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Issue: Secret Origins #15
Publication Date: June 1987
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Issues: #15 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: 02/17/1987
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; Bob Greenberger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #37.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre; Deadman
Character(s): Deadman [Boston Brand]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death Like a Crown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andy Helfer
Penciller(s): Kevin Maguire
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Bob Lappan
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Deadman
Character(s): Sensei; Matson; Hook; Rama Kushna; Jonah; Vashnu; Maxell Loomis; Lotus; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Lorna; Tiny
Synopsis: Rama Kushna sets events in motion that leads to the death of Boston Brand and the creation of Deadman.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: G-2809
Disclose Notes: Ties into the Deadman 4-issue mini-series (DC 1987).
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Bob Greenberger
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-2702
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Daryl S. Herrick, T.M. Maple, Frank Balkin, Anthony R. Cardno and Neil Ahlquist.
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The Secret Origin of the Spectre!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas (script, co-adapter); Michael T. Gilbert (co-adapter)
Penciller(s): Michael T. Gilbert
Inker(s): Michael T. Gilbert
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Bob Greenberger (coordinating editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
Character(s): Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Mrs. Lonnigan; Louie Snipe; Rhami; Clarice Winston; "Gat" Benson
Synopsis: When "Gat" Benson kills both Jim Corrigan and Clarice Winston, Corrigan returns as the Spectre and restores Clarice to life and judges "Gat" Benson for his crimes and also kills Rhami, who had hired Benson to kill Corrigan.
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Pages: 23
Job Number: G-1990
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the stories in More Fun Comics #52-54.

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