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Action Comics Weekly, #609

Published: [July 19, 1988]

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Story Featuring Black Canary

"Black Canary premiering this week!"

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Bitter Fruit, Part 1

Story Featuring Black Canary

"Another day Hector. How do you find your first season in the States?"

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Problems for an acquaintance of Dinah Lance involve crop dusting and immigration. Dinah burns the Black Canary costume with the large black collar. She no longer has the Canary Cry at this point in her life.

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Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

Chapter Nine: Faux Pas

Story Featuring Deadman

"Stan! How could you ignore me like that? Your wife's already left you! Do you expect me to act as if nothing's happened?"

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Deadman and Yakin battle in the bodies of President Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and their wives.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608, continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

Canned in Boston

""Vic"? She called you Vic?"

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Vic Sommers ends his previous life when he fights with his ex-wife's husband, Rafael di Rienzi is kidnapped by Mockingbird, and the Secret Six begins its 2nd assignment.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608, continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

And There Will Be a Sign!

Story Featuring Superman

"An interrogation at a Metropolis precinct house has just come to an end when..."

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Clark Kent questions Bob Galt for information on his attackers.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608; continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

Moral Stand, Chapter Nine: Red Pencil

Story Featuring Wild Dog

"Secure all the exits!"

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Wild Dog captures B. Lyle Layman and thwarts his final terrorist act.

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Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #608.

Cutting Remarks

Story Featuring Green Lantern

"Now that's definitely a top-of-the-line blade you got there."

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Hal Jordan tries to explain his fearlessness on Oprah while the first victim of a mind ray goes on a killing rampage.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #608; continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

"Someone will live. Someone will die. You will decide."

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On the bottom of the second page of the letters page. Promo ad for Batman #426 and 427.

"As we await your comments on ACW 601, we thought it might be interesting to present to you an entirely different type of letter column."

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Letters column has editor replies and fan letters from current creators back before they were famous contained in the DC archives. They are from: Roy Thomas (from Flash #116, November 1960); Mark Evanier (from Superman #195, April 1967); Joe Staton (from Justice League of America #9, February 1962); Bob Rozakis (from Batman #168, December 1964); E. Nelson Bridwell (from Green Lantern #10, January 1962). There is also a small write-up on what these people have done since their letter-writing days.

The Top Secrets/S.I. World...

"In the world of espionage, nothing to Top Secrets/S.I., the complete line of role-playing games and novels."

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Back cover.

Bigger Than You Figure.
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Inside front cover.

"Up, Up and Awaaay!!!" Celebrate My 50th Birthday

"Get the official medallions!"

Games With Memories You Won't Forget

"What happens every time you bite into a Striped Chips Ahoy!?"

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Inside front cover.