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Issue: DC Special #5
Publication Date: October 1969
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Issues: #5 of 29 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: 08/14/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Kubert
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
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The Secret Lives of Joe Kubert

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Viking Prince; Superman; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; "Cave" Carson; Johnny Quick; Zatara; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Sgt. Rock; Batman; Sargon the Sorcerer; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: K-183
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Memorandum

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carmine Infantino ?; Joe Kubert
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; Gaspar Saladino
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: K-210
Disclose Notes: Introduction page "Memorandum" from Carmine Infantino ordering Joe to tell his story to readers.
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The Cartoonist -- At Home!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Kubert; Joe's family [Muriel Kubert (wife); Dave Kubert (son); Danny Kubert (son); Lisa Kubert (daughter); Adam Kubert (son); Andy Kubert (son)]; Russ (Russ Heath?); Gerda (Joe's secretary)
Synopsis: A day in the life of a harried cartoonist / editor and his family.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Includes drawings of the Kubert family. First appearance of Adam and Andy Kubert in a comic.
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Eyes of a Blind Gunner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Sgt. Rock
Character(s): Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Wild Man; Jackie; Burt (all injured in this story); Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier]; Nazis
Synopsis: When a grenade blinds Jackie and injures Wild Man's hands, they help each other out in order to stay alive. Wild Man becomes Jackie's eyes while Jackie becomes Wild Man's hands.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #113 published December 1961
was Eyes of a Blind Gunner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Job Number: K-208
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Rider of the Winds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Eagle Feather (a young Indian brave); Rider of the Winds (an mystic eagle); Black Lighting (a black mountain lion)
Synopsis: After losing 5 of his herd to a mountain lion, Eagle Feather must kill the mountain lion in order to regain face in the tribe.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #2 published May 1956
was Rider of the Winds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: K-209
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To the Readers...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Kubert
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: includes letters to Joe from Russ Heath, Irv Novick, Norm Mauer, Neal Adams, Carmine Infantino and Muriel Kubert and family.
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Menace of the Matter Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Matter Master; Commissioner George Emmett; Mavis Trent
Synopsis: Hawkman and Hawkgirl are plagued by a series of bizarre crimes from a new criminal called the Matter-Master.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #35 published April 1961
was Menace of the Matter Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: K-207
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Joe Kubert's Characters

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Fate; Johnny Quick; Sargon the Sorcerer; Maximillian O'Leary; Hawkman; Flash; Guardian; Wildcat; Yellow Wasp; Vigilante; Zatara; Firehair
Synopsis: Some of the characters Joe has worked on over the years includes an illo of his latest character, Firehair.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-211
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing Ratios!
First Line: A fireball is a type of meteor...
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Pages: 0.67
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#9 [The Seven Soldiers of Victory]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fact File
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Speedy; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger] (also referred to as the Law's Legionnaires)
Synopsis: A brief history of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: J-24
Disclose Notes: Stripesy is not shown in the accompanying picture.
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Threat of the Ice King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Viking Prince
Character(s): Viking Prince [Jon]; Mute Bard; the Ice King; the Rose Princess
Synopsis: The Viking Prince completes the Fourth task of Thor to "awaken a Rose" and in doing so, defeats the Ice King.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #18 published June 1958
was Threat of the Ice King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: K-206

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