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Issue: DC Special #3
Publication Date: April 1969
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 02/11/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
All-Girl Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl; Wonder Woman; Black Canary; Star Sapphire; Cheetah; Flora (flower girl)
Reprinting
FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
as DC Special #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Original indexer credited Neal Adams on pencils but Nick Caputo believes Adams only redrew the Supergirl figure and the rest of the cover is Cardy pencils and inks.
DC's Fabulous Females!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
various (illustrations)
various (illustrations)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Cheetah; Supergirl; Black Flame; Black Canary; Flora (flower girl); Star Sapphire
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Contents listing with small illustrations of characters.
The Cheetah's Thought Prisoners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Cheetah [Priscilla Rich]; Steve Trevor; Baroness Paula von Gunter; Queen Hippolyte; Etta Candy; Judge Strait; Nadine Petit; Alumna Banker
When a judge orders Priscilla Rich back from Reform Island for a legal proceeding, she seizes the opportunity to steal Paula's Thought Prism, which allows her to control the minds of others and to cast illusions, powers that she uses for a new crime spree.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
13
A previously unpublished story, written and drawn in the 1940s.
Script credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (Alfred A. Knopf, 2014).
The Classic Giant

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #187 [Giant #58], on sale February 13.
The Maid of Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl; Black Flame; Comet; Dick Malverne; Bal-Korin (census chief of Kandor); Edna Danvers; Fred Danvers (cameo); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; General Zod; Professor Vakox; Kru-El; five unnamed prisoners]
Black Flame, a super-powered villainess, tells Supergirl she is her descendant from the 40th century, but Supergirl eventually deduces that she is really from Kandor.
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #304 published September 1963
was The Maid of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12.67
Special Delivery Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Larry Lance; J.J. Marvin (villain, death); Nifty (villain); Bobo (villain)
Larry is called in to the offices of J.J. Marvin and handed an envelope, contents unknown. If he will meet Marvin at 5pm in his office, Lance will be given $1000 cash. However, Marvin is murdered right afterwards, and when the Canary rounds up the true killers, Larry is blamed for the murder by the Police.
Reprinting
FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
as Special Delivery Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Previously unpublished. Script, pencils, and inks credits from the reprint in Black Canary Archives.
Tom Orzechowski believes the lettering is by Gaspar Saladino.
Girl in the Golden Flower!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flora
An alien spore takes root in Brad Mulford's windowbox, blooming into a peculiar flower. Soon after he begins to have strange dreams of a girl who takes him on various alien travels, but when the flower eventually dies, so does the girl in the dreams.
Reprinting
FlagStrange Adventures #18 published March 1952
was Girl in the Golden Flower! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
Script credit verified via Julius Schwartz's records. Story page credits a 'Robert Starr' which was a pseudonym Julius Schwartz used to make it look like he had more writers.
The Witching Hour!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
House ad for The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1, on sale February 18.
Incredible? Yes! Impossible? No!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1938 series) #387 and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #83, both on sale February 27.
Defend Yourself! with Ketsugo

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
239 Magic Tricks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris] (villain, introduction); Zamarons; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Anamede (Zamoron)
Zamoran warriors travel to Earth to make Carol Ferris their new queen. They turn Carol into Star Sapphire and test her by having her defeat Green Lantern.
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern #16 published October 1962
was The Secret Life of Star Sapphire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14.34
Pages 6 and 15 are 2/3-pages.
#6 [Sargon the Sorcerer]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Illustration is a panel from the Sargon story in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #57, which is signed by Joe Kubert.

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