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Issue: Secret Origins #27
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #27 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: 02/16/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Waid (editor); Roy Thomas (creative editor)
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of February 23, 1988 per Direct Currents #1 (January 1988). Corrected shipping date of February 16, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.

As detailed in Back Issue #24, the framing story and Zatanna segments were originally plotted by Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier, but the plot was significantly reworked by Robert Loren Fleming, due to concerns that the original plotters may have inserted an homage that might cause legal action. As part of these changes, the character Felix Faust was substituted for the original villain Wotan.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Tom Artis (signed)
Inker(s): Doug Hazlewood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Zatara; Zatanna
Character(s): Zatara; Zatanna
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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A Symphony of Shadows - First Movement: Once Upon a Time...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Randy Lofficier (original co-plotter) [as Ehrich Weiss]; Jean-Marc Lofficier (original co-plotter) [as Ehrich Weiss]; Robert Loren Fleming (revised plot & dialogue)
Penciller(s): Tom Artis
Inker(s): P. Craig Russell
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Zatara; Zatanna
Character(s): Zatanna; Dr. Mist [Nommo]; Felix Faust; Marco Polo (cameo); Christopher Columbus (cameo); Vasco da Gama (cameo); Cagliostro (cameo); Leonardo Da Vinci (cameo); Thomas Jefferson (cameo); Thomas Paine (cameo); Benjamin Franklin (cameo); Dekan Drache (cameo); Dr. Occult (cameo); Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo); Zatara
Synopsis: The origin of Dr. Mist and his creation of the Homo Magi.
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Pages: 15
Job Number: G-3393
Disclose Notes: Story includes material on the background of Felix Faust and Dr. Mist of the Global Guardians. According to the story, Nommo (Dr. Mist) has created the entire line of DC magicians.
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Second Movement: The Length of His Sleeve

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Loren Fleming; Roy Thomas (plot)
Penciller(s): Grant Miehm
Inker(s): Fred Fredericks
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Duncan Andrews
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Dr. Mist [Nommo]; Zatara [Giovanni Zatara]; Flamel (cameo); Cagliostro (cameo); Nostradamus (cameo); Leonardo Da Vinci (cameo); Luigi; Adolph Hitler; Top the Magic-Master (cameo); The Last Merlin (cameo); All-Star Squadron [Hawkman; Starman [Ted Knight]; Spectre; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Sargon the Sorcerer] (cameo)
Synopsis: Dr. Mist, behind the scenes, leads Giovanni Zatara into learning real magic and becoming Zatara.
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Pages: 10
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Third Movement: The Coming of Zatanna

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Randy Lofficier (original co-plotter) [as Ehrich Weiss]; Jean-Marc Lofficier (original co-plotter) [as Ehrich Weiss]; Robert Fleming (revised plot & dialogue)
Penciller(s): Tom Artis
Inker(s): P. Craig Russell
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Zatanna
Character(s): Dr. Mist [Nommo]; Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Atom] (cameo); Global Guardians [Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Johnny Thunder; Spectre; Starman [Ted Knight]; Legionary; Wingman; Green Flame; Fluer-De-Lis; Tasmanian Devel; Seraph; Olympian; Rising Sun] (cameo); Zatanna; Zatara; Sindella; Allura; Justice League of America [Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Atom; Green Lantern; Elongated Man; Green Lantern; Green Arrow; Superman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Black Canary] (cameo); John Constantine (cameo); Dr. Occult (cameo); Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo); Deadman (cameo); Spectre (cameo); Phantom Stranger (cameo); Felix Faust; Wotan
Synopsis: The history of Zatanna is related and then Zatanna defeats Felix Faust and frees Dr. Mist.
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Pages: 13
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): With Johnny DC
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3126
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Charles J. Sperling, David Metz and Kevin Carhart.

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