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Issue: Secret Origins #24

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Publication Date: March 1988

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Detail

Issues: #24 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 11/17/1987

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); Mark Waid (associate editor)

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #46.

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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

Format Notes:

Variants3

Secret Origins #24 [Direct]

Secret Origins #24 [Canadian]

Secret Origins #24 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): K. S. Wilson (signed)

Inker(s): Sam de la Rosa (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dr. Fate; Blue Devil

Character(s): Dr. Fate; Blue Devil

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Pages: 1

The All-True, Previously Recorded, Publicly Known, Heretofore Fully Revealed Secret Origin of the Blue Devil

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin

Penciller(s): Ty Templeton

Inker(s): Ty Templeton

Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber

Letterer(s): Stig

Editor(s): Mark Waid

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Blue Devil

Character(s): Cain; Jerry; Jerry's brother and sister; Dan Cassidy; Nebiros; Charley; Wayne; Znarg; Sharon; Marla; Norm; Superman (cameo); The Trickster (cameo)

Synopsis: Cain shows some kids the true story of the Blue Devil by drawing the dream images from Dan Cassidy and showing them on their TV instead of the video of the Blue Devil movie they were going to watch.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 19

Notes: Narrated by Cain of the House of Mystery.

The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Michael Bair

Inker(s): Bob Downs

Colorist(s): Julianna Ferriter

Letterer(s): Helen Vesik

Editor(s): Mark Waid (editorial consultant)

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): Dr. Fate

Character(s): Wotan; Nabu; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Sven Nelson; Inza Cramer; Thomas Frawley; Apes of Ishtar; Charon

Synopsis: Tells the history of the creation of Dr. Fate and his first few meetings with Wotan and Inza Cramer.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 19

Job Number: G-3270

Notes: Based on the first few stories from More Fun Comics.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Peter Sanderson; Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Secret Admirers

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; The Atom [Al Pratt]

Synopsis: Information on the two stories in this issue and additional history of Dr. Fate.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3016

Notes: Letters from: Charles J. Sperling; John Q. Gerdes; Gary Thompson; Robert "the Emperor", along with a thumbnail of the cover for Secret Origins #25 rendered in black-and-white.