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Issue Details

Issue #602
Published May 31, 1988
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
Notes No cover date. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. No letter column. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "Green Lantern Learns The Meaning of Fear!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre Superhero
Pencils George Perez
Inks George Perez
Editing Robert Greenberger (cover)
Notes Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 601.

8 page Green Lantern story "Requiem"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Katma Tui (corpse ONLY); John Stewart; Arisia; Kilowog
Synopsis Hal Jordan attempts and fails to stop Star Saphire's rampage.
Genre Superhero
Script James Owsley [Christopher Priest]
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Editing Denny O'Neil (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 601, continued in Action Comics Weekly 603. Spelling "Zamorans" is used in this story.

8 page Deadman story "Showdown; (Chapter 2)"

Characters Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba; Professor Fulgencio Flores; Talaoc; Mr. Jones
Synopsis Deadman discovers that C.I.A. section chief Grace Kasaba has been possessed by Talaoc, who tries to fight Deadman.
Genre Occult
Script Mike Baron
Pencils Dan Jurgens
Inks Tony DeZuniga
Colors Liz Berube
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Barbara Randall [Barbara Kesel] (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 601, continued in Action Comics Weekly 603.

8 page Wild Dog story "Dog Gone; (Moral Stand Chapter 2)"

Characters Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Len [Susan King's camerman]; B. Lyle Layman; Lou Godder; Mr. H. Hovey; Helen Scournt; Reverend Smuggworthy
Synopsis The Legion of Morality begins an attack on pornography while Wild Dog lays low.
Genre Adventure
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks John Nyberg
Colors Michele Wolfman
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 601, continued in Action Comics Weekly 603.

2 page Superman story "They Can Run, But They Can't Hide!"

Characters Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Bob Galt; Charles Culpepper
Synopsis Bob Galt's would-be assassins try to escape from Superman.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Beatty
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Bill Oakley
Editing Mike Carlin (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 601, continued in Action Comics Weekly 603.

8 page The Secret Six story "Look What Fell Out of The Sky Today"

Characters Mockingbird [August Durant] (dies); original Secret Six [King Savage (dies); Lili Deneuve (dies); Kit Langman (dies); Carlo DiRienzi; Tiger Force (dies)]; second Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo
Synopsis Five of the original Secret Six (all except Carlo DiRienzi) die by sabotuers, while the new Secret Six receive their gear.
Genre Superhero
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Carrie Spiegle
Editing Dick Giordano (story)
Notes Characters: Dr. Maria Verdugo added by EarthFurst, 2005-06-08 (Per Sandell ed.)

8 page Blackhawk story "Another Fine War (Part 2)"

Characters Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings; Mr. Zalecki
Synopsis Blackhawk excapes from Mr. Zalecki and his friends with the help of Cynthia Hastings, and she outlines a job for him.
Genre Adventure; War
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Steve Haynie
Editing Mike Gold (story)
Notes Continued from Action Comics Weekly 601, continued in Action Comics Weekly 603.

2 page The Atom text article "Focus"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]
Genre Superhero
Script Brian Augustyn
Editing Brian Augustyn (story)
Notes Article relates the history of The Atom [Ray Palmer].