Comic Title: Action Comics Weekly #616
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 6, 1988
On Sale Date: July 19, 1988 Shipping Date July 19, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #6

Shipping Date July 21, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #144

Copyright Date July 19, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date July 19, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

Newsstand Date August 2, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

Frequency: Weekly with the exception of the last week of the year
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Battle Gear"
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 #615; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #617)

Supporting Character(s)

• Andy Flint (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #615; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #619)
• Susan King (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #608; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #617)

Villain(s)

• Harry (a gun-wielding drunk; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #617)

Other Character(s)

• Daniel Crown (name revealed; last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #615; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #617)
• Several comic book store patrons (no further appearances)
• Mrs. Crown (Daniel's mother; no further appearances)
• Harry's wife (next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #617)
• A customer at a bar (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Three hold-up men (on a news report)

Comments:
Fatal Distraction Chapter Two

This story is continued from Action Comics Weekly #615 and continues in Action Comics Weekly #617.

Synopsis:
After witnessing Wild Dog stop a convenience store robbery, young Daniel Crown is interviewed for the television news. He begins to idolize the vigilante and constructs a costume like Wild Dog's. The following night, he spots Wild Dog's truck and follows him to a bar where a gun-wielding husband has shot a man for touching his wife. Wild Dog takes action, and Daniel thinks he can help.