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Issue Details

Issue #628
Published November 29, 1988
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 - "Blackhawk Returns To Action!"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]
Genre Adventure; War
Pencils George Pratt (signed)
Inks George Pratt (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)

8 page Green Lantern; Captain Atom story "Heroes"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Janel Powell; Mr. East; Joseph Buchannon; Chuck
Synopsis Captain Atom enlists military intelligence to track down the alien and when he finds it he leaves Hal Jordan supporting a building after they argue.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest] (co-plotter); Mark Bright [M.D. Bright] (co-plotter)
Pencils Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 627, continued in Action Comics Weekly 629.
Reprinted in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #9

7 page Black Canary story "Knock 'Em Dead (Part 5)"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Bob; Lt. Cameron; Ken Glazier; Richard Malone (dies)
Synopsis Black Canary and Lt. Cameron exchange information on a murder case, but the murderer strikes again.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Sharon Wright
Pencils Randy DuBurke
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 627, continued in Actions Comics Weekly 629.

8 page Speedy story "Arrival; (Rocks And Hard Places Chapter 3)"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mr. Hunter
Synopsis Speedy arrives at his vacation home after attempts on his life and a kidnapping of Lian.
Genre Superhero
Script Cheri Wilkerson; Marv Wolfman (co-plotter)
Pencils Tom Mandrake
Inks Tom Mandrake
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Costanza
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 627, continued in Actions Comics Weekly 629.

2 page Superman story "Wipeout!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt
Synopsis Bob Galt helps Superman defeat his attackers.
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 627, continued in Actions Comics Weekly 629

8 page The Secret Six story "Remains To Be Seen"

Characters second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; Rafael DiRienzi; August Durant (corpse); Walter Fenady; Mr. Drake; Mr. Giddens; Mr. Thorsen; U.S. Secretary o
Synopsis The Secret Six destroys the headquarters of "The Agency" after finding the evidence of their germ warfare activities.
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 627, continued in Actions Comics Weekly 629. Many of the word balloons in the conversation between Mr. Fenady and the U.S. Secretary of Defense are pointing to the wrong person.

7 page Blackhawk story "...And A Time To Gather Stones Together"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Natalie Reed; Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson] (dies); Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]; Keng Kuan Chee [Mairzey]
Synopsis The Blackhawks fly back to Singapore with a dying Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson], Natalie reveals family problems, and a Nazi group experiments with LSD.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 622; continued in Actions Comics Weekly 629

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Invasion First Strike!"

Characters Firestorm [Ronald Raymond and Professor Martin Stein]; Firehawk; Power Girl [Kara Starr]; Starman [Will Payton]; Wonder Woman ; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Doom Patrol; Sea Devils; Aquaman [Art
Genre Superhero
Notes Information on the Invasion series.