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Issue: DC Special #5
Publication Date: October 1969
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 08/14/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
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The Secret Lives of Joe Kubert

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Subject Matter
Viking Prince; Superman; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; "Cave" Carson; Johnny Quick; Zatara; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Sgt. Rock; Batman; Sargon the Sorcerer; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]
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Memorandum

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Sgt. Rock
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Introduction page "Memorandum" from Carmine Infantino ordering Joe to tell his story to readers.

Keith Chandler : Behind the memorandum sheet pinned to the drawing board is an in-progress page from a Sgt. Rock story, one panel of which depicts the lead character.
The Cartoonist -- At Home!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Joe Kubert; Joe's family [Muriel Kubert (wife); Dave Kubert (son); Danny Kubert (son); Lisa Kubert (daughter); Adam Kubert (son); Andy Kubert (son)]; Russ (Russ Heath?); Gerda (Joe's secretary); Martha; Gertrude
High in the remote mountainous regions of northern New Jersy...
A day in the life of a harried cartoonist / editor and his family.
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Includes drawings of the Kubert family. First appearance of Adam and Andy Kubert in a comic.

Keith Chandler : Kubert signs in the final text box.
Eyes of a Blind Gunner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Sgt. Franklin John Rock; Easy Company [Wild Man (first appearance); Jackie Johnson (first appearance); Burt (all injured in this story); Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier]; Nazis
Where are they, Wild Man?
When a grenade blinds Jackie and injures Wild Man's hands, they help each other out in order to stay alive. Wild Man becomes Jackie's eyes while Jackie becomes Wild Man's hands.
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FlagOur Army at War #113 published December 1961
was Eyes of a Blind Gunner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Rider of the Winds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Eagle Feather (a young Indian brave); Rider of the Winds (an mystic eagle); Black Lighting (a black mountain lion)
The young Indian boy had a fighting eagle for a guardian!
In the Old West, Young Eagle Feather is disgraced when Black Lightning, a mountain lion, kills five of his sheep. He's sent to battle the lion in order to regain face in the tribe, and is helped by Godfather, a mighty eagle
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FlagShowcase #2 published May 1956
was Rider of the Winds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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To the Readers...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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includes letters to Joe from Russ Heath, Irv Novick, Norm Mauer, Neal Adams, Carmine Infantino and Muriel Kubert and family.
Menace of the Matter Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Matter Master [Mark Mandrill] (origin) (villain) (first appearance); Commissioner George Emmett; Mavis Trent
No matter how fast we fly...
Hawkman and Hawkgirl are plagued by a series of bizarre crimes from a new criminal called the Matter-Master, who has invented a wand made of Mentachem, an element that allows him to control inanimate matter as long as it is in its purest form.
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FlagThe Brave and the Bold #35 published April 1961
was Menace of the Matter Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Joe Kubert's Characters

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Joe Kubert; Dr. Fate; Johnny Quick; Sargon the Sorcerer; Maximillian O'Leary; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Guardian of the Newsboy Legion; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Yellow Wasp; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Zatara; Firehair
I'm Joe Kubert...
Images of some of the characters Kubert has worked on over the years, reproduced from original Golden Age panels. Also included is a blurb and illustration concerning his latest character, Firehair.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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A fireball is a type of meteor...
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#9 [The Seven Soldiers of Victory]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Speedy; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger] (also referred to as the Law's Legionnaires)
A brief history of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
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J-24
Stripesy is not shown in the accompanying picture.
Threat of the Ice King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure, historical
Viking Prince [Jon Haraldson]; the Mute Bard; the Ice King; the Rose Princess
To win back his lost throne...
On his quest to complete the Twelve Tasks of Thor, Jon and the Mute Bard enter the Ice King's frozen domain. He must "awaken a rose"? He fights a two-headed bear, sails down a waterfall, fights snowmen - all traps of the frosty Ice King. In a high castle he climbs a "vine" of Rapunzel-like hair and finds a sleeping beauty holding a rose. A kiss breaks the trance. Jon is frozen by the Ice King, but turns a ruby into a burning ray. The Ice King falls. The Fourth Task of Thor is accomplished.
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FlagThe Brave and the Bold #18 published June 1958
was Threat of the Ice King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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