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Issue: Secret Society of Super-Villains #1
Publication Date: May 1976
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Issues: #1 of 15 Issues (18 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/19/1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893064606
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #127.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Secret Society of Super-Villains [Captain Cold; Gorilla Grodd; Mirror Master; Sinestro; Star Sapphire]; Batman (robot version); Green Lantern (robot version); The Flash (robot version)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Secret Society of Super-Villains #1 published October 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Secret Society of Super-Villains #1 published October 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ernie Chua's signature includes the year 1975. Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
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Twinkieless Gotham City

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Penguin; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: The Penguin plots to stop all Twinkie deliveries in Gotham City.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art form.
Inside front cover.
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Attend --Or Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Secret Society of Super-Villains [Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Gorilla Grodd; Copperhead; Sinestro; Star Sapphire [Camille] (introduction); Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; Wizard; Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands]; Manhunter [Paul Kirk clone]]; Carstairs (introduction); Davidson; Superman (robot version); Batman (robot version); Wonder Woman (robot version); The Flash (robot version); Green Lantern (robot version)
Synopsis: Manhunter brings together super-villains to create a Secret Society of Super-Villains, sponsored by a mysterious benefactor. Copperhead and Gorilla Grodd are the first to have to prove themselves to their financier.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Secret Society of Super-Villains #1 published October 2011
as Attend -- or Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: C-149
Disclose Notes: The Manhunter character in this feature is a clone of the Paul Kirk version from the series that ran in Detective Comics #337-343.
Catwoman is mentioned as one of the villains attending this first meeting but does not appear in the story. The letters page in issue #3 acknowledges that this was an error.
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Justice for All Includes Children, 3

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman
Synopsis: Superman and a school principal agree that students should not be suspended without due process.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Center for Juvenile Justice.
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Manhunter and Super-Gorilla Grodd

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Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Sinister Citadel
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (origin); Gorilla Grodd (origin)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Becomes letter page beginning issue #3.

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