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Issue Details

Issue #622
Published October 18, 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 - "Green Lantern Cleans Up!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; common crooks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks Larry Mahlstedt (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 621.

8 page Green Lantern story "The Edge Of Forever"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Dex; Hawk; Chip; Al
Synopsis Hal Jordan tracks the yellow beam that destroyed his power battery to the edge of Sector 2814.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest] (co-plotter); Mark Bright [M.D. Bright] (co-plotter)
Pencils Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
Inks Jose Marzan Jr.
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 621, continued in Action Comics Weekly 623. Contains a scene which is a flashback to Green Lantern Special 1.
Reprinted in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #4

7 page Wild Dog story "To Help A Child; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 8)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Len (Susan King's camerman); unamed female serial killer
Synopsis The serial killer turns herself in to the police after wounding Wild Pup.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 621.

7 page Starman story "We Don't Need the Super-Hero"

Characters Starman [Will Payton]; Jayne Payton; unamed villain in a S.T.A.R. Labs armored suit; Vincent Garvey; Don
Synopsis Starman defeats someone in a S.T.A.R. Labs armored suit.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Tom Lyle
Inks Robert Campanella
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Agustin Mas
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)

2 page Superman story "Seeds Of Doubt"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; John Hodges; Mr. Billings
Synopsis Superman and Bob Galt leave some muggers behind, while The Consortium decides to destroy Superman.
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 621, continued in Action Comics Weekly 623.

8 page The Secret Six story "Dead Man On Campus"

Characters second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Billy Abrahams; Shelley; Steve Traeger; Gus Markesson; Lurene; Mr. Drake; Walter Fenady; August Durant (flashback); Mikhail (flashback)
Synopsis The Agency continues to track the Secret Six, and Ladonna learns some of August Durant's background.
Genre Superhero
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Frank Springer
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 621, continued in Action Comics Weekly 623. Mitch Hoberman does NOT appear in this issue.

7 page Blackhawk story "The Big Blowoff"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Olaf Friedriksen; Weng Chan; Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson] (dies); Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]; Johannes Van Der Houten (may die); Johannes Van Der Houten's army; Mr. K
Synopsis The Blackhawks escape from Van Der Houten, but Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson] dies.
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 621, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628.