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Issue: Secret Origins #17

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Publication Date: August 1987

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Issues: #17 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)

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Variant: Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/21/1987

Volume:

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: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (assistant editor)

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

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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Secret Origins #17 [Canadian]

Secret Origins #17 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Kevin Nowlan (signed)

Inker(s): Kevin Nowlan (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): Adam Strange; Dr. Occult

Character(s): Adam Strange; Dr. Occult

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Pages: 1

The Secret Origin of Adam Strange

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino

Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga

Colorist(s): Joe Orlando

Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss [as Cody]

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Adam Strange

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Eternals

Synopsis: Adam Strange is transported to Rann where he meets Alanna and Sardath and saves the planet.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 23

Job Number: G-1764

Notes: Recap of Showcase #17.

The Secret Origin of Dr. Occult

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas; E. Nelson Bridwell (co-plot)

Penciller(s): Howard Simpson

Inker(s): Bob Lewis

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Agustin Mas

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Feature(s): Dr. Occult

Character(s): Zator; The Seven; Doctor Occult [Richard Occult]; Rose Psychic; Cult of the Wolf (cameo); The Lord of Life (cameo); The Spectral Killer (cameo); Koth

Synopsis: After rescuing two babies from a Satanic cult, Zator raises them and trains them in the ways of the occult.

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Pages: 15

Notes: Recap of the original adventures, brought up-to-date.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Secret Admirers

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2762

Notes: Includes letters from Fred L. DeBoom, Neil Ahlquist, Steve Feldon, Ed Koziarski and Rick C. Moore.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Meanwhile...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Obituary for E. Nelson Bridwell.

Inside back cover.