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Issue: Secret Origins #29
Publication Date: August 1988
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Issues: #29 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/12/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098931766607
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #138.
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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 from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Martian Manhunter; Batman; Mr. America; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]
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Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of the Atom

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-3228
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