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Action Comics, Vol. 1 #618

Action Comics, Vol. 1

#618

First Encounter / Unhappy Landing / Fatal Distraction, Part 4: Lucky Night / Out On The Town / Grave Doings / The Cheshire Contract, Conclusion

Release:   Aug 02, 1988
Cover:   Sep 20, 1988

Green Lantern: First Encounter - Hal Jordan almost has the Freak Show contained when Castle pulls their fat out of the fire. Having lost them, he heads towards Hawkes Industries to get his answers from the people at the top.Blackhawk: Unhappy Landing - Blackhawk's group lands, but the landing is far from happy. They knew they were being lied to, but only now do the start to understand the magnitude of the lies.Wild Dog: Fatal Distraction, Chapter Four - Lucky Night - Wild Dog tracks down a member of the media, in hopes of getting her help discouraging the "Wild Pup." When the serial killer attacks within earshot, plans change for the worse.Superman: Out On The Town - Bob Galt hasn't been kidnapped, but that doesn't mean he's okay. He's checking out Metropolis, confident in Superman's ability to save him, when Superman merchandise makes him quite upset.Deadman: Grave Doings - Deadman stumbles across a voodoo priest raising the dead, and decides to investigate. Realizing the priest is up to no good, he tries to intervene the only way he can, and runs into unexpected difficulties.Nightwing: The Cheshire Contract Conclusion - Roy awakens in the hospital, and finds Dick ready with a surprise for him. Dick soon leaves, as he has a surprise planned for Cheshire, as well.


Creators View all

Writer Max Allan Collins, Marv Wolfman, Roger Stern, Peter David, Martin Pasko, Mike Baron
Artist Rick Burchett
Cover Penciller Jon Bogdanove
Cover Inker Murphy Anderson
Penciller Richard Howell, Curt Swan, Kelley Jones, Chuck Patton, Terry Beatty
Inker Tom Poston, Murphy Anderson, Arne Starr, Tony DeZuniga, John Nyberg
Colorist Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Roy, Daniel Vozzo, Carl Gafford, Tom Ziuko
Letterer Albert DeGuzman, Helen Vesik, Tim Harkins, Bill Oakley, Steve Haynie
Editor Dennis O'Neil, Barbara Kesel, Dan Raspler, Mike Carlin, Brian Augustyn, Mike Gold

Characters View all

Superman Kal-El / Clark Kent
Green Lantern Hal Jordan
Nightwing Richard 'Dick' Grayson
Starfire Koriand'r / Kory Anders
Deadman Boston Brand
Green Lantern Arisia Rrab
Speedy Roy Harper
Blackhawk Janos Prohaska
Cheshire Jade Nguyen
Lian Harper
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