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Issue: Four Star Spectacular #1
Publication Date: March 1976
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 12/11/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #125.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #1)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
N-1448
The Stolen Identities!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Nerp Gikk; Irm Gikk; Superboy robots; Lana Lang
Two Xelthunians secretly replace Ma and Pa Kent to perform a secret mission, not knowing that the Kents are Superboy's foster parents. After Ma Kent unwisely mentions Superboy's vulnerability to kryptonite, the Xelthunians power the transporter ray they plan to use to send Superboy to their planet with red kryptonite and it turns him into a fat Boy of Steel, a bullet-sized Boy of Steel, and a giant Boy of Steel. Once Superboy discovers their secret mission -- moving their sub-atomic world -- and helps them accomplish it, everyone goes home happy.
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #270 published March 1960
was The Stolen Identities [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Mistakenly included on Otto Binder's list of stories.
Justice for All Includes Children!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Talking Lion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Princess Yasmini (intro, villain); Nazis; Bobby Lee (intro); Sally Lee; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Ginger (Steve Trevor's niece); Smaltz
Wonder Woman takes Bobby to the zoo, where they meet Steve Trevor and his niece. The two kids discover that one of the lions can talk. This leads Wonder Woman and Steve to Cairo where the uncover Princess Yasmini and her group of spies.
Reprinting
FlagSensation Comics #17 published May 1943
was The Talking Lion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
N-1309
Attack of the Crocodile-Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
CAW (Criminal Alliance of the World; Intro); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]
When Shiera is teleported out of the museum, Hawkman traces the radiation to Egypt and the secret lair of the Criminal Alliance of the World. Hawkman manages to rescue Hawkgirl, but CAW escapes.
Reprinting
FlagHawkman #7 published April 1965
was Attack of the Crocodile-Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9.67
N-1436
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The City of Shifting Sand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Liars' Club; Joan Garrick; Ben Otan (silicon sand being)
At the annual meeting of the Liar's Club, Jay Garrick relates a strange tale of the Flash and his battle against deadly sand...sand that hates human beings!
Reprinting
FlagRoter Blitz #38 published April 1979
as Das Grauen im Sand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAll-Flash #22 published April 1946
was The City of Shifting Sand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]script only
 
Miscellaneous
13
N-1088
Story is re-drawn. Originally drawn by Martin Naydel.
Four-Thought

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Background of the reprinted stories.
The Cup Cake Caper

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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