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Issue: Secret Origins #47
Publication Date: February 1990
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Issues: #47 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: 12/21/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
£0.70 GBP
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Waid
Disclose Notes: The history of the three Legionaires who died in action.
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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): Dave Cockrum
Inker(s): Eric Shanower
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chemical King; Ferro Lad; Karate Kid]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: There are more Legionnaires shown on the cover as tiny images that are not listed in the character field.
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...In Memory Yet Green...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Mark Badger
Colorist(s): Tom McCraw
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Ferro Lad [Andrew Nolan]; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Ordo; Myla; Rikk; Luiza Karamonte; Andrew Douglas Nolan (cameo); Douglas Nolan
Synopsis: Three children rent videos of their favorite action movie star Ferro Lad, one turns out to be a documentary of the real Ferro Lad.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: G-5278
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The Thorned Path

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Bierbaum; Mary Bierbaum
Penciller(s): Mike Parobeck
Inker(s): Paul Fricke
Colorist(s): Tom McCraw
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Karate Kid
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; Matter-Eater Lad]; Toshiaki White Crane; Black Dragon; Valentina Armorr; Kashikoi Kashu; Noriko; Hideo; Shogun Ryo
Synopsis: Karate Kid thinks over his past and rethinks his leadership style after being elected Legion leader.
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Pages: 12
Job Number: G-5309
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The Unique Properties of Condo Arlik

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Fleming
Penciller(s): Chris Sprouse
Inker(s): Al Gordon
Colorist(s): Tom McCraw
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chemical King; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Wildfire; Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Dream Girl; Timber Wolf; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Shadow Lass; Light Lass]; Darvon Arlik; Deregon
Synopsis: Invisible Kid takes Condo Arlik from his self-imposed exile in a lab to the outside world and teaches him how to control his powers and eventually become a Legionnaire.
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Pages: 13
Job Number: G-4993
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3883
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Rachel Schneider, Bruce Bender, Hurrican Heeran and Jacob Gilbert.

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