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| Action Comics Weekly | |
| Title: | "...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 601 |
| Cover price: | $1.50 |
| Cover date: | May 24th, 1988 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Ex. Ed: | Dick Giordano |
| Cover artists: | Dave Gibbons |
| Cover inker: | Dave Gibbons |
| Cover colorist: | Tom Ziuko |
| Assistants: | Brian Augustyn |
| Editors: | Mike Gold |
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Action Comics Weekly #601 is the 601st issue of the Action Comics comic book series published by DC Comics. It is the first issue of the title published under its weekly formatting. This volume includes six stories featuring different characters, composed by various creative teams. The cover art illustration was rendered by Dave Gibbons. All stories were edited by Mike Gold. This issue shipped with a May 24th, 1988 cover date and carries a cover price of $1.50 per copy (US).
Green Lantern[]
"...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart"
Hal Jordan, lacking gainful employment, has been staying with John Stewart and Katma Tui. John however, is feeling overcrowded and suggests that Hal take advantage of the fact the there are no longer any rules governing the use of a Green Lantern power ring. Hal decides to go to South Africa and grab some diamonds from one of their less-reputable diamond mines.
Back in Coast City, Star Sapphire returns and breaks into John and Katma's apartment. She slaughters Katma Tui as a message for Hal Jordan.
Credits
- Writer - Christopher Priest
- Penciler - Gil Kane
- Inker - Gil Kane
- Colorist - Anthony Tollin
- Letterer - Albert DeGuzman
- Editor - Denny O'Neil
Wild Dog[]
"Moral Stand (Part 1): Point of Order"
Credits
- Writer - Max Collins
- Penciler - Terry Beatty
- Inker - John Nyberg
- Colorist - Michele Wolfman
- Letterer - Gaspar Saladino
- Editor - Mike Gold
The terrorist cell known as the Committee for Social Change, takes command of City Hall and holds all of the city councilmen, including the mayor, hostage. They demand that the Quad City police department deliver Wild Dog to them so that he may pay for his crimes against other Committee members. Police surround City Hall and Captain Calloway suggests that they send in a fake Wild Dog to appease the terrorists. Such a scheme proves unnecessary however as the real Wild Dog rappels into the building and shoots all of the terrorists.
The Secret Six[]
"Listening to the Mockingbird"
At a special restaurant known as the Enchanted Forest, arrangements are made for a reunion meeting of the original Secret Six. August Durant, Carlo di Rienzi, King Savage, Lili de Neuve, Kit Langman and Tiger Force come together for the first time in five years.
Elsewhere, the mysterious agent known only as Mockingbird gathers together six new individuals for the express purpose of creating a new Secret Six. They are: Anthony Mantegna, Vic Sommers, Mitch Hoberman, Luke McKendrick, Ladonna Jameal and Maria Verdugo.
Elsewhere, deadly acid rain pounds the northwestern town of Orsonville. Those caught in the rain quickly find themselves reduced to nothing but skeletal remains.
Credits
- Writer - Martin Pasko
- Penciler - Dan Spiegle
- Inker - Dan Spiegle
- Colorist - Carl Gafford
- Letterer - Carrie Spiegle
- Editor - Dick Giordano
Superman[]
"Faster Than a Speeding Bullet!"
Three gunmen corner a man in an alleyway. Superman overhears the man's cries for help and swoops down to rescue him. The gunmen fire their weapons, but Superman lands in their path allowing the bullets to bounce harmlessly off his chest.
Credits
- Writer - Roger Stern
- Penciler - Curt Swan
- Inker - John Beatty
- Colorist - Tom Ziuko
- Letterer - Bill Oakley
- Editor - Mike Carlin
Deadman[]
"The Section Chief"
Deadman commits himself to tracking down the numerous criminals who escaped from Nanda Parbat. His trail leads him to Belize in Central America where he discovers a covert CIA guns-for-drugs operation taking place near an old Mayan temple. The CIA section chief is a woman named Grace Kasaba. Deadman takes control of the pilot of the DC-10 running cocaine back to Florida and calls the Dade County airport requesting air marshals. After Federal agents intercept the DC-10, Deadman returns to the Mayan temple where Kasaba oversees her end of the operation. Surprisingly, Kasaba is able to see Deadman's ghost form.
Credits
- Writer - Mike Baron
- Penciler - Dan Jurgens
- Inker - Tony DeZuniga
- Colorist - Liz Berube
- Letterer - Steve Haynie
- Editor - Barbara Kesel
Blackhawk[]
"Another Fine War (Part 1)"
January, 1947: Janos Prohaska, the Blackhawk, sits in a bathtub in a hotel in Singapore mewling over some disparaging comic strips. A man named Zelecki bursts into the room holding a knife. He demands the $10,000 dollars that Prohaska owes him. Janos whips out a gun he had secured in the tub with him and shoots Zelecki in the hand.
Meanwhile, a mysterious blonde-haired woman named Cynthia Hastings arrives at the hotel asking to find Janos Prohaska.
Credits
- Writer - Mike Grell
- Penciler - Rick Burchett
- Inker - Pablo Marcos
- Colorist - Tom Ziuko
- Letterer - Steve Haynie
- Editor - Mike Gold
Appearances[]
Characters
- Green Lantern, Hal Jordan
- Green Lantern, John Stewart
- Green Lantern, Arisia
- Green Lantern, Katma Tui
- Star Sapphire, Carol Ferris
Locations
Items & Vehicles
Organizations
Races
Miscellaneous
Characters
- Wild Dog, Jack Wheeler
- Andy Flint
- Susan King
- Calloway
- Captain Lang
- Len
Locations
Items & Vehicles
Organizations
- Committee for Social Change
Races
Miscellaneous
Characters
Locations
Items & Vehicles
Organizations
Races
Miscellaneous
Characters
Locations
Items & Vehicles
Organizations
- Consortium
Races
Miscellaneous
Characters
- Deadman, Boston Brand
- Grace Kasaba
- Talaoc (Behind the scenes only)
- Barry
- Fulgencio Flores
- Lewis
Locations
- Belize
- Florida (Behind the scenes only)
- Nanda Parbat
Items & Vehicles
Organizations
Races
Miscellaneous
Characters
- Blackhawk, Janos Prohaska
- Cynthia Hastings
- Zalecki
Locations
Items & Vehicles
Organizations
Races
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue shipped on May 24th, 1988.
- With this issue, Action Comics transforms from a team-up comic featuring Superman and a different guest star each issue, to a weekly anthology comic. Superman continues to appear in each issue, but his stories are only two pages long. The other headline feature is Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), whose regular comic book was recently canceled. All the other features are temporary, intended to run for the length of one continued serial, to be replaced by another feature.
- Christopher Priest is credited as Jim Owsley in this issue.
- Janos Prohaska appeared last in Blackhawk, Volume 2 #3.
- This is the final appearance of Katma Tui as a living person. She is murdered by Carol Ferris in this issue. She appears next as a corpse in Action Comics Weekly #602.
- This is the first appearance of the new Secret Six team, which consists of Anthony Mantegna, Ladonna Jameal, Luke McKendrick, Maria Verdugo, Mitch Hoberman, and Vic Sommers.
- This is the first appearance of Rafael di Rienzi.
- Wild Dog appeared last in Wild Dog #4.