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.