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Issue: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22
Publication Date: June 1982
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Issues: #22 of 24 Issues (44 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/09/1982
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
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Content Items: 11 (7 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
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy]; Green Lantern; Inferior Five [Dumb Bunny; Awkwardman; The Blimp; Merryman; White Feather]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-890
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Secret Origins of Super-Heroes Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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SOS Green Lantern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro)
Synopsis: Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was SOS Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Reprints introduction and origin of the Silver Age Green Lantern.
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Secret of the Flaming Spear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (intro); Willard Ferris (intro); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (Pilot)
Synopsis: Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Secret of the Flaming Spear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Reformatted to fill nine full pages.
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The Coming of the Costumed Incompetents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #62 published May 1966
was The Coming of the Costumed Incompetents [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #62 published May 1966
was Part 2: Roll Out the Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #62 published May 1966
was Part 3: A Gruesome Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: 1st appearance
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I Was the Man with Animal Powers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Animal Man
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #180 published September 1965
was I Was the Man with Animal Powers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Reprints origin & first appearance. Script credited to France E. Herron on splash page.
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Black Lightning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): P. G. Lisa
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Lightning #1 published April 1977
was Black Lightning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Reprints origin and first appearance.
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Target-- 21 Legionnaires! Part 1: And Then There Were None!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Dr. Regulus
Synopsis: After Invisible Kid is elected new Legion leader, the Legion performs at a charity benefit where Sun Boy is hurt and loses his memory. But it may not be an accident, but rather the work of Dr. Regulus, who has taken Legion headquarters right out of the ground.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #348 published September 1966
was Target-- 21 Legionnaires! Part 1: And Then There Were None! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Origin of Sun Boy.
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Part II: Birds in a Golden Cage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Dr. Regulus
Synopsis: The Legionnaires trace their purloined headquarters to Dr. Regulus' spaceship, but it takes Sun Boy to bring him down.
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Pages: 13
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Swamp Thing Is Back!

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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing series.
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Stories in the Issue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Green Lantern; Inferior Five [Dumb Bunny; Awkwardman; The Blimp; Merryman; White Feather]; Black Lightning
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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