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Issue: Secret Origins #26
Publication Date: May 1988
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Issues: #26 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: 01/19/1988
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): Mark Waid (editor); Roy Thomas (creative editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #48, confirmed from copyright registration.
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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): Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Inker(s): Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Lightning; Miss America
Character(s): Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Miss America [Joan Dale]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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The Secret Origin of Black Lightning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tony Isabella
Penciller(s): Greg Brooks
Inker(s): Greg Brooks
Colorist(s): Nansi Hoolahan
Letterer(s): Carrie Spiegle
Editor(s): Mark Waid
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Lightning
Character(s): Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lynn Stewart (cameo); Outsiders [Batman; Geo-Force; Halo; Metamorpho; Katana] (cameo, photo); Mr. Chapin; Earl Clifford; The 100 [Joey Toledo; Roscoe]; Peter Gambi; Tobias Whale
Synopsis: While on the phone with his ex-wife, Jefferson Pierce thinks back on the events that lead to him becoming Black Lightning.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: G-3534
Disclose Notes: Based on the story in Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #1 (April 1977).
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The Secret Origin of Miss America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas
Penciller(s): Grant Miehm
Inker(s): Grant Miehm
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Editor(s): Mark Waid (series editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Miss America
Character(s): Miss America [Joan Dale]; Jeff Healy; Ramon (villain); Uncle Sam; Neon the Unknown; Magno; Red Torpedo; Invisible Hood; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Professor Mazursky; Agent X
Synopsis: Joan Dale becomes Miss America and helps Uncle Sam and a group of other heroes stop part of the Japanese airplanes from reaching Pearl Harbor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: G-3475
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Military Comics #1-7 and contemporary All-Star Squadron issues. Story continued in Young All-Stars #12. This character is the post-Crisis replacement for the Earth-Two (Golden Age) Wonder Woman as Thomas tries to merge the pre-Crisis continuities of Earth-One and Earth-Two.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Sanderson; Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3045
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Charles J. Sperling, David Metz, Terry Wilson, Brie Millington and Bill Behrens.

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