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Issue: Secret Origins #8
Publication Date: November 1986
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Issues: #8 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: 07/15/1986
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); Bob Greenberger (co-editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #30.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Lightle (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Lightle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Legion of Super-Heroes; Doll Man
Character(s): Shadow Lass; Doll Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Shadow of the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Tom Mandrake
Inker(s): Tom Mandrake
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Workman
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]; Grev Mallor; Sarven Mallor (spirit); Ambassador Relnic; Mon-El; Brainiac 5 (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Karate Kid (cameo); Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent] (cameo); Fatal Five (cameo) [Tharok; Persuader; Validus; Emerald Empress; Mano]
Synopsis: Tasmia Mallor is the next member of her family to serve as the hero of her planet, Talok VIII. First, she must trek through the desert and have the legacy bestowed upon her by her late grandfather, Sarven Mallor.
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Pages: 22
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Bob Greenberger
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2481
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Dan Preece, Dennis Church, Michael Jankun, Frank Balkin and Jonathan Gilbert.
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Doll Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Will Eisner (original plot) [as William Erwin Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Bob Greenberger (coordinating editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts [Doll Girl]; Prof. Roberts; Falco
Synopsis: Darrel Dane tests his shrinking formula on himself and stops Martha's blackmailer.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Based on the origin as presented in Feature Comics #27 (Quality, 1939 series). Last page has note by Murphy Anderson crediting Will Eisner as the biggest influence on his career.

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