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Issue: Secret Origins #29
Publication Date: August 1988
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Issues: #29 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: 04/19/1988
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: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Waid (editor); Roy Thomas (creative editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Direct Currents #3, 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith Wilson; Mike Carlin (layouts)
Inker(s): Keith Wilson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom; Red Tornado; Mr. America
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Martian Manhunter; Batman; Mr. America; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of the Atom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Dwayne Turner
Inker(s): Keith Wilson
Colorist(s): Nansi Hoolahan
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Editor(s): Mark Waid
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Laethwen; Eddie Thayer; Ted Ralston; Voss; Jean Loring; Chronos (cameo); Justice League of America [Hawkman; Aquaman; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter] (cameo)
Synopsis: Ray Palmer relates his origin to Laethwen and Voss.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: G-3592
Disclose Notes: This serves as the bridge from the Sword of the Atom series and leads directly into the Power of the Atom book. Recap of Atom's history.
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"Kind of," the Secret Origin of, Red Tornado

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Red Tornado
Character(s): Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly
Synopsis: Ma Hunkel takes out two thugs.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: G-3978
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The Secret Origin of Mr. America, Alias The Americommando

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Mike Harris
Inker(s): Mike Harris
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss
Editor(s): Mark Waid (associate editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Americommando; Tex Thompson]; N.Y. Special Prosecutor Maloney; Fatman [Bob Daley]; Mr. Pringle; President Roosevelt; Tarantula (cameo); Johnny Quick (cameo); Liberty Belle (cameo); Firebrand (cameo); Flight Sergeant Luffkin
Synopsis: Tex Thompson becomes Mr. America. When World War II breaks out he is asked by the government to become a spy deep inside Germany and he adopts the new identity Americommando.
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Pages: 17
Job Number: G-3618
Disclose Notes: Recap of original adventures.
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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: 1
Job Number: L-3228
Disclose Notes: No letters in this column, just background information on the characters featured in this issue.

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