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Action Comics Weekly, #636

Published: January 24, 1989

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Invasion-Aftermath!

"Cuba -- While reports filtering in from Havana are sketchy, rumors that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was kidnapped during a party being given for Flash in honor of the hero's 21st birthday."

Story Notes

Information on the Invasion series. Characters mentioned include Flash [Wally West]; Manhunter; Firestorm [Ronald Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Checkmate; Justice League International; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adams]. None are depicted.

Story Featuring Phantom Lady

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Exiles [Part 1]

Story Featuring Speedy

"Come on, babe, it's late. Let's go to bed."

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Speedy tries to get a job as a private investigator and is accosted by a mugger.

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Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.

The Book of Pandemonium] or ["And Etrigan Waits"

Story Featuring The Demon

"It's written in the Books of Pandemonium that Belial, arch-duke of Hell, lord of lies, begat the demon Merlin, and gave him charge of his pit-spawned brother, Etrigan, whose rage was feared by hell itself."

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Jason Blood reluctantly performs an exorcism and calls upon Etrigan to help.

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Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.

All That Jazz

Story Featuring The Phantom Stranger

"The music is a strange, haunting sound here beneath the sidewalk of New York, reverberating off the tunnel wall and echoing along the subway platform lke the plantive cry of a beast in pain."

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The Phantom Stranger breaks a magic spell that a muscian was using to steal children.

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The Face and the Voice!

Story Featuring Superman

"Rendered powerless by Superman's destruction of a mysterious energy generator, the Consortium and the Fellowship continue their battle!"

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Superman chases the Consortium away after they lose their power and is confronted by Darkseid.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #635; continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.

Daddy's Girl

Story Featuring Phantom Lady

"Psst! Dee! Did you do it?"

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Dee Tyler graduates from college and comes home to find her father in trouble.

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Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.

Crack Up, Chapter One: Wrong Turn

Story Featuring Wild Dog

"Twenty bucks, my man."

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Wild Dog injures a crack dealer and gives a job to a poor youngster.

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Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #637.

"A few changes this week..."

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Letters from David Metz, Andrew Woodard, Dan Gaines, Tom Scott, James Ricklef, Joe Woods, Paul G. Davis and Jacob Gilbert, with replies by Mike Gold.

Get the Atari Advantage!

"Collect games • Win prizes"

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Back cover.

Wham!

"Bubble-Bobble is dino-might! (for your Nintendo Entertainment System)"

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Inside back cover.

Comic Book Sets 30%-80% Off!
I Will Show You Terror in a Handful of Dust

"He controls your dreams"

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10 Reasons to Buy Suicide Squad in 1989!

"Monthly by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell and Karl Kesel"

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Below the Great Eastern Conventions ad.

Comic Book Conventions!

"The best conventions are Great Eastern Conventions!!!"

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Above the Suicide Squad promo.

The World of F.I.S.T.

"FIST is an exciting new concept in fantasy gaming!"

Two Ways to Win in the Ring...
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Inside front cover.