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Issue: Secret Origins Special #1
Publication Date: October 1989
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue (2 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/17/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
£0.80 GBP
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Gotham City's Vilest Villains!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman (shadow); Riddler; Penguin; Two-Face
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #22 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as Covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC #[nn] published June 2012
as Portada Secret Origins Special USA [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Original Sins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Steve Jones (first appearance); Joker (cameo); John Constantine (cameo)
Synopsis: Batman tried to stop a production of a documentary film that portrays the human side of Gotham City's villains.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #22 published January 1991
as Erste Sünden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as Original Sins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as Original Sins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as Original Sins [Conclusion] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC #[nn] published June 2012
as Pecados Originales [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC #[nn] published June 2012
as Pecados Originales Conclusión [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: G-5209
Disclose Notes: The first 7 pages precede the Penguin story, one page follows the Riddler story, and the final 3 pages follow the Two-Face story.
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The Killing Peck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Penguin (Origin); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Sharkey
Synopsis: The Penguin springs a criminal from prison transport to exact revenge for childhood bullying.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #22 published January 1991
as Der Todesvogel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Mörkrets riddare #3/92 [3/1992] published January 1992
as Dödens näbb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as The Killing Peck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: G-5098
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When Is a Door

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Riddler (Origin); Steve Jones
Synopsis: Steve Jones and his film crew interview the Riddler about his beginnings in the giant prop warehouse.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Mörkrets riddare #6/92 [6/1992] published January 1992
as När är en dörr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as When Is a Door [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as When Is a Door [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC #[nn] published June 2012
as Cuando se abre una Puerta [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: G-5775
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (Origin); Grace Dent; Steve Jones; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Dalton Perry; Boss Maroni (cameo)
First Line: Some people go to the beach to forget their problems.
Synopsis: Grace Dent tells the origin of Two-Face to interviewer Steve Jones.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman vs. Two-Face #[nn] published July 2008
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #22 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as Two-Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: G-5053

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