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Issue: DC Special #5

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Publication Date: October 1969

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Issues: #5 of 29 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: Superman DC National Comics

Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.

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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Format

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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4 Content Items

reprinted 4 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (11 total)

The Secret Lives of Joe Kubert

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): 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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Pages: 1

Job Number: K-183

Memorandum

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Sgt. Rock

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Pages: 1

Job Number: K-210

Notes: 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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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): 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

First Line: High in the remote mountainous regions of northern New Jersy...

Synopsis: A day in the life of a harried cartoonist / editor and his family.

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Pages: 4

Notes: 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)

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Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): 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

First Line: Where are they, Wild Man?

Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: Flag

Our Army at War #113 published December 1961
was Eyes of a Blind Gunner [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 12.67

Job Number: K-208

Rider of the Winds!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Eagle Feather (a young Indian brave); Rider of the Winds (an mystic eagle); Black Lighting (a black mountain lion)

First Line: The young Indian boy had a fighting eagle for a guardian!

Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: Flag

Showcase #2 published May 1956
was Rider of the Winds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Job Number: K-209

To the Readers...

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: 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

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Matter Master [Mark Mandrill] (origin) (villain) (first appearance); Commissioner George Emmett; Mavis Trent

First Line: No matter how fast we fly...

Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: Flag

The Brave and the Bold #35 published April 1961
was Menace of the Matter Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 12

Job Number: K-207

Joe Kubert's Characters

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): 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

First Line: I'm Joe Kubert...

Synopsis: 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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Pages: 2

Job Number: K-211

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: A fireball is a type of meteor...

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Pages: 0.67

#9 [The Seven Soldiers of Victory]

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Speedy; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger] (also referred to as the Law's Legionnaires)

Synopsis: A brief history of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.

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Pages: 1

Job Number: J-24

Notes: Stripesy is not shown in the accompanying picture.

Threat of the Ice King

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, historical

Character(s): Viking Prince [Jon Haraldson]; the Mute Bard; the Ice King; the Rose Princess

First Line: To win back his lost throne...

Synopsis: 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.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Brave and the Bold #18 published June 1958
was Threat of the Ice King [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 13

Job Number: K-206