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Action Comics Weekly 641

ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #641

Cover Date: March 7 1989
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Welcome to Hell" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlan Grant
PencilsMark Pacella
InksBill Wray
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTatjana Wood
EditingDan Raspler

Feature Character(s):

Etrigan (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)
Jason Blood (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Glenda Mark (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)
Randu Singh (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)

Villain(s):

Asteroth (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)
Morgan Le Fay (disintegrated; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #103)

Guest Appearance(s):

Merlin (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)

Other Character(s):

Lurgo (next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #2)

Comment(s):

This story is continued into next issue.
This chapter takes place on the evening of March 16.


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Second Story: "Lady Lost" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Strazewski
PencilsChuck Austen
InksGary Martin
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsGlenn Whitmore
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Lady II (next in Flash Vol. 2 #29)

Supporting Character(s):

Sarah
Al Tyler (also in flashbacks to his youth)

Villain(s):

Les Mille Yeux (behind the scenes)
Guerrehart (revealed to have been blinded by Phantom Lady)

Other Character(s):

Beau Tyler (first appearance; Al's brother and Dee's uncle; in flashback only to his youth; said to be Les Mille Yeux's Southern US chief)
Diana Tyler (first appearance; Al's wife and Dee's mother; in flashback only)

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.


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Third Story: "The Pow! Zap! Wham! Contract" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
PencilsCurt Swan
InksDick Giordano
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsBob LeRose
EditingBrian Augustyn

Feature Character(s):

Christopher Chance (last in Crisis on Infinite Earths #11; impersonates TV star Bill Anderson and his identity of TV super-hero Courageous Man; next in Human Target #1)

Other Character(s):

Bill Anderson (first appearance; TV's Courageous Man and a college friend of Chris Chance)
Perry Klein (first appearance; director of Courageous Man)
Frazier White (first appearance; a producer on Courageous Man)
Doug Duncan (first appearance; Minute Lad; Courageous Man's teen sidekick)
Barney (first appearance; an electrician on Courageous Man; dies)


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Fourth Story: "Justice for All" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoger Stern
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
LetteringBill Oakley
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Villain(s):

Racist thugs (one named Lou)

Comment(s):

Continued from last issue.


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Fifth Story: "Tommy's Monster" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Kupperberg
ArtJosé Luis García-López
LetteringTim Harkins
ColorsPetra Scotese
EditingRenee Witterstaetter

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Stranger (last in Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #83; next in Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame)

Villain(s):

Tommy Jones (first appearance; a young boy who brings fantasy to life)
Rudolph (first appearance; a fictional dragon brought to life by Tommy)

Other Character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Davis and Mr. Sloan (first appearance for all)


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Sixth Story: "Crack Up Chapter Six: Unfriendly Takeover" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMax Allan Collins
PencilsTerry Beatty
InksJohn Nyberg
LetteringTim Harkins
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingBrian Augustyn

Feature Character(s):

Wild Dog

Supporting Character(s):

Lou Goddard
Detective Andy Flint
Susan King

Villain(s):

The Board of Directors (first appearance for all; a corporate board controlling the drug trade; all die)

Comment(s):

This story is continued from last issue.


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