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Issue: DC Special Series #19
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #19 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/05/1979
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893174611
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia date is Fall 1979, date on cover is November.

Cover is dated November, the same as DC Special Series #18.

On sale date from the 1979 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as July 5 in Comics Journal #47, DC Coming Attractions #32, and in a house ad in Weird War Tales #80. Date given as July 3 in Comic Reader #170.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In1
Disclose Reprinted From8
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Robin; Supergirl; Hawkman; Aquaman; Elongated Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-158
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Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (origin); Aphrodite; Queen Hippolyte; Herakles (cameo); Steve Trevor; Diana Prince (original)
Synopsis: A new retelling of Wonder Woman's origin.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #11/1980 published January 1980
as Das Geheimnis von Wundergirl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6102
Disclose Notes: based on the story in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #237 (November 1977)
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The Gods of the Amazons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Heracles; Hermes; Aphrodite; Minerva
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWonder Woman #105 published April 1959
was Secret Origin of Wonder Woman [Story on Interior Page(s)]four-panel excerpt
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Four-panel excerpt from "The Origin of Wonder Woman."
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The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Powerman; Lex Luthor
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #94 published May 1958
was Origin of the Superman-Batman Team [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-6226
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The Mystery of the Elongated Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (first appearance, origin); Iris West; Perry Veto (villain)
Synopsis: Elongated Man comes to Central City and Flash suspects him of committing a string of robberies.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #112 published April 1960
was The Mystery of the Elongated Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-6226
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How Aquaman Got His Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Atlantis; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Origin); Atlanna (Flashback); Tom Curry (Flashback); Commander Haskel
Synopsis: Aquaman stops the U.S. Navy from testing atomic depth charges and recounts his origin to Commander Haskel.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #260 published May 1959
was How Aquaman Got His Powers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-6226
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Brotherly Hate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent] (host); Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad (origin); Light Lass (origin); Timber Wolf; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl] (origin); R.J. Brande; Lightning Lord (origin)
Synopsis: Superboy tells the story of the beginnings of the Legion and how later Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf fought Lightning Lord.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #172 published March 1971
was Brotherly Hate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-6226
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The Masked Marauders of Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]; Manhawks; Commissioner Emmett
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #43 published August 1962
was The Masked Marauders of Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Job Number: J-6226
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The Origin of Robin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #213 published July 1969
was The Origin of Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.5
Job Number: J-6226
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Action Comics #500

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Action Comics #500, on sale July 14. Front and back covers are depicted.
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The Supergirl from Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction); Miss Hart (introduction)
Synopsis: Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #252 published May 1959
was The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6226
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The Little Books That Pack a Big Punch!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for DC Digests. Covers for Best of DC #2 and Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #2 are depicted.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Timber Wolf; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustration and previews of the stories in the issue.

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