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Issue Details

Issue #640
Published February 28, 1989
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes Contains 6 stories. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]
Genre Adventure
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Rick Burchett
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 639, but previously credited in the GCD index to Terry Beatty.

7 page Speedy story "Exiles ([Part] 5)"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Sean Bauman [Phillip Lossner]; Donald Lossner; Dr. Fielding?; Luana; Owen Burley
Synopsis Speedy helps quell a riot at an AIDS hospice, as his client reconciles with his brother.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Mark Verheiden
Pencils Frank Springer
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Julianna Ferriter
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 639. The "supervising physician" may not be Dr. Fielding, as Dr. Fielding was a black woman and this is a white woman.

7 page Etrigan The Demon story "Abandon Hope"

Characters Etrigan The Demon; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Asteroth; Merlin; Morgan Le Fay; Lurgo
Synopsis Morgan LeFay captures Etrigan as Glenda and Randu enter Asteroth's domain.
Genre Occult
Script Alan Grant
Pencils Mark Pacella
Inks Bill Wray
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Costanza
Editing Dan Raspler (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.

7 page Hero Hotline story "Ready, Aim, Fire"

Characters Hotshot [William Lefferts]; Flex [Sturgis Butterfield]; Stretch [Tom Longacre]; 500-2Q; Lester Lee; Voice-Over [Andy Greenwald]; Microwavabelle [Belle Jackson]; Melanie Boulder; Diamondette [Diana Theotocopoulos]; Mrs. Lefferts; Harry; Roderick C. Broderi
Synopsis Hero Hotline rescues a dog and stops a terrorist.
Genre Superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Stephen De Stefano
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors Bob Ro [Bob Rozakis]
Letters Agustin Mas
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 639.

2 page Superman story "Where There's Smoke..."

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Lou
Synopsis Superman rescues a man from a burning building and searches for the arsonists.
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 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641. "Special Thanks" credit to Tom Peyer, but it is not stated what this is for (he is a writer on other stories).

7 page Phantom Lady story "Lady of The House"

Characters Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Edwin Guerrehart; Gronk (dies); Sarah
Synopsis Phantom Lady appears to kill Gronk while stealing the information that Mr. Guerrehart was using to blackmail her father.
Genre Superhero
Script Len Strazewski
Pencils Chuck Austen
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters John Costanza
Editing Mark Waid (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.

7 page Wild Dog story "'Tween A Rock And A Hard Place; (Crack Up Chapter 5)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Susan King; Lt. Andy Flint; Jimmy
Synopsis Wild Dog continues his investigation of a crack ring, killing two more members.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 639; continued in Action Comics Weekly 641.