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Issue: Secret Origins Annual #1
Publication Date: August 1987
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Issues: #1 of 3 Issues (8 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: 05/05/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
£0.80 GBP
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger; Roy Thomas
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched (#1-#2); Squarebound (#3)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Byrne; Ed Hannigan (sketch)
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doom Patrol; Captain Comet
Character(s): Doom Patrol [Robotman [Cliff Steele]; Chief; Elasti-Girl; Negative Man; Negative Woman; Celsius; Tempest [Joshua Clay]]; Captain Comet
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In Content Item: FlagAmerican Heroes #1 published November 1991
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of the Doom Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doom Patrol
Character(s): Doom Patrol [Robotman [Cliff Steel]; Negative Woman; Chief [Niles Caulder] (flashback); Celsius (flashback); Negative Man (flashback); Elasti-Girl (flashback); Mento (flashback, cameo); Beast Boy [Changeling; Gar Logan] (flashback, cameo); Tempest [Joshua Clay] (flashback)]; General Immortus (flashback, cameo); Brain (flashback, cameo); Monsieur Mallah (flashback, cameo); Madame Rouge (flashback, cameo); Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (flashback, cameo); Garguax (flashback, cameo); Captain Zahl (flashback, cameo); Dr. Will Magnus (flashback, cameo); The Cossack (flashback, cameo); Reactron (flashback, cameo); Power Girl (flashback, cameo); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback, cameo); Starfire (flashback, cameo); Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: When Robotman returns to the old Doom Patrol headquarters in Midway City, he is attacked by government agents commanded by Negative Woman. Both heroes recount the team's history.
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In Content Item: FlagAmerican Heroes #0 published October 1991
as Secret Origins: La Doom Patrol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]3 pp.
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Heroes #1 published November 1991
as Secret Origins: La Doom Patrol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 30
Job Number: G-2854
Disclose Notes: Recaps the first Doom Patrol's origin and career, and the origin and early days of the second version with Tempest, Negative Woman and Celsius. This story leads into Doom Patrol #1.
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Presenting... The Doom Patrol

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joey Cavalieri
Penciller(s): Steve Lightle
Inker(s): Gary Martin
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Text article about the history of the Doom Patrol and the upcoming comic. Presents art from the yet to be published issue #1 as well as the cover.
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The Secret Origin of Captain Comet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Ron Harris
Inker(s): Bruce Patterson
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Comet
Character(s): Captain Comet; Professor Emery Zackro; Betty; Moose; Harun
Synopsis: In 1951, Captain Comet fights the last of an alien race intent on taking over Earth while Professor Zackro recalls Captain Comet's origin.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: G-1791
Disclose Notes: Based on stories in Strange Adventures #9-10

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