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Issue: Secret Origins #28
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #28 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: 03/22/1988
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: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Waid (editor); Roy Thomas (creative editor)
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of March 22, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino [as V] (layouts, signed); Keith Wilson (signed); William Messner-Loebs (signed)
Inker(s): Keith Wilson (signed); William Messner-Loebs (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein (Nightshade logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Midnight; Nightshade
Character(s): Midnight; Nightshade [Eve Eden]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jim Valentino credit confirmed by the artist, July 2009. Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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A Princess' Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Greenberger
Penciller(s): Rob Liefeld
Inker(s): Bob Lewis
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Mark Waid (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightshade
Character(s): Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Father Craemer; Warren Eden; Maureen Eden; Larry Eden; Incubus; Incu-Demons; King Faraday; The Image (cameo); Black Spider (cameo); Punch; Jewelee; Amanda Waller; Task Force X [Rick Flag; Nemesis [Tom Tresser]; Captain Boomerang; Deadshot; Bronze Tiger]; Captain Atom; Justice League [Batman; Martian Manhunter; Blue Beetle; Mister Miracle; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Vixen] (cameo)
Synopsis: Nightshade relates her past to Father Craemer on the eve of her return to her home dimension with the rest of Task Force X to try to rescue her brother.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: Ties in the Charlton character with the then-current Suicide Squad continuity. Leads into the storyline in Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #14-16.
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The Secret Origin of Midnight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Editor(s): Mark Waid (associate editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Midnight
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Freddy; Morris Carleton; Rod Reilly; Rocco; Eddie; Doc Wackey (cameo); Gabby (cameo)
Synopsis: When Dave Clark figures out that a building collapsed due to shoddy construction he becomes Midnight and goes after the builder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: G-3462
Disclose Notes: Based on the story from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #18 (January 1941).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Greenberger; Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3186
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from David Metz, Roger de Peregrine and Neil Ahlquist.

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