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Action Comics, Vol. 1 #617

Action Comics, Vol. 1

#617

Assault on a Green / Seems Like Old Times... / Fatal Distraction, Part 3: Puppy Dog Tale / Missing Person / Channel Switching / The Cheshire Contract, Part 5: Motives

Release:   Jul 26, 1988
Cover:   Sep 13, 1988

Green Lantern: Assault on a Green - Hal tries to patch things up with Arisia, but can't get through to her. Instead, he heads out looking for Castle and Siphon, but finds a whole lot of their friends instead.Blackhawk: Seems Like Old Times... - The group knows they've been lied to, but they're willing to accept that given the paycheck. One thing Janos isn't will to accept is the new radio operator that's been recruited.Wild Dog: Fatal Distraction, Chapter 3 - Puppy Dog Tale - Wild Dog has a jealous husband well under control, when a child admirer steps in to "help" with the situation.Superman: Missing Person - Superman is disappointed at his inability to question Culpepper, so he heads home to see if he can get more information from Bob Galt. When he arrives, Galt is nowhere to be found.Phantom Stranger: Channel Switching - The Phantom Stranger finds a charlatan clairevoyant who has stumbled upon genuine magic. She channels a cursed Atlantean warrior, and it's up to the Phantom Stranger to set things right.Nightwing: Motives - Nightwing has finally managed to get a lead on Speedy, whose true goal stands revealed.


Creators View all

Writer Marv Wolfman, Paul Kupperberg, Peter David, Max Allan Collins, Martin Pasko, Roger Stern
Artist Rick Burchett
Cover Artist Dean Motter
Penciller Curt Swan, Terry Beatty, Joe Orlando, Richard Howell, Chuck Patton
Inker Tom Poston, Fred Carrillo, John Nyberg, Murphy Anderson, Arne Starr
Colorist Petra Goldberg-Scotese, Adrienne Roy, Carl Gafford, Anthony Tollin, Tom Ziuko
Letterer Fred Carrillo, Tim Harkins, Albert DeGuzman, Bill Oakley, Steve Haynie, Helen Vesik
Editor Renee Witterstaetter, Brian Augustyn, Barbara Kesel, Mike Carlin, Mike Gold, Dennis O'Neil, Dan Raspler

Characters View all

Superman Kal-El / Clark Kent
Green Lantern Hal Jordan
Nightwing Richard 'Dick' Grayson
Phantom Stranger
Green Lantern Arisia Rrab
Speedy Roy Harper
Blackhawk Janos Prohaska
Cheshire Jade Nguyen
Wild Dog Jack Wheeler
Chop-Chop Weng Chan
Andre Blanc-Dumont
Olaf Friedriksen
Carlos 'Chuck' Sirianni
Lady Blackhawk Natalie Reed
Siphon (Freak Show)
Runaround Sue (Freak Show)
Castle Roger 'Max' Castle
Stasis (Freak Show)
Incinderella (Freak Show)

Details

Age Modern Age
Format Comic
Genre Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes
No. of Pages 48
Country USA
Language English

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Cover Price $ 1.50