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Issue Details

Issue #636
Published January 24, 1989
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes Contains 6 stories. Also contains a promo feature, "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details

Characters Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Etrigan The Demon; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 635.

7 page Speedy story "Exiles [(Part 1)]"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback); Cheshire [aka. Jade] (flashback); Lian Harper; Owen Burley; Geniello; Mrs. Estavez
Synopsis Speedy tries to get a job as a private investigator, and is accosted by a mugger.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Mark Verheiden
Pencils Louis Williams
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Julianna Ferriter
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 637. Penciller's name is mispelled as "Lewis Williams." Should be lableled Part 1 to match other parts.

7 page Etrigan The Demon story The Book of Pandemonium] or ["And Etrigan Waits"

Characters Etrigan The Demon; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack; Malefik
Synopsis Jason Blood reluctantly performs an exorcism and calls upon Etrigan to help.
Genre Occult
Script Alan Grant
Pencils Mark Pacella
Inks Bill Wray
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Costanza
Editing Dan Raspler (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 637.

8 page The Phantom Stranger story "All That Jazz"

Characters The Phantom Stranger; Loblow Jones; Ezra Griffith; Esther Griffith; Billie; Barbie; Sid
Synopsis The Phantom Stranger breaks a magic spell that a muscian was using to steal children.
Genre Occult
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Andy Kubert
Inks Andy Kubert
Colors Adam Kubert
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Renee Witterstaetter (story)

2 page Superman story "The Face And The Voice!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Darkseid; Bob Galt; Mother Tierra
Synopsis Superman chases the Consortium away after they lose their power, and is confronted by Darkseid.
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 635, continued in Action Comics Weekly 637.

7 page Phantom Lady story "Daddy's Girl"

Characters Dee Tyler; Marie; Sarah; Mrs. Peel; Ms. Knight; Albert A. Tyler; Roger Richter; Edwin Guerrehart; Gronk
Synopsis Dee Tyler graduates from college and comes home to find her father in trouble.
Genre Superhero
Script Len Strazewski
Pencils Chuck Austen
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters John Costanza
Editing Mark Waid (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 637.

7 page Wild Dog story "Wrong Turn; (Crack Up Chapter 1)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Georgie Washington; Willie Wallace
Synopsis Wild Dog injures a crack dealer and gives a job to a poor youngster.
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 637.

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Invasion-Aftermath!"

Characters Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond and Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel
Genre Superhero
Notes Information on the Invasion series.