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Issue: Secret Origins #23
Publication Date: February 1988
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Issues: #23 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/10/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893176602
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #127.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#50 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Millennium Week 6

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan
Inker(s): Steve Bissette
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Floronic Man; Guardians of the Universe
Character(s): Guardians of the Universe; Floronic Man
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Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Todd Klein
Penciller(s): Jonathan Peterson
Inker(s): Al Vey
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Editor(s): Greg Weisman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Guardians of the Universe
Character(s): Gurardians of the Universe [Herupa Hando Hu; Krona]; Zamorans [Nadia Safir]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; New Guardians [Betty Clawman; Extraño [Gregorio de la Vega]; Floronic Man; Jet [Celia Windward]; Ram [Takeo Yakata]]; Manhunters (blue androids); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Green Lantern [Sinestro] (cameo); Green Lantern [Tomar-Re] (cameo); Monitor (cameo); Anti-Monitor (cameo); Sonar (cameo); Goldface (cameo)
Synopsis: Herupa and Nadia relate the history of the Guardians and the Zamorans to those that were selected to make up the New Guardians.
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Pages: 21
Job Number: G-3346
Disclose Notes: This is a Millenium tie-in. There are flashbacks to the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Sanderson; Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2981
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from T.E. Pouncey and checklist of all the DC Golden Age heroes and where they first appeared.
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Veitch
Penciller(s): Brett Ewins
Inker(s): Brett Ewins
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Editor(s): Greg Weisman; Mark Waid
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Floronic Man
Character(s): Floronic Man; Killer Croc; Doctor Jaeger; Two-Face; Scarecrow; Joker; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Tweedle-Dee [Deever Tweed]; Tweedle-Dum [Dumfree Tweed]; Maya (cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Itty; Secret Society of Super-Villains [Gorilla Grodd; Star Sapphire; Professor Zoom; Blockbuster]; Rag-Doll (cameo); Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Psycho Pirate (cameo); Wonder Girl (cameo); Monitor (cameo); Anti-Monitor (cameo); Sunderland; Swamp Thing; Harupa Hando Hu; Nadia Safir; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis: The Floronic Man tells Killer Croc a "story" that is his history before he escapes from Arkham.
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Pages: 17
Job Number: G-3348

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