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Issue: DC Special #22
Publication Date: June 1976
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Issues: #22 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/09/1976
Volume: 6
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893163507
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comics Reader #128.
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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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A Monster Met on the Road to Calais!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The 3 Musketeers [Athos, Porthos, Aramis, D'Artangnan]; Robin Hood [The Earl of Huntingdon]
Synopsis: The Musketeers ride away from a monster with blades held high. Robin Hood aims from a tree.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2792
Disclose Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Superman Saves the Earth

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; aliens
Synopsis: Aliens want to destroy the Earth as it is a backward planet of no use, until Superman introduces them to Hostess Cup Cakes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes from ITT Continental Baking Company, in comic-strip format.
On inside front cover.
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A Monster Met on the Road to Calais

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Three Musketeers [D'Artagnan; Porthos; Aramis; Athos]; Genevieve Du Bois [The Monster]
First Line: It is the colorful 17th century...
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Pages: 18
Job Number: B-2644
Disclose Notes: The first installment of a new series.
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The Battle of the Kites!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Robin Hood [The Earl of Huntingdon]; Sheriff of Nottingham; Prince John; King Richard I
First Line: When a giant boar spreads terror in Sherwood Forest...
Synopsis: Robin tracks a dangerous boar only to find it's armored and a trap set by Prince John! Captured, Robin is thrown in an arena but escapes by riding the boar through a palisade. Yet he spots King Richard's kerchief fluttering from a castle tower! By morning, Robin's men fly box kites all around the castle - and Robin rides one to rescue the king!
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From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #6 published June 1956
was The Battle of the Kites! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Job Number: B-2808
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Masters of the Blade and Bow

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: The clamorous clang of steel against steel...
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2793
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The Secret of Robin Hood's Name!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Robin Hood [The Earl of Huntingdon]; Julia, Countess of Lindley; Prince John
First Line: The master bowman of Sherwood Forest...
Synopsis: The story of how a lone knight, returning from the Crusades, became Robin Hood.
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From Content Item: FlagRobin Hood Tales #14 published March 1958
was The Secret of Robin Hood's Name! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Job Number: B-2809
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Build 'Em All!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Snap-Tite airplane models.
On inside back cover.
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Your Game Is Specialized. Now Your Glove Is, Too!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spalding
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for baseball gloves from Spalding division of Questor.
On back cover.

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