Action Comics Weekly #617

Action Comics Weekly #617 brings Superman streaking dramatically across the cover in a bold diagonal composition by Dean Motter — cape billowing behind him, fists forward, his determined gaze fixed on something just out of frame, while a mysterious figure in a dark military-style cap looms large in the foreground. The tension between these two figures gives the image a genuinely compelling sense of confrontation even before you crack the spine. Inside, the anthology format delivers a full 48 pages every week, with Superman joined by Blackhawk, Wild Dog, Green Lantern, Nightwing, and Phantom Stranger — a remarkable lineup that made this 1988 weekly series one of DC's most ambitious publishing experiments of its era.