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Issue: Secret Origins #3

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Publication Date: June 1986

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Issues: #3 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Canadian

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 03/13/1986

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893176606

Price: $0.95 CAD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Robert Greenberger; Roy Thomas (creative editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #25.

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Format

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

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Secret Origins #3 [Direct Sales]

Secret Origins #3 [Canadian]

Secret Origins #3 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (4 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Jerry Bingham

Inker(s): Steve Mitchell

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain Marvel

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

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Pages: 1

Secret Origin of Captain Marvel

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Jerry Bingham

Inker(s): Steve Mitchell

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain Marvel

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Sterling Morris; Dr. Sivana

Synopsis: Young Billy Batson is led to a cavern beneath a Fawcett City subway station and meets the wizard Shazam, who gives Billy the power to transform into Captain Marvel whenever he speaks the wizard's name. His first mission as a super-hero is to stop Dr. Sivana from destroying the United States Radio system.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Adaptation of the story from Whiz Comics #2.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mark Evanier

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Guest Meanwhile...

Synopsis: Article by Mark Evanier about breaking into the comic biz.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Also includes the comics on sale the week of March 13th, 1986.

With One Magic Word...

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins

Synopsis: Article about the history of Captain Marvel.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2345

Notes: Also includes a small ad for Lords of the Ultra-Realm.