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Issue: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5
Publication Date: November 1980
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Issues: #5 of 24 Issues (44 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Zatara; Zatanna; Aquaman; The Demon; The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Girl
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #21 published January 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret Spell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zatara (origin); Zatanna (origin); Batman (cameo); Hawkman (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Atom (cameo); Green Lantern (cameo)
Synopsis: When Zatara disappears, Zatanna reads her father's diary, where he relates the events that showed him that he could perform magic by saying the words backwards.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #21 published January 1981
as Die Geheim-Formel ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJLA: Zatanna's Search #[nn] published March 2004
as The Secret Spell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Origin of the Justice League

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter; Superman; Wonder Woman; Snapper Carr; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; aliens from Appellax (flashback); Amazons of Paradise Island (flashback)
Synopsis: The Justice League of America uses the occasion of its third anniversary to tell Snapper Carr about the formation of the League, involving the discovery of strange meteors that nearly doomed them forever.
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From Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #9 published February 1962
was The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #9 published February 1962
was The Origin of the Justice League -- Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #9 published February 1962
was The Origin of the Justice League -- Chapter 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 26
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Unleash the One Who Waits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Demon (intro, origin); Morgaine Le Fey (aka Morgan LeFay, intro)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Demon #1 published August 1972
was Unleash the One Who Waits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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Earth's First Green Lantern!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Abin Sur; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Larifars (Energy Beings); Balzona (Energy Being)
Synopsis: Hal Jordan explains to Pieface why Abin Sur came to Earth in a spaceship when all Green Lanterns can travel thru space unaided.
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #16 published October 1962
was Earth's First Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Recap of how Hal Jordan got his power ring.
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Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #205 published October 1967
was Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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The Origin of Wonder Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin; Kid Flash; Wonder Girl; Speedy
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From Content Item: FlagTeen Titans #22 published July 1969
was The Origin of Wonder Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Detective Comics Is Now a 50¢ Comic!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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Zatanna's Quest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Summary of Zatanna's quest for her father crossover appearances.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-616
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Wonder Woman; Flash; Superman; Green Lantern; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter; Abin Sur; Wonder Girl; Zatara; The Demon; Zatanna; Deadman
First Line: Brand new-- The secret origin of Zatara the Magician...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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