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Issue Details

Issue #621
Published October 11, 1988
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes Contains 6 stories. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; unamed army personnel
Genre Adventure; War
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 620.

8 page Green Lantern story "Gremlins!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dex; Hawk; Chip; Al
Synopsis Hal Jordan saves an alien space ship, begins his new job, and his power battery is destroyed when he charges his ring.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest] (co-plotter); Mark Bright [M.D. Bright] (co-plotter)
Pencils Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
Inks Jose Marzan Jr.
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 622. There is a gap in time between this and the previous story in Action Comics Weekly 620: this is likely the time where Green Lantern's involvement in Invasion occurs.
Reprinted in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #3

7 page Wild Dog story "Stab In The Dark; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 7)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Lou Godder; Nigel; unamed female serial killer
Synopsis Wild Dog tracks down a serial killer and stops her, but Wild Pup gets injured when he helps.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Dick Rockwell; Terry Beatty (layouts)
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 620, continued in Action Comics Weekly 622.

8 page The Secret Six story "Guess What We Learned In School Today?"

Characters second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Billy Abrahams; Shelley; Mr. Peterson; Steve Traeger; Gus Markesson; Lurene; Walter Fenady
Synopsis The Secret Six tracks Mockingbird as "The Agency" tracks them.
Genre Superhero
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Frank Springer
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 620, continued in Action Comics Weekly 622.

2 page Superman story "Let The Punishment Fit The Crime"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Skud; Zippo
Synopsis Superman saves Bob Galt from some muggers.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Bill Oakley
Editing Mike Carlin (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 620, continued in Action Comics Weekly 622.

8 page Deadman story "[Grave Doings] (Part 4)"

Characters Deadman [Boston Brand]; Wellman Legros; zombies; Madame Waxahachie (first name given as both Molly and Mabel); Clara; Letrita Brogden; Lisa Brogden; spirit of Stella Peckshaw; spirit of Delia Peckshaw
Synopsis Deadman and Madame Waxahachie continue searching for the Peckshaw twins, who have escaped with their zombie army.
Genre Occult
Script Mike Baron
Pencils Kelley Jones
Inks Tony DeZuniga; Pablo Marcos
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 620, continued in Action Comics Weekly 623.

7 page Blackhawk story "It's Not The Heat, It's The Futility"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Olaf Friedriksen; Weng Chan; Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]; Johannes Van Der Houten; Johannes Van Der Houten's army; Mr. Kustarto; Mr. Soek
Synopsis The Blackhawks begin to escape from Van Der Houten as he decides to discontinue his search for the missing plane.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Rick Burchett
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 620, continued in Action Comics Weekly 622.