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Issue: Secret Origins #6
Publication Date: September 1986
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Issues: #6 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
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: 05/20/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (co-editor); Robert Greenberger (co-editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #28.

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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López (signed)
Inker(s): José Luis García-López (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Halo; Batman
Character(s): Halo; Batman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Secret Origin of the Golden Age Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): Carrie Spiegle
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Bob Greenberger (coordinating editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-2); Julie Madison (Earth-2); Commissioner James Gordon (Earth-2)
Synopsis: After witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, Bruce Wayne grows up to fight crime as Batman, and it follows his origins, as well as his one-time love affair with Julie Madison.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC-serier #1/1989 published January 1989
as Hur det började; Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC presenterer #2/1989 published January 1989
as Historien om Lynvingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: G-1789
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Fallen Angel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Duncan Andrews
Editor(s): Mike W. Barr (editor); Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Halo
Character(s): Outsiders [Halo; Looker; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Black Lightning (flashback, cameo); Geo-Force (flashback, cameo); Katana (flashback, cameo); Metamorpho (flashback, cameo)]; Violet Harper (flashback); Tobias Whale (flashback); Syonide (flashback)
Synopsis: Halo tells Looker her origin, that she is actually a being of light called an Aurakle, that took over the body of criminal Violet Harper after she was killed by Syonide. Looker then gives Halo a new costume created by Katana as a gift.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2632
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Greenberger
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2404
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gary L. McCullough, Frank Simonetti, Frank Balkin, Dennis Heaton and Tim Moss.

Brief information about the Golden Age Batman featured in this issue by Roy Thomas. Also noted that starting with this issue there would be two stories each issue: one Golden Age origin and one Silver or Modern Age origin.

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