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Issue: Secret Origins #38

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Publication Date: March 1989

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Issues: #38 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098931766603

Price: $1.85 CAD
$1.50 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): Mark Waid

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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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2 Secret Origins #38 [Direct]

Secret Origins #38 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Tom Grindberg (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Todd Klein (series logo design)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Green Arrow; Speedy

Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Series logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Sometimes a Fool Notion

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Grell

Penciller(s): Hannibal King

Inker(s): Dick Giordano; Arne Starr

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Green Arrow

Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

Synopsis: When stranded on a desert island, Oliver Queen must learn to become an archer to survive. When he returned to civilization he uses his skills to stop criminals.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 24

Job Number: G-4613

Notes: Updated adaptation of the Green Arrow origin from Adventure Comics (DC, 1935 series) #256.

The Kid That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Elliot S. Maggin

Penciller(s): John Koch

Inker(s): John Nyberg

Colorist(s): Helen Vesik

Letterer(s): Tim Harkins

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Speedy

Character(s): Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback), Dinah Lance (flashback, cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback, cameo); Teen Titans (flashback, cameo) [Robin [Nightwing; Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Aqualad; Beast Boy [Garfield Logan]; Bumblebee]; Cheshire (flashback, cameo)

Synopsis: Roy Harper tells his baby daughter Lian how he became Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy.

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Pages: 14

Notes: Career recap

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mark Waid

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Secret Admirers

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3564

Notes: Includes letter from Charles J. Sperling.