FIST is an exciting new concept in fantasy gaming!
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The Book of Pandemonium] or ["And Etrigan Waits"

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack; Malefik
First Line: It's written in the Books of Pandemonium that Belial, arch-duke of Hell, lord of lies, begat the demon Merlin, and gave him charge of his pit-spawned brother, Etrigan, whose rage was feared by hell itself.
Synopsis: Jason Blood reluctantly performs an exorcism and calls upon Etrigan to help.
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Job Number: G-4338
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
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All That Jazz

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Loblow Jones; Ezra Griffith; Esther Griffith; Billie; Barbie; Sid
First Line: The music is a strange, haunting sound here beneath the sidewalk of New York, reverberating off the tunnel wall and echoing along the subway platform lke the plantive cry of a beast in pain.
Synopsis: The Phantom Stranger breaks a magic spell that a muscian was using to steal children.
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Job Number: G-4454
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The Face and the Voice!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Galt; Mother Tierra
First Line: Rendered powerless by Superman's destruction of a mysterious energy generator, the Consortium and the Fellowship continue their battle!
Synopsis: Superman chases the Consortium away after they lose their power and is confronted by Darkseid.
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Job Number: G-4462
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #635; continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
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Comic Book Conventions!

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First Line: The best conventions are Great Eastern Conventions!!!
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10 Reasons to Buy Suicide Squad in 1989!

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First Line: Monthly by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell and Karl Kesel
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[untitled]

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First Line: A few changes this week...
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Disclose Notes: Letters from David Metz, Andrew Woodard, Dan Gaines, Tom Scott, James Ricklef, Joe Woods, Paul G. Davis and Jacob Gilbert, with replies by Mike Gold.
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Daddy's Girl

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marie; Sarah; Mrs. Peel; Ms. Knight; Albert A. Tyler; Roger Richter; Edwin Guerrehart; Gronk
First Line: Psst! Dee! Did you do it?
Synopsis: Dee Tyler graduates from college and comes home to find her father in trouble.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4519
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
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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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Comic Book Sets 30%-80% Off!

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Crack Up, Chapter One: Wrong Turn

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lou Godder; Georgie Washington; Willie Wallace
First Line: Twenty bucks, my man.
Synopsis: Wild Dog injures a crack dealer and gives a job to a poor youngster.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4414
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.
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Invasion-Aftermath!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Cuba -- While reports filtering in from Havana are sketchy, rumors that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was kidnapped during a party being given for Flash in honor of the hero's 21st birthday.
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Disclose Notes: Information on the Invasion series. Characters mentioned include Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adams]. None are depicted.
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Wham!

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First Line: Bubble-Bobble is dino-might! (for your Nintendo Entertainment System)
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Get the Atari Advantage!

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First Line: Collect games • Win prizes
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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