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Action Comics Weekly, #637

Published: January 31, 1989

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Issue Contents:
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.

See Hollywood -- and Die!

Story Featuring Speedy

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Exiles, Part 2

Story Featuring Speedy

"Life's full of little ironies, isn't it? Like an ex-drug addict having a name like 'Speedy' -- or a guy who's faced a thousand killers meeting his match in a two bit purse snatching punk."

Storyline

Speedy thwarts a mugging and continues to track his private investigator assignment.

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Story Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

Never Trust a Demon!

Story Featuring The Demon

"Never trust a demon. They lie, and they cheat. And all they ever give in return is pain."

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Jason Blood convinces Etrigan to leave a boy alone and begins tracking Morgaine Le Fey.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

First Day at Work

"Hero Hotline, good morning."

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A new employee joins Hero Hotline, and a villain takes one of the heroes hostage.

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Hero Hotline
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Story Notes

First appearance of Hero Hotline. Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

The Power of Darkseid!

Story Featuring Superman

"Darkseid! I should have seen your handwork in this!"

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Darkseid tells Superman why he created a holy war and captures the 3 leaders of the Consortium. Darkseid notes that 34 people have died in his experiment.

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Story Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

Luck Be a Lady

Story Featuring Phantom Lady

"No Sarah, Guerrehart wasn't in any of the files I saw on Daddy's desk, but this club and its manager was all over the place."

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The Phantom Lady collects some information from an arms dealer.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

Crack Up, Chapter Two: Easy M$ney

Story Featuring Wild Dog

"All ya gotta do, Georgie, is play lookout for the homeboys inside. Watch for cops, do food runs, lie that."

Storyline

The police kill Georgie Washington accidentally in a crack house raid.

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Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #636; continues in Action Comics Weekly #638.

"Dear Mike & Brian, Well, we're a half year into the weekly status of Action Comics Weekly, so it's as good a time as any to have a look at where we stand."

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Letters from Malcolm Bourne, Coy Brown and Jacob Gilbert, with replies from Brian Augustyn.

Two Ways to Win in the Ring...
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Back cover.

Destiny Made Them a Team! Time Will Make Them Heroes!

"Forged in the fires of the Invasion!, a new team emerges to protect the galaxy!"

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Inside front cover.

"The odyssey had ended... now the battle begins."

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Write Right Now!

"The law of the jungle doesn't apply to the 29th century"

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"A night of murder... a lifetime of revenge"

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10 Reason 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.

Quickshot for Hotshots New Infrared Wizmaster

"Quckshot's new infrared remote controller for Nintendo entertaiment systems features..."

John Elway's Quarterback Kicks Off in Home Across America

"The story so far..."

"Nintendo gamers, he biggest hit of the decade is back -- just for you!"

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Inside front cover.