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Issue: Secret Origins #17
Publication Date: August 1987
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Issues: #17 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Canadian
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/12/1987
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893176608
Price: $1.75 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #39.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Adam Strange; Dr. Occult
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Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of Adam Strange

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Eternals
Synopsis: Adam Strange is transported to Rann where he meets Alanna and Sardath and saves the planet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: G-1764
Disclose Notes: Recap of Showcase #17.
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The Secret Origin of Dr. Occult

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zator; The Seven; Doctor Occult [Richard Occult]; Rose Psychic; Cult of the Wolf (cameo); The Lord of Life (cameo); The Spectral Killer (cameo); Koth
Synopsis: After rescuing two babies from a Satanic cult, Zator raises them and trains them in the ways of the occult.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Recap of the original adventures, brought up-to-date.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2762
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Fred L. DeBoom, Neil Ahlquist, Steve Feldon, Ed Koziarski and Rick C. Moore.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Obituary for E. Nelson Bridwell.

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