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Issue Details

Issue #618
Published September 20, 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 - "Nightwing & Speedy On The Prowl!"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks Murphy Anderson (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 617. Cover is based on and credited to a double-page pin-up in Batman #181 (1966) by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.

8 page Green Lantern story "First Encounter"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Stasis; Incinderella; Veronica Hawkes; Cynthia Gresham
Synopsis The Freak Show escapes from Hal Jordan and he tracks them to Hawkes Industries.
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 617, continued in Action Comics Weekly 619.

7 page Blackhawk story "Unhappy Landing"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Olaf Friedriksen; Johannes Van Der Houten; Johannes Van Der Houten's army; Mr. Kustarto; Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]
Synopsis The Blackhawks are captured by Van Der Houten.
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 617, continued in Action Comics Weekly 619.

7 page Wild Dog story "Lucky Night; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 4)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Susan King; Len (Susan King's camerman); Coleen McQueen; unamed female serial killer
Synopsis Wild Dog gives an interview to a news reporter and stumbles upon the serial killer, but she escapes.
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 617, continued in Action Comics Weekly 619.

2 page Superman story "Out On The town"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt
Synopsis Superman searches for Bob Galt.
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 617, continued in Action Comics Weekly 619.

8 page Deadman story "Grave Doings (Chapter 1)"

Characters Deadman [Boston Brand]; Wellman Legros; body of Sgt. Cosgrove; zombies
Synopsis Deadman discovers Wellman Legros attempting to create an army of zombies and inhabits one to try to thwart him.
Genre Occult
Script Mike Baron
Pencils Kelley Jones
Inks Tony DeZuniga
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 619. Should be labeled Part 1 to match other parts.

8 page Nightwing & Speedy story "Conclusion; (The Cheshire Contract [Chapter 6])"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Roy Harper; Cheshire [aka. Jade]; Koriand'r; Lian Harper; Lord Lawrence Hill
Synopsis Nightwing defeats Cheshire and Speedy is reunited with his daughter.
Genre Superhero
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Chuck Patton
Inks Tom Poston
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 617. Should be labeled Chapter 6 to match other chapters.