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Issue: Secret Six #1
Publication Date: April 1968
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Issues: #1 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/01/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Secret Six!

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Genres: adventure, espionage
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #117 published February 1975
as Nightmare Without End [Illustration on Cover, Front]vignette
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Pages: 1
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America's Greatest Values In Science Labs And Courses!

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Feature(s): American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad to enroll in the "Amazing Kit-A-Month Club" for $4.75 per month.
Inside front cover.
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Code Name: Mockingbird!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Secret Six [Tiger Force [Mike Tempest] (a boxer); Crimson Dawn (a well-known model); King Savage (a Hollywood stuntman); August Durant (a nuclear physicist); Carlo Di Rienzi (a magician and escape artist); Lili De Neuve (an exclusive spa owner)]; "Mockingbird"; Zoltan Lupus
Synopsis: Six highly-skilled individuals are blackmailed into working together by the mysterious Mockingbird. They are ordered to do his bidding lest he reveal their secrets and destroy their lives. Their first mission: ensure that a second planned demonstration of a weapon of mass destruction created by Zoltan Lupus fails.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #117 published February 1975
as Code Name: Mockingbird! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22.5
Disclose Notes: The story actually begins on the cover. The story is across 24 pages in 3 segments of 8.5, 5.5, and 8.5 pages, without chapter breaks or titles.
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Introducing Cigarbox Cars.

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Feature(s): Aurora Plastics Corp.
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Pages: 1
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Everybody Goes For This Kookie Showcar Model!

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Feature(s): Monogram Models, Inc.
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On bottom half of ninth page of "Code Name: Mockingbird"
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Behind "The Secret Six" Scenes

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Genres: biography
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The Flashiest News Of The Year --

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Feature(s): DC Comics; Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; The Trickster [James Jesse]
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Flash #178 (April-May 1968), an 80-Page Giant, with cover reproduction.
On second page between pages 9-10 of "Code Name: Mockingbird"
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Billy and His Family
First Line: First, to pull down the shades.
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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6599
Disclose Notes: Bottom 1/2 of page 15 of Secret Six story.
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Go And Grow With Motorific's New Special Sets!

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Feature(s): Ideal
Character(s): Bob; Tony
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Ideal's Racerific Special Set and Action Highway Special Set, done in comic panels.
On first page between pages 17-18 of "Code Name: Mockingbird"
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superman; The Parasite; Blackhawk
First Line: There's a big month coming up!
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Disclose Notes: Information about upcoming issues plus cover art to Blackhawk #240 & Action Comics #361.

Comics featured are Action Comics #361, The Unexpected #106, Blackhawk #240, Superman #205, Flash #178 and G.I. Combat #129.
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Your Key to Power for Self-Defense

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Feature(s): Power
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various self-defense books.
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We Dare You to Enter … the Doorway Into Time!

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Feature(s): DC Comics; The Unexpected
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Unexpected #106 (April-May 1968) with cover reproduction.
On bottom half of last page of "Code Name: Mockingbird"
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Task Force / Blast Off

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Feature(s): Helen of Toy Co.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for battle games in WWII and outer space settings.
On first page following end of "Code Name: Mockingbird"
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Shamed By Your English?

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Feature(s): Don Bolander Career Institute
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering free booklet on "How to Gain a Good Command of English"
On second page following end of "Code Name: Mockingbird"
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Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of gift cards.
Inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes

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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of seed packets.
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