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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #640
Publication Date: February 1989
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Issues: #640 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: 01/12/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor); Dick Giordano (excutive editor)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rick Burchett
Inker(s): Rick Burchett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wild Dog
Character(s): Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]
First Line: Wild Dog
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Exiles [Part] V

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Verheiden
Penciller(s): Frank Springer
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Julianna Ferriter
Letterer(s): Tim Harkins
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Speedy
Character(s): Speedy [Roy Harper]; Sean Bauman [Phillip Lossner]; Donald Lossner; Dr. Fielding?; Luana; Owen Burley
First Line: Look at him. I'll bet he votes republican...
Synopsis: Speedy helps quell a riot at an AIDS hospice, as his client reconciles with his brother.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4389
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #639. The "supervising physician" may not be Dr. Fielding, as Dr. Fielding was a black woman and this is a white woman.
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Abandon Hope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Grant
Penciller(s): Mark Pacella
Inker(s): Bill Wray
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Dan Raspler (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Demon
Character(s): The Demon [Etrigan]; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Asteroth; Merlin; Morgan Le Fay; Lurgo
First Line: The stone that lives!
Synopsis: Morgan LeFay captures Etrigan as Glenda and Randu enter Asteroth's domain.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4407
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #639; continues in Action Comics Weekly #641.
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Ready, Aim, Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Stephen DeStefano [as Stephen De Stefano]
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Bob Rozakis [as Bob Ro]
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Editor(s): Brian Augustyn (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hero Hotline
Character(s): Hotshot [William Lefferts]; Flex [Sturgis Butterfield]; Stretch [Tom Longacre]; 500-2Q; Lester Lee; Voice-Over [Andy Greenwald]; Microwavabelle [Belle Jackson]; Melanie Boulder; Diamondette [Diana Theotocopoulos]; Mrs. Lefferts; Harry; Roderick C. Broderick
First Line: Hero Hotline, good afternoon.
Synopsis: Hero Hotline rescues a dog and stops a terrorist.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4480
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #639.
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Where There's Smoke...

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]; Lou
First Line: This is terrible!
Synopsis: Superman rescues a man from a burning building and searches for the arsonists.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4560
Disclose Notes: Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Gold
Penciller(s): Rick Burchett (cover preview)
Inker(s): Rick Burchett (cover preview)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
Character(s): Blackhawk
First Line: The only disappointment of issue #629 was the lack of a letters page.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3573
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Lady of the House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Strazewski
Penciller(s): Chuck Austen
Inker(s): Gary Martin
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Mark Waid (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Phantom Lady
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Edwin Guerrehart; Gronk (dies); Sarah
First Line: One! Two! Three! Go!
Synopsis: Phantom Lady appears to kill Gronk while stealing the information that Mr. Guerrehart was using to blackmail her father.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4523
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #639; continues in Action Comics Weekly #641.
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Crack Up, Chapter 5: 'Tween a Rock and a Hard Place

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Collins
Penciller(s): Terry Beatty
Inker(s): John Nyberg
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Tim Harkins
Editor(s): Brian Augustyn (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wild Dog
Character(s): Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Susan King; Lt. Andy Flint; Jimmy
First Line: The quad cities is the apparent site of a drug war...
Synopsis: Wild Dog continues his investigation of a crack ring, killing two more members.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4546
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #639; continues in Action Comics Weekly #641.

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