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Issue: DC Special #3
Publication Date: April 1969
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Issues: #3 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/11/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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All-Girl Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flora (flower girl)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
as DC Special #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original indexer credited Neal Adams on pencils but Nick Caputo believes Adams only redrew the Supergirl figure and the rest of the cover is Cardy pencils and inks.

Keith Chandler : Yes, of course. The styles of both artists are so distinct.
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DC's Fabulous Females!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flora (flower girl)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents listing with small illustrations of characters.
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The Cheetah's Thought Prisoners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Baroness Paula von Gunter; Judge Strait; Nadine Petit; Alumna Banker
First Line: The Cheetag escapes!
Synopsis: When a judge orders Priscilla Rich back from Reform Island for a legal proceeding, she seizes the opportunity to steal Paula's Thought Prism, which allows her to control the minds of others and to cast illusions, powers that she uses for a new crime spree.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: CC 24
Disclose Notes: A previously unpublished story, written and drawn in the 1940s.

Script credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (Alfred A. Knopf, 2014).

Keith Chandler : The job number CC 24 suggests this was originally scheduled for an issue of Comic Cavalcade.
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The Classic Giant

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #187 [Giant #58], on sale February 13.
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The Maid of Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dick Malverne; Bal-Korin (census chief of Kandor); five unnamed Phantom Zone prisoners
First Line: Black Flame --- Have mercy!
Synopsis: Black Flame, a super-powered villainess, tells Supergirl she is her descendant from the 40th century, but Supergirl eventually deduces that she is really from Kandor.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #304 published September 1963
was The Maid of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Special Delivery Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): J.J. Marvin (villain, death); Nifty (villain); Bobo (villain)
First Line: Deliver an envelope...
Synopsis: Larry is called in to the offices of J.J. Marvin and handed an envelope, contents unknown. If he will meet Marvin at 5pm in his office, Lance will be given $1000 cash. However, Marvin is murdered right afterwards, and when the Canary rounds up the true killers, Larry is blamed for the murder by the Police.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
as Special Delivery Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Previously unpublished. Script, pencils, and inks credits from the reprint in Black Canary Archives.

Tom Orzechowski believes the lettering is by Gaspar Saladino.

Keith Chandler : The face of the crook Nifty appears to be inked by Kubert throughout.
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Girl in the Golden Flower!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Flora
First Line: Out of the vastness of interstellar space...
Synopsis: An alien spore takes root in Brad Mulford's windowbox, blooming into a peculiar flower. Soon after, he begins to have strange dreams of a girl who takes him on various alien travels, but when the flower eventually dies, so does the girl in the dreams.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #18 published March 1952
was Girl in the Golden Flower! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Script credit verified via Julius Schwartz's records. Story page credits a 'Robert Starr' which was a pseudonym Julius Schwartz used to make it look like he had more writers.
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The Witching Hour!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1, on sale February 18.
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Incredible? Yes! Impossible? No!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1938 series) #387 and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #83, both on sale February 27.
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Defend Yourself! with Ketsugo

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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239 Magic Tricks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zamarons; Anamede (Zamaron)
First Line: I don't want to defeat Green Lantern -- but I must!
Synopsis: Zamoran warriors travel to Earth to make Carol Ferris their new queen. They turn Carol into Star Sapphire and test her by having her defeat Green Lantern.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #16 published October 1962
was The Secret Life of Star Sapphire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.34
Disclose Notes: Pages 6 and 15 are 2/3-pages.
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#6 [Sargon the Sorcerer]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: SARGON THE SORCERER first appeared...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration is a panel from the Sargon story in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #57, which is signed by Joe Kubert.

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