Comic Title: Action Comics Weekly #617
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: July 26, 1988 Shipping Date July 26, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #6

Shipping Date July 28, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Copyright Date July 26, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date July 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

Newsstand Date August 9, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

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

Title: "Puppy Dog Tale"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Wild Dog

Writer: Max Allan Collins
Penciller: Terry Beatty
Inker: John Nyberg
Letterer: Timothy Harkins
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Wild Dog (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #618)

Supporting Character(s)

• Susan King (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #618)
• Len (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #604; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #618)

Villain(s)

• Harry (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Daniel Crown (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #619)
• Harry's wife (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; no further appearances)

Comments:
Fatal Distraction Chapter Three

This story is continued from Action Comics Weekly #616 and continues in Action Comics Weekly #618.

Synopsis:
Wild Dog confronts a man wielding a gun in a bar who is threatening to shoot his wife. Young Daniel Crown, who idolizes Wild Dog, sneaks inside the bar. Wild Dog tries to talk the man into lowering his weapon, then Daniel jumps him. The gun goes off nearly killing a customer. Wild Dog apprehends the shooter, then grabs Daniel. Sirens approach before Wild Dog can get answers and both run off in separate directions. Wild Dog now must contend with the fact that his actions are endangering children, a fact which the media exploits.