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Issue Details

Issue #629
Published December 6, 1988
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 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. Also contains a pinup page reproducing the cover to Action Comics Weekly 630. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "The Secret Of Mockingbird!"

Characters second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dick Rockwell (signed)
Inks Dick Rockwell (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 628.

8 page Green Lantern; Captain Atom story "So Long Ago The Garden"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]
Synopsis Captain Atom attacks an alien while Hal Jordan supports a building the alien has weakened.
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630.
Reprinted in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #9

7 page Black Canary story "Knock 'Em Dead (Part 6)"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Lt. Cameron; Ken Glazier; Jason Marsh; Marilyn Meyers; Joe; Richard Malone (corpse)
Synopsis The police and Black Canary both investigate a string of murders; both arriving upon the murderer at the same time.
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630.

8 page The Secret Six story "Beginning Of The End"

Characters second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Mitch Hoberman; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; August Durant (flashback); Walter Fenady; Mr. Drake; U.S. Secretary of Defense; Ms. Heppel; Mr. Harris; Max
Synopsis Carlo DiRienzi briefs the Secret Six on their history and Walter Fenady discovers their destruction of "The Agency."
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630. Many of the word balloons in the conversation between Mr. Fenady and the Secretary of Defense are pointing to the wrong person.

2 page Superman story "Journey's End"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Mother Tierra; John Hodges
Synopsis Superman discovers the hiding place of the cult that worships him, and the Consortium follows him.
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 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630.

8 page Speedy story "New Friends, Old Enemies; (Rocks And Hard Places Chapter 4)"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button; Sean McMullen; Seamus Paul O'Connor
Synopsis Speedy is harrassed by both the Friends Of The Empire and the Sanas after he discovers his house is inhabited by 2 children.
Genre Superhero
Script Cheri Wilkerson
Pencils Tom Mandrake
Inks Tom Mandrake
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Agustin Mas
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 628, continued in Action Comics Weekly 630.

7 page Blackhawk story Some Guys Can't Take "No" For An Answer

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz
Synopsis Blackhawk and Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson] fight after Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson] dies, and the Blackhawks are invited to meet with president Truman while a Nazi group plots to hijack an LSD shipment.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 629; continued in Action Comics Weekly 630.

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Invasion First Strike!"

Characters Firestorm [Ronald Raymond and Professor Martin Stein]; Firehawk; Power Girl [Kara Starr]; Starman [Will Payton]; Wonder Woman ; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Doom Patrol; Sea Devils; Aquaman [Art
Genre Superhero
Notes Information on the Invasion series.

1 page Superman illustration

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Severin (signed)
Inks John Severin (signed)
Editing Mike Gold (series); Robert Greenberger (cover); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes This pinup page preprints the cover to Action Comics Weekly #630.