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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #642
Publication Date: March 1989
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Issues: #642 of 42 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/26/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£60.00 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern (costume, ring and lantern only)
First Line: If Hal Jordan dies... who will be the new Green Lantern?
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Campbell's Can-Do Puzzle Page

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First Line: Something fun to do for all kinds of Campbell's Kids.
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Where There Is a Will... Chapter I: The Decision

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Genres: superhero
First Line: The will is very like a muscle.
Synopsis: As Abin Sur is dying, he summons a successor without fear: Clark Kent. Since Clark is not a native of the planet per Guardian law, he cannot assume the responsibilities of a Green Lantern. Abin then shows Clark images of other worthy successors and Clark suggests Hal Jordan as a potential candidate.
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Job Number: G-4510
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John Elway's Quarterback Kicks Off in Homes Across America

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First Line: The story so far...
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When the Going Gets Tough... the Tough Go to Europe!

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First Line: A new ongoing series in DC's Standard Format. Beginning in March.
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Chapter II: The Decline

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Major William Easterly
First Line: ... and this is now.
Synopsis: Deciding to fight the bad guys instead of dealing with his personal problems, Green Lantern investigates reports of someone stealing fissionable nuclear material. For some reason, his ring is acting erratically. After he breaks into a military compound, he is fatally shot by the Major and left for dead. He then sends out green energy in order to find a successor.
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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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In Trouble? Who Can You Call?

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First Line: Cat's up a tree? Ring's down the drain?
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Chapter III: The Summoning

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The First Officer; a priest; a terrorist (possessed by Deadman); Rufus (a Dakotah Indian); a hostage negotiator
First Line: A screaming comes across the sky...
Synopsis: At a tense moment in their lives, Hal's successors are all brought to his dying spot, outside of time and space. Hal then begins to choose his replacement. But Abin Sur's spirit, Clark Kent and Deadman convince Hal that his time is not up yet. Convinced, Hal's spirit rejoins his body and Green Lantern lives again!
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Disclose Notes: Pages 13-27. Although not named, several characters in this sequence are based on real people including Terry Waite (the hostage negotiator), Desmond Tutu (the priest) and Lech Walesa (the First Officer).
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Chapter IV: The Restoration

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): a terrorist (possessed by Deadman); the First Officer; the hostage negotiator; the priest; Rufus
First Line: In London, one of the gunmen, body possessed by another and kidnapped in the process, is gone for not even a wink as...
Synopsis: All of the successors are returned to their proper place and time, but each finds that they are charged with a small amount of Green Lantern energy, which solves the problems they were facing at the moment of their summoning. Hal captures the corrupt Major and his flunkies, and Clark and Deadman continue their discussion on existence.
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Write Right Now!

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First Line: Moments before the spacecraft disintegrated in a burst of nuclear fire, the Captain sent two pods streaking toward the planet below.
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Let the Celebrations Continue Throughout 1989...

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Feature(s): DC
First Line: Subscribe to DC Comcis and save!!!
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The Private Files of the Shadow

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First Line: The five classic stories by Denny O'Neil and Mike Kaluta
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First Line: Dear Editor, When I heard the news in comics fandom circles, I had hoped it was just a rumor.
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Job Number: L-3578
Disclose Notes: Letters from Ray Rizer, Mark Lucas, Arpana Patel and Charles Oren Tracy, with replies by Mike Gold.
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Can You Solve Lucky's Charm Challenge?

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First Line: Lucky needs help finding six marshmallow charms hidden somewhere in the picture.
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Two Ways to Win in the Ring...

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