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Issue Details

Issue #635
Published January 17, 1989
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes Contains 3 stories. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "The Crash of '88!"

Characters The Blackhawks [Weng Chan; Susan Sullivan]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Colonel Diaz
Genre Superhero
Pencils Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 634.

29 page The Blackhawks; Superman; Green Lantern; Black Canary story "The Crash Of 88"

Characters Weng Chan; Mr. Reedy; Susan Sullivan; Dr. Clay Kendall; April O'Rourke; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (dream sequence); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (dream sequence); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Colonel
Synopsis Green Lantern, Superman, and Black Canary all try to rescue Weng Chan of the Blackhawks and others from a dictator.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Verheiden
Pencils Eduardo Barreto
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Carrie Spiegle
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Uncertain of when this occurs in Hal Jordan's life: it is after the John Stewart trial, because it is referenced, but may be before Hal's battle with Malvolio.

2 page Superman story "Power Failure!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Darkseid (voice); Bob Galt; John Hodges; Mr. Seely
Synopsis Superman tries to get back to Earth's atmosphere, as Darkseid (not shown) reveals himself to the Consortium and the Superman-worshipping cult is attacked.
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 634; continued in Action Comics Weekly 636. Story is NOT in the centerfold.

8 page Green Lantern story "The End"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Lord Malvolio]
Synopsis Hal Jordan takes Malvolio's ring to return to earth, as planned by Malvolio, and all of the scenery in the area of Malvolio's imprisonment disappear, as the scenery and all the inhabitants were his constructs.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest]; Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
Pencils Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Julianna Ferriter (3-4); Mark Waid [as Amory Williams]; Dan Raspler [as Amory Williams] (both 1-2 and 5-8)
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 634. A published interview with the author indicates that this story was to have been continued, and would have explored the implications of Hal Jordan wearing Malvolio's power ring. Mark Waid has confirmed that colorist "Amory Williams" is a pseudonym for the one-time coloring team of Dan Raspler and Mark Waid.