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Issue: Secret Origins #38
Publication Date: March 1989
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Issues: #38 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: 01/26/1989
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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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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Tom Grindberg (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein (series logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow; Speedy
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Series logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Sometimes a Fool Notion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Grell
Penciller(s): Hannibal King
Inker(s): Dick Giordano; Arne Starr
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Synopsis: When stranded on a desert island, Oliver Queen must learn to become an archer to survive. When he returned to civilization he uses his skills to stop criminals.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #9 published January 1990
as El origen de Green Arrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #10 published February 1990
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #11 published March 1990
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #12 published April 1990
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: G-4613
Disclose Notes: Updated adaptation of the Green Arrow origin from Adventure Comics (DC, 1935 series) #256.
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The Kid That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot S. Maggin
Penciller(s): John Koch
Inker(s): John Nyberg
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Tim Harkins
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Speedy
Character(s): Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lian Harper; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback), Dinah Lance (flashback, cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback, cameo); Teen Titans (flashback, cameo) [Robin [Nightwing; Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Aqualad; Beast Boy [Garfield Logan]; Bumblebee]; Cheshire (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: Roy Harper tells his baby daughter Lian how he became Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow #11 published February 1991
as Il Ragazzo Che Non Riusciva A Tirare Diritto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Career recap
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3564
Disclose Notes: Includes letter from Charles J. Sperling.

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