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Issue Details

Issue #627
Published November 22, 1988
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 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 - "Terror in Ireland!"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gil Kane (signed)
Inks Gil Kane (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)

8 page Green Lantern; Captain Atom story "And Now Captain Atom"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Chip
Synopsis Captain Atom destroys an alien spaceship just as the alien completes repairs and Hal Jordan is saying his goodbyes.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest] (co-plotter); Mark Bright [M.D. Bright] (co-plotter)
Pencils Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628.
Reprinted in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #7

8 page The Secret Six story "A Bird In The Hand..."

Characters second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; Rafael DiRienzi; Gus Markesson
Synopsis Luke escapes from "The Agency" as the remainder of the Secret Six attacks it, and Mockingbird reveals himself to Rafael DiRienzi.
Genre Superhero
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Frank Springer
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628.

7 page Black Canary story "Knock 'Em Dead (Part 4)"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Ken Glazier; Harvard; Wanda; Ray; Richard Malone
Synopsis Black Canary is arrested while obtaining information from some prostitutes.
Genre Superhero; Adventure
Script Sharon Wright
Pencils Randy DuBurke
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Robert Greenberger (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628.

2 page Superman story "Panic In The Sands!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt
Synopsis Superman tries to escape the Consortuim with Bob Galt.
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 626, continued in Action Comics Weekly 628.

8 page Nightwing & Speedy story "Travels; (Rocks And Hard Places Chapter 1)"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mrs. Sebastian; Anne (dies)
Synopsis Nightwing and Speedy become embroiled in a drug smuggling operation in Ireland when Speedy attempts to vacation there.
Genre Superhero
Script Marv Wolfman; Cheri Wilkerson (co-plotter)
Pencils Tom Mandrake
Inks Tom Mandrake
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Costanza
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 628, after 2 chapters of this story appear in this issue.

8 page Nightwing & Speedy story "Distractions; (Rocks And Hard Places Chapter 2)"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mrs. Sebastian; Johnathon Sepulveda
Synopsis Nightwing escapes from a fight and he and Speedy are harrassed in Ireland.
Genre Superhero
Script Marv Wolfman; Cheri Wilkerson (co-plotter)
Pencils Tom Mandrake
Inks Tom Mandrake
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Costanza
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from this issue, as 2 chapters of this story appear in this issue; continued in Action Comics Weekly 628.