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Issue Details

Issue #615
Published August 30, 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 - "Wild Dog Breaks Loose!"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]
Genre Adventure
Pencils Barry Crain (signed)
Inks Rick Magyar (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 614.

8 page Green Lantern story "Freaks!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Veronica Hawkes; Ollie; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue
Synopsis Some superpowered crooks trap Hal Jordan at a location Arisia is modeling at.
Genre Superhero
Script Peter David; Richard Howell (co-plotter)
Pencils Richard Howell
Inks Arne Starr
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Todd Klein
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 616. Story is discontinuous with Action Comics Weekly 614.

7 page Blackhawk story "That Was No Lady..."

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]
Synopsis Blackhawk escapes from some smugglers and hires Natalie Reed.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Rick Burchett
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 616. Story references and begins some months after Action Comics Weekly 608.

7 page Wild Dog story "Night Patrol; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 1)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Lou Godder; Detective Calloway; unamed female serial killer
Synopsis A female serial killer stalks the Quad Cities and Wild Dog begins a search for her, while attracting the attention of a protegee.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 616.

2 page Superman story "Fatal Flaw?"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Charles Culpepper
Synopsis Superman saves Charles Culpepper but may have killed his assailant.
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 614, continued in Action Comics Weekly 616.

8 page Nightwing & Speedy story "Tracks Of A Killer!; ([The Cheshire Contract] Chapter 3)"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [aka. Jade]; Garrison Peebles (dies); Lord Lawrence Hill; Wen Chen Cheng; Raymond Weist; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Danny Chase
Synopsis Nightwing is suspicious of Speedy's motives; Cheshire kills another ambasador.
Genre Superhero
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Chuck Patton
Inks Tom Poston
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 614, continued in Action Comics Weekly 616. References New Teen Titans 48-49.

8 page Black Canary story "Bitter Fruit (Part 7)"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Lance aka. Bonnie Cardinal]; Doug Vallines; Barry Neiman; William B. MacDonald; Vincent Scales; Ellen Waverly (dies); Mr. Fyres
Synopsis Black Canary meets Doug Vallines and his private detective and tracks Vincent Scales, while his hired assassin deals with an INS employee.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Sharon Wright
Pencils Randy DuBurke
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 614, continued in Action Comics Weekly 616.