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Issue Details

Issue #616
Published September 6, 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]; unnamed army personnel
Genre Adventure; War
Pencils Alex Toth (signed)
Inks Alex Toth (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 615.

8 page Green Lantern story "Safe At Home"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Veronica Hawkes; Ollie; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Lt. Burt Rensaleer; Mrs. Rensaleer
Synopsis Hal Jordan escapes from a trap and begins to hunt the criminals.
Genre Superhero
Script Peter David
Pencils Richard Howell
Inks Arne Starr
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Helen Vesik
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.

7 page Blackhawk story "Mission: Implausible"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Johannes Van Der Houten; Mr. Kustarto
Synopsis Blackhawk and his men take a search job from Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson].
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 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.

7 page Wild Dog story "Battle Gear; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 2)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Mrs. Crown; Harry; unamed wife of Harry
Synopsis Wild Pup puts together his own set of battle gear, while Wild Dog arrives in a bar to break up a domestic quarrel.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.

2 page Superman story "Dead Men Tell No Tales"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]
Synopsis Superman enlists the aid of 2 doctors to get closer to finding the source of the assassins.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Bill Oakley
Editing Mike Carlin (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.

8 page Nightwing & Speedy story "Counterpoint; (The Cheshire Contract Chapter 4)"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [aka. Jade]; Wen Chen Cheng; Raymond Weist (dies)
Synopsis Speedy and Nightwing search separately for Cheshire. Speedy is defeated by Wen Cheng and Nightwing fights Cheshire.
Genre Superhero
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Chuck Patton
Inks Tom Poston
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.

8 page Black Canary story "Conclusion; (Bitter Fruit [Part 8])"

Characters Dinah Lance [aka. Bonnie Cardinal]; Doug Vallines; Barry Neiman; William B. MacDonald; Vincent Scales; Hector Librado (dies); Gary DeMott
Synopsis Black Canary finds Vincent Scales and convinces him to stop his efforts against Doug Vallines and the Librado family.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Sharon Wright
Pencils Randy DuBurke
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 615. Should be labeled Chapter 8 to match other chapters.