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Issue: Secret Origins #37

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Publication Date: February 1989

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Issues: #37 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)

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Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/22/1988

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.85 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

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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

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Secret Origins #37 [Direct]

Secret Origins #37 [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

Writer(s): Ty Templeton

Penciller(s): Ty Templeton (signed)

Inker(s): Ty Templeton (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes; Dr. Light

Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Polar Boy; Stone Boy]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

The Secret Origin of the Legion of Substitute Heroes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ty Templeton

Penciller(s): Ty Templeton

Inker(s): Anthony van Bruggen

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Ty Templeton

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid [Ral Benem]; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Polar Boy [Brek Bannin]; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Mr. Benem; Mrs. Benem; Estimate Boy; the Tree-Men (villains)

Synopsis: The origin of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

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Pages: 20

Job Number: G-4724

Notes: Adapted (with a humorous slant) from the original in Adventure Comics (1935 series) #306.

All Those Light Years Ago

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Craig Boldman

Penciller(s): Mike Parobeck

Inker(s): Ken Branch

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): Tim Harkins

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dr. Light

Character(s): Dr. Light [Jacob Finlay] (origin); Dr. Light [Arthur Light] (origin); Lester; Mr. B (dies); Justice League of America [Flash; Black Canary; Green Lantern; Martian Manhunter; Batman; Green Arrow; Hawkman; Superman] (cameo); Captain Cold (cameo)

Synopsis: Jacob Finlay, the original Dr. Light, continues to haunt Arthur Light, the second Dr. Light.

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Pages: 19

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mark Waid

Penciller(s): Tom Grindberg

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Secret Admirers

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3562

Notes: Mark Waid discusses secrets behind the origins of the Legion of Substitute Heroes and Doctor Light. Letters from readers - Jody Hamby, Jim Kelly, James E. Helsel, Gary Hellen and Kip Talbott - and responses from Mark Waid. Preview of cover to SECRET ORIGINS #38.