Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #631
Published December 20, 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. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "The Phantom Stranger Combats His Greatest Foes!"

Characters The Phantom Stranger
Genre Occult
Pencils Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks Jim Starlin (signed)
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 630.

8 page Green Lantern; Captain Atom story "Détente"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; alien in form of Randy Violent; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]
Synopsis Captain Atom attempts unsuccessfully to track an alien into space, then rescues Hal Jordan from a desert, after which Hal finds his power battery in the hands of some common crooks and confronts them to recharge his ring and capture them.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest]; Mark Bright [M.D. Bright]
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 630, continued in Action Comics Weekly 632.
Reprinted in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #10

7 page Black Canary story "Knock 'Em Dead (Part 8)"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Ron Tompkins (dies); Ken Glazier; Cat Maddox
Synopsis Black Canary tracks Cat Maddox, who commits another murder and eludes capture.
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 630, continued in Action Comics Weekly 632.

8 page The Phantom Stranger story "Cat And Mouse (Chapter 1)"

Characters The Phantom Stranger; Cassandra Craft; Dr. Terrence Thirteen; Tannarak; Tala
Synopsis The Phantom Stranger confronts Tannarak and Tala, after Tala appears to defeat Cassandra Craft.
Genre Occult
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Fred Carillo
Inks Fred Carillo
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Renee Witterstaetter (story)
Notes Continued in Action Comics Weekly 632. Pages 6 and 7 are reversed in order.

2 page Superman story "Point Blank"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Mother Tierra
Synopsis Superman fights the Consortium after discovering it is receiving the same rays from outer space that his worshippers are.
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 630, continued in Action Comics Weekly 632.

8 page Speedy story "Old Friends, New Enemies; (Rocks And Hard Places Chapter 6)"

Characters Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mr. Hunter; Moira; Button; Dick Grayson; Mr. Clapton; Mrs. Sebastian
Synopsis Nightwing returns to Ireland after Speedy defeats some Sanas and some police are found to be causing murders as the Friends of The Empire.
Genre Superhero
Script Cherie Wilkerson
Pencils Vince Giarrano
Inks Tom Mandrake
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Agustin Mas
Editing Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 630, continued in Action Comics Weekly 632.

7 page Blackhawk story "Kissoff--That's a Russian Word, Isn't It?"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Gretchen Koblenz; Keng Kuan Chee [Mairzey]; President Harry S. Truman; Dean Forrestal; Admiral Hillenkoetter; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Constance Darabont; Dieter; Simon
Synopsis The Blackhawks discuss espionage with President Truman while some C.I.G. operatives kidnap Natalie Reed, and a Nazi plot to steal LSD begins.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Rick Burchett
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 630, continued in Action Comics Weekly 632.

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.