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: "Motives"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Nightwing (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Chuck Patton
Inker: Tom Poston
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Nightwing:Old Friends, New Enemies TPB (2013)

Feature Character(s)

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

Guest Star(s)

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

Villain(s)

• Cheshire (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #618)
• Wen Cheng (middle name Chen revealed; last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lord Lawrence Hill (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #616; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #618)

Comments:
(The Cheshire Contract) Chapter 5

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

Synopsis:
Nightwing concludes his fight with Cheshire by planting a homing device on her costume, then retreating. With the aid of Scotland Yard, Nightwing follows the signal back to Cheshire's home where Speedy is held prisoner. Another fight ensues, which ends when the villain cut Roy with her poison-tipped nails. Nightwing is forced to break off the attack to get Speedy medical attention.