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Issue Details

Issue #608
Published July 12, 1988
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes No cover date. Cover date backed off later issues. No letter column. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "Green Lantern The Lone Guardian"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Paul Smith (signed)
Inks Paul Smith (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 607.

8 page Green Lantern story "Where The Heck Is Green Lantern?"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Oprah Winfrey
Synopsis Hal Jordan reveals he is without fear on the Oprah Winfrey show, after stopping an armored car robbery.
Genre superhero
Script Peter David
Pencils Tod Smith
Inks Dan Bulanadi
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Denny O'Neil (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 607, continued in Action Comics Weekly 609. Penciller Tod Smith is mispelled "Todd Smith."

8 page Wild Dog story "Winged Dog; (Moral Stand Chapter 8)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; B. Lyle Layman; Susan King; members of Legion of Morality; Detective Calloway; Lt. Andy Flint; Helen Scournt
Synopsis Andy Flint questions a witness and Wild Dog's infiltration of the Legion of Morality is discovered.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Michele Wolfman
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 607, continued in Action Comics Weekly 609.

8 page The Secret Six story "Blind Impulse"

Characters Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Tommy Peterson; Mrs. Peterson; Walter Fenady; Mr. Sifakis; Mockingbird [August Durant] (on videotape); Rafael
Synopsis Mockingbird warns the Secret Six about Rafael DiRienzi, who escapes. Vic Sommers visits his ex-wife and get into a fight with her current husband.
Genre Superhero
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Carrie Spiegle
Editing Dick Giordano (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 607, continued in Action Comics Weekly 609.

2 page Superman story "Questions And Mysteries"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Mr. Jacobs; John Hodges
Synopsis It's revealed that Charles Culpepper was injured in a teleportation accident and did not blow himself up, and Superman begins to track him down.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Beatty
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Bill Oakley
Editing Mike Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 607, continued in Action Comics Weekly 609.

8 page Deadman story "Gala Reception; (Chapter 8)"

Characters Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba; Stan Kriptman; Lynn Smyth; Mr. Orth (corpse)
Synopsis Deadman escapes from hell and takes over C.I.A. Director Stan Kriptman as he discovers that "Satan" may also have escaped from hell.
Genre Occult
Script Mike Baron
Pencils Dan Jurgens
Inks Tony DeZuniga
Colors Liz Berube
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Barbara Randall [Barbara Kesel] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 607, continued in Action Comics Weekly 609.

8 page Blackhawk story "Another Fine War (Conclusion! [Part 8])"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings; Robert Massie; The Red Dragon [Sheah Chun Ryan]; The Red Dragon's pirates; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni
Synopsis Blackhawk and Cynthia Hastings escape from the Red Dragon when Andre and Chuck show up in the nick of time.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 607. Should be labeled Part 8 to match other chapters.

2 page Batman; Green Arrow; The Question text article "Focus"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Question
Genre Superhero
Script Brian Augustyn
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Article is about the Detective Comics, Green Arrow, and Question Annuals.