Action Comics Vol 1 616

"Green Lantern: "Safe at Home"": Hal Jordan is trapped inside a safe with yellow interior walls, rendering his ring useless. He starts to panic thanks to his recently restored fears. Hal uses his ring to scratch out the yellow paint, exposing enough grey metal to drill

Green Lantern: "Safe at Home"
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Action Comics Vol 1 #616
September, 1988
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Alex Toth
Green Lantern: "Safe at Home"
Writers	Peter David
Pencilers	Richard Howell
Inkers	Arne Starr
Colourists	Anthony Tollin
Letterers	Helen Vesik
Editors	Dennis O'Neil Dan Raspler
Blackhawk: "Mission: Implausible"
Writers	Martin Pasko
Pencilers	Rick Burchett
Inkers	Rick Burchett
Colourists	Tom Ziuko
Letterers	Steve Haynie
Editors	Mike Gold
Wild Dog: "Fatal Distraction, Chapter Two: Battle Gear"
Writers	Max Allan Collins
Pencilers	Terry Beatty
Inkers	John Nyberg
Colourists	Carl Gafford
Letterers	Steve Haynie
Editors	Brian Augustyn
Superman: "Dead Men Tell No Tales"
Writers	Roger Stern
Pencilers	Curt Swan
Inkers	Murphy Anderson
Colourists	Petra Scotese
Letterers	Bill Oakley
Editors	Mike Carlin
Nightwing: "The Cheshire Contract Chapter 4: Counterpoint"
Writers	Marv Wolfman
Pencilers	Chuck Patton
Inkers	Tom Poston
Colourists	Adrienne Roy
Letterers	Albert DeGuzman
Editors	Barbara Kesel
Black Canary: "Bitter Fruit – Conclusion"
Writers	Sharon Wright
Pencilers	Randy DuBurke
Inkers	Pablo Marcos
Colourists	Gene D'Angelo
Letterers	Steve Haynie
Editors	Mike Gold
Previous Issue	Action Comics # 615
Next Issue	Action Comics # 617

Action Comics #616 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1988.

Synopsis for Green Lantern: "Safe at Home"

Hal Jordan is trapped inside a safe with yellow interior walls, rendering his ring useless. He starts to panic thanks to his recently restored fears. Hal uses his ring to scratch out the yellow paint, exposing enough grey metal to drill through it with a construct. Finally free from the safe, Hal blames Arisia for letting the Freak Show go away. When he turns around to try to apologize to her, she's gone.

Hal takes off and asks detective Rensaller to help him find the runaway criminals.

Back in their lair, the Freak Show meets with their boss, who tasks them with eliminating Green Lantern in their next mission.

Appearing in Green Lantern: "Safe at Home"

Featured Characters:

• Green Lantern

Supporting Characters:

• Arisia

Antagonists:

• Freak Show
  • Lillian Hawkes (First appearance)
  • Castle
  • Siphon
  • Runaround Sue

Other Characters:

• Veronica Hawkes
• Lieutenant Rensaleer

Locations:

• Chicago
  

Appearing in Blackhawk: "Mission: Implausible"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk

Supporting Characters:

• Andre Blanc-DuMont
• Chuck Sirianni
• Natalie Gurdin
• Weng Chan

Antagonists:

• Johannes Van Der Houten

Other Characters:

• Leslie Richardson
• Alice Richardson (First appearance)

Locations:

• Singapore (1947)
• Sumatra (1947)
  

Appearing in Wild Dog: "Fatal Distraction, Chapter Two: Battle Gear"

Featured Characters:

• Wild Dog

Supporting Characters:

• Andy Flint
• Susan King

Antagonists:

• Night Slasher
• Robbers

Other Characters:

• Daniel Crown
• Detective Calloway

Locations:

• Quad Cities
  

Appearing in Superman: "Dead Men Tell No Tales"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• 
  
  

Appearing in Nightwing: "The Cheshire Contract Chapter 4: Counterpoint"

Featured Characters:

• Nightwing
• Speedy

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

• Cheshire
• Wen Ch'ang

Other Characters:

Locations:

• London
  

Appearing in Black Canary: "Bitter Fruit – Conclusion"

Featured Characters:

• Black Canary

Supporting Characters:

• Doug Vallines

Antagonists:

• Vince Scales
• Gary

Other Characters:

• Eddie Fyres
• Rita Librado

Locations:

• Seattle
• Lincoln

Notes

• Nightwing: "The Cheshire Contract Chapter 4: Counterpoint" was reprinted in Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies.
• This is the last Black Canary story for this run of Action Comics Weekly but she returns in issues 624–634.
• "Dead Men Tell No Tales" is reprinted in Superman: The Power Within.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 616

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