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Issue: Secret Origins #19
Publication Date: October 1987
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Issues: #19 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/16/1987
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: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #41.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Uncle Sam; The Guardian
Character(s): Uncle Sam; The Guardian
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Coming of... Uncle Sam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam (origin); General Robert E. Lee (cameo); General Ulysses S. Grant (cameo); Adolph Hitler (cameo); Ezra Smith; Buddy Smith; Black Legion [Scar; Snyle]
Synopsis: Uncle Sam helps Buddy Smith get the men who killed his grandfather and then the two show the small town of Glen Valley they can stand up to the Black Legion.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: G-3246
Disclose Notes: Based on the stories in National Comics #1 & 5 and Uncle Sam #1.
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The Secret Origin of the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Arvell Jones
Inker(s): Greg Theakston
Colorist(s): Julianna Ferriter
Letterer(s): Jean Simek; Helen Vesik
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Guardian; The Newsboy Legion
Character(s): Guardian [Jim Harper] (origin); The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper] (origin); Justice Society of America [Wildcat; Atom; Green Lantern] (cameo); Leo; Nat Milligan; Frankie the Fence; Chips Carder
Synopsis: Jim Harper becomes the Guardian to capture some crooks. Later, in his civilian identity, he agrees to vouch for four wayward youths, keeping them from juvenile detention. These youths become the Newsboy Legion.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: I-163
Disclose Notes: Based on the story in Star-Spangled Comics #7 and All-Star Squadron Annual #1.
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2851
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Fred Filler, T. E. Pouncey, Chase McDonald and one unsigned letter.

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