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Action Comics Vol 1 638

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"Speedy: "Exiles Part III"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Action Comics #638 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1989.

Synopsis for Speedy: "Exiles Part III"


Appearing in Speedy: "Exiles Part III"

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  • Owen Burnley
  • Sean Bauman aka Phillip Lossner
  • Donald Lossner (In a photograph only)

Other Characters:

  • Laurence Haase (On a TV or computer screen)
  • William "Bill" Rettick (Mentioned only)
  • Building Manager (Mentioned only)
  • Pelham (Mentioned only)
  • Luana (Mentioned only)
  • John Wayne (Mentioned only)
  • Hugh Hefner (Mentioned only)

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Synopsis for The Demon, Part III: "The Road to Hell"

At Gotham City Airport, Randu does his very best to dissuade Glenda from following Jason Blood, but she is determined to help. The customs officer is curious as to why she would want to take a rock to England with her, but lets Glenda through. Glenda explains to Randu how she feels that she needs to be there, and Randu admits he, too, feels his fate is intertwined with his friend Jason's.

Across the Atlantic in Wiltshire, the demonic rider that erupted from Silbury Hill intercepts Jason's rental car and brings his warhammer down on the driver's side. The vehicle swerves into a telephone pole and the Hell-born warrior rips the car open as if it were made of paper. The fiend raises his warhammer aloft for the finishing blow, but it slams into Etrigan instead, summoned by a desperate Blood at the last second. Etrigan relishes the pain he's been dealt, but will not let the gesture go unanswered for. He dismounts the rider by punching his steed, then melts the assailants face in a burst of Hellfire. Etrigan continues to burn the creature's skull until it crumbles in his hands, and he spreads the ashes back to the "Earthmother" who spawned it. The horse dematerialises with its owner's death, leaving Etrigan to check on his keeper. Slumped unconscious over the steering wheel, Jason's head wound is fingered by Etrigan, tasting the very blood that cages him. But without his host, he would perish also, and so Etrigan recites the verse to confine him in his mortal prison once more. Jason awakens, healed by Etrigan's presence, and hitches a ride with a truck driver to Tintagel.

These exploits do not go unnoticed, for in the bowels of Hell, Asteroth watches Etrigan's movements with malevolent glee, providing a commentary for his prisoner, Merlin, suspended above a chalice by eldritch hawthorn. The thorns dig into the helpless sorcerer's flesh, his ancient power bleeding from him, with every crimson drop funnelling into the goblet. Asteroth takes the cup of blood and drinks the essence of the world's greatest wizard, before spying on the progress of Blood's friends.

Glenda is stopped by customs at London Heathrow Airport, once more regarding the Philosopher's Stone, which his now glowing. The security officer suspects it to be radioactive, but Randu uses his psychic powers to implant a mental suggestion in the man's mind, and he lets them continue. Glenda looks into the Stone and sees the image of a haggard witch.

Appearing in The Demon, Part III: "The Road to Hell"

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  • Hell-Born Warrior (Dies)
  • Asteroth (First full appearance)
  • Morgan le Fay (Mentioned only)
  • Belial (Mentioned only)
  • The Last Witch of Wookey Hole (In a vision)

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Synopsis for Hero Hotline: "The Razor's Edge"

Diamondette saves herself from her captor by unveiling her super-power: turning her hands into razor-sharp diamond, which she uses to smash the villain's razor. Her poise and beauty leave Hotshot instantly smitten. He has no time to chat up the beautiful med student, as Hotshot and Stretch are reminded of their pending assignment to save a treed kitten. Hotshot scares it into jumping into its owner's arms by shooting fireballs. Much to Stretch's consternation, as the kitten had bounced off his head in the process.

Another assignment comes in that's handed to Microwavabelle and Voiceover: a thief's holding the patrons of a downtown liquor store hostage. Microwavabelle is eager to confront them, wondering if they might be the same criminal who killed her husband.

At the meat packing plant where country singer Melanie Boulder was last seen, Mr. Muscle and Private Eyes are looking into her disappearance, just before she was to make a promotion urging people to eat more meat. They don't notice that the plant manager's got her trapped in a meat locker.

Appearing in Hero Hotline: "The Razor's Edge"

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  • Hero Hotline HQ
  • Bonestar Meat Packing Plant, 122 Industrial Highway
  • Balfor Liquor Store, 12th Street and 4th Avenue

Synopsis for Superman: "The Power Within"


Appearing in Superman: "The Power Within"

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Synopsis for Phantom Lady: "Toast of the Capitol"


Appearing in Phantom Lady: "Toast of the Capitol"

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  • Unitank Armor

Synopsis for Wild Dog: "Crack Up: Chapter Three: Burning Down the House"


Appearing in Wild Dog: "Crack Up: Chapter Three: Burning Down the House"

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  • Drug Dealer's
    • Willie Wallace (Mentioned only)

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  • Galloway (Mentioned only)

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Notes

  • The cover is Jack Kirby's final completed art work for DC Comics.
  • "The Road to Hell"
    • This story is the first physical appearance of Asteroth. Despite being the key antagonist and "narrator" of The Demon Vol 2, he was only ever behind the scenes.
  • "The Power Within" is reprinted in Superman: The Power Within.



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