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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #637
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #637 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: 12/15/1988
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 21 (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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See Hollywood -- and Die!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Luana; common crook
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[untitled]

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First Line: Nintendo gamers, he biggest hit of the decade is back -- just for you!
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Exiles, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Owen Burley; William Rettick; Mr. Pelham; Luana
First Line: Life's full of little ironies, isn't it? Like an ex-drug addict having a name like 'Speedy' -- or a guy who's faced a thousand killers meeting his match in a two bit purse snatching punk.
Synopsis: Speedy thwarts a mugging and continues to track his private investigator assignment.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4360
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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[untitled]

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Never Trust a Demon!

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack
First Line: Never trust a demon. They lie, and they cheat. And all they ever give in return is pain.
Synopsis: Jason Blood convinces Etrigan to leave a boy alone and begins tracking Morgaine Le Fey.
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Job Number: G-4356
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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John Elway's Quarterback Kicks Off in Home Across America

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First Line: The story so far...
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First Day at Work

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Irma Lefferts (introduction, mother of Billy Lefferts/Hotshot, first name revealed in Hero Hotline #1); unnamed villain (introduction, next in #638)
First Line: Hero Hotline, good morning.
Synopsis: A new employee joins Hero Hotline, and a villain takes one of the heroes hostage.
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Job Number: G-4477
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Hero Hotline.

Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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The Power of Darkseid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Jacobs; Mr. Billings; John Hodges
First Line: Darkseid! I should have seen your handwork in this!
Synopsis: Darkseid tells Superman why he created a holy war and captures the 3 leaders of the Consortium. Darkseid notes that 34 people have died in his experiment.
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Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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Quickshot for Hotshots New Infrared Wizmaster

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First Line: Quckshot's new infrared remote controller for Nintendo entertaiment systems features...
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[untitled]

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Character(s): The Demon
First Line: Dear Mike & Brian, Well, we're a half year into the weekly status of Action Comics Weekly, so it's as good a time as any to have a look at where we stand.
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Job Number: L-3571
Disclose Notes: Letters from Malcolm Bourne, Coy Brown and Jacob Gilbert, with replies from Brian Augustyn.
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Comic Book Conventions!

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First Line: The best conventions are Great Eastern Conventions!!
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Disclose Notes: Above the Suicide Squad promo.
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10 Reason 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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First Line: A night of murder... a lifetime of revenge
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Luck Be a Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Farid
First Line: No Sarah, Guerrehart wasn't in any of the files I saw on Daddy's desk, but this club and its manager was all over the place.
Synopsis: The Phantom Lady collects some information from an arms dealer.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4520
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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[untitled]

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First Line: The law of the jungle doesn't apply to the 29th century
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Write Right Now!

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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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Crack Up, Chapter Two: Easy M$ney

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lou Godder; Georgie Washington (dies); Willie Wallace; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway
First Line: All ya gotta do, Georgie, is play lookout for the homeboys inside. Watch for cops, do food runs, lie that.
Synopsis: The police kill Georgie Washington accidentally in a crack house raid.
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Job Number: G-4445
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.
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[untitled]

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First Line: The odyssey had ended... now the battle begins.
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Destiny Made Them a Team! Time Will Make Them Heroes!

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Character(s): L.E.G.I.O.N.: [an unidentified Durlan]
First Line: Forged in the fires of the Invasion!, a new team emerges to protect the galaxy!
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Two Ways to Win in the Ring...

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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