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Issue Details

Issue #637
Published January 31, 1989
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes Contains 6 stories. Also contains a promo feature, "Daily Planet", with information on the Invasion series. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "See Hollywood And Die!"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Luana; common crook
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Pencils Jerome Moore (signed)
Inks Jerome Moore (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 636.

7 page Speedy story "Exiles (Part 2)"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Owen Burley; William Rettick; Mr. Pelham; Luana
Synopsis Speedy thwarts a mugging and continues to track his private investigator assignment.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Mark Verheiden
Pencils Louis Williams
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Julianna Ferriter
Letters Tim Harkins
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638.

7 page Etrigan The Demon story "Never Trust A Demon!"

Characters Etrigan The Demon; Jason Blood; Glenda Mark; Randu; Jack
Synopsis Jason Blood convinces Etrigan to leave a boy alone, and begins tracking Morgaine Le Fey.
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 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638.

7 page Hero Hotline story "First Day at Work"

Characters Hotshot [William Lefferts]; Mrs. Lefferts; Flex [Sturgis Butterfield]; Stretch [Tom Longacre]; 500-2Q; Harry; Lester Lee; Voice-Over [Andy Greenwald]; Microwavabelle [Belle Jackson]; Diamondette [Diana Theotocopoulos]
Synopsis A new employee joins Hero Hotline and a villian takes one of the heros hostage.
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 Continued in Action Comics Weekly 638.

2 page Superman story "The Power of Darkseid!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Darkseid; Mr. Jacobs; Mr. Billings; John Hodges
Synopsis Darkseid tells Superman why he created a holy war and captures the 3 leaders of The Consortium. Darkseid notes that 34 people have died in his experiment.
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 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638.

7 page Phantom Lady story "Luck Be A Lady"

Characters Phantom Lady [Dee Tyler]; Mr. Farid
Synopsis The Phantom Lady collects some information from an arms dealer.
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 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638.

7 page Wild Dog story "Easy M$ney; (Crack Up Chapter 2)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lou Godder; Georgie Washington (dies); Willie Wallace; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway
Synopsis The police kill Georgie Washington accidently in a crack house raid.
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 636; continued in Action Comics Weekly 638.

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Invasion-Aftermath!"

Characters Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond and Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel
Genre Superhero
Notes Information on the Invasion series.