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Issue: Secret Origins #8

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Publication Date: November 1986

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Issues: #8 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Canadian

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/07/1986

Volume:

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893176611

Price: $1.75 CAD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #30.

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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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2 Secret Origins #8 [Direct]

Secret Origins #8 [Canadian]

Secret Origins #8 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Shadow Lass; Doll Man

Character(s): Shadow Lass; Doll Man

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Pages: 1

The Shadow of the Past

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Shadow Lass

Character(s): Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]; Grev Mallor; Sarven Mallor (spirit); Ambassador Relnic; Mon-El; Brainiac 5 (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Karate Kid (cameo); Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent] (cameo); Fatal Five (cameo) [Tharok; Persuader; Validus; Emerald Empress; Mano]

Synopsis: Tasmia Mallor is the next member of her family to serve as the hero of her planet, Talok VIII. First, she must trek through the desert and have the legacy bestowed upon her by her late grandfather, Sarven Mallor.

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Pages: 22

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2481

Notes: Letters from Dan Preece, Dennis Church, Michael Jankun, Frank Balkin, and Jonathan Gilbert.

Doll Man

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts [Doll Girl]; Prof. Roberts; Falco

Synopsis: Darrel Dane tests his shrinking formula on himself and stops Martha's blackmailer.

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Pages: 16

Notes: Based on the origin as presented in Feature Comics #27 (Quality, 1939 series). Last page has note by Murphy Anderson crediting Will Eisner as the biggest influence on his career.