Comic Title: Action Comics Weekly #609
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: May 31, 1988 Shipping Date May 31, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #4

Shipping Date June 2, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #140

Copyright Date May 31, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date May 31, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #756, #758, #760

Newsstand Date June 14, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #758, #760

Newsstand Date June 13, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #756

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Bitter Fruit Part 1"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Black Canary (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Sharon Wright
Penciller: Randy DuBurke
Inker: Pablo Marcos
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Feature Character(s)

• Black Canary (last appearance in Green Arrow #7; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #610)

Supporting Character(s)

• Green Arrow (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #606; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #612)

Villain(s)

• William B. MacDonald (a immigration official; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #613)
• Jake and his partner (not named in this story; enforcers; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #611)

Other Character(s)

• Rita Librado (last appearance in Green Arrow #7; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #610)
• Luis Librado (Rita's brother; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #611)
• Hector Librado (Rita's father; in flashback; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #611)
• Miguel (an illegal alien; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Action Comics Weekly #610.

Synopsis:
Dinah Lance burns her current Black Canary costume and decides to return to the original version with fishnets. She then tells Oliver that Rita is coming over and is being considered for a position at the flower shop. When Rita arrives, her face is bandaged and swollen from a fight with some enforcers who were targeting her brother Luis.