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Issue Details

Issue #603
Published June 7, 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. Contains 6 stories. The letters column is letters about the Wild Dog mini-series of 1987. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "untitled"

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

8 page Green Lantern story "Retribution!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]
Synopsis Hal Jordan and Star Sapphire battle.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest]
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Denny O'Neil (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 602, continued in Action Comics Weekly 604. Spelling "Zamorans" is used in this story.

8 page The Secret Six story "Spread Your Broken Wings And Learn To Fly"

Characters Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Melanie Sommers
Synopsis The new Secret Six receives their orders and begins action, while the death of the old Secret Six is discovered.
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 602, continued in Action Comics Weekly 604.

8 page Deadman story "Talaoc's Tale; (Chapter 3)"

Characters Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba; Professor Fulgencio Flores; Talaoc; Mr. Combs; Mr. Currier
Synopsis Deadman questions Talaoc while the C.I.A. discovers weapons in the pyramid Talaoc was entombed in.
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 602, continued in Action Comics Weekly 604.

2 page Superman story "More Powerful Than A Locomotive!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Charles Culpepper
Synopsis Superman chases Bob Galt's would-be assassins: one kills another and 2 are captured.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Beatty
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Bill Oakley
Editing Mike Carlin (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 602, continued in Action Comics Weekly 604.

8 page Wild Dog story "Censored; (Moral Stand Chapter 3)"

Characters Jack Wheeler; Lt. Andy Flint; B. Lyle Layman; Lou Godder; Susan King; Helen Scournt; members of Legion of Morality
Synopsis The police begin an investigation into the destruction of Readworld, and Lt. Flint proposes that Jack Wheeler go undercover in the Legion of Morality, which is establishing a new office in the Quad Cities.
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 602, continued in Action Comics Weekly 604. John Nyberg as the inker is inferred from previous issues, as none is listed for this story.

8 page Blackhawk story "Another Fine War (Chapter 3)"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings
Synopsis Cynthia Hastings helps outfit Blackhawk for the job.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 602, continued in Action Comics Weekly 604. Should be labeled as Part 3, not Chapter 3 to match other chapters.