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Issue: Even More Secret Origins #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2003
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/11/2003
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194123677300111
Price: $11.50 CAD
$6.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original); Mort Weisinger (original); Jack Schiff (original); Bob Greenberger (replica edition)
Disclose Notes: Replica style edition reprinting more DC origin stories.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior; Glossy cardstock cover
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Eclipso [Bruce Gordon]; Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Blackhawk; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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The Olsen-Robin Team versus "The Superman-Batman Team!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara] (cameo, flashback); Nightwing [Dick Grayson, (cameo, flashback); Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen] (cameo, flashback); Jimmy and Robin's Eyrie (introduction); Titano (villain, flashback); Dr. Carl Liden (physicist); un-named criminals (villains)
Synopsis: A mad scientist's Future Predictor, after accurately predicting several incidents, alarms Batman and Superman when it says that Robin and Jimmy will soon die. Jimmy and Robin then perpetrate an elaborate hoax against Superman and Batman because of a threat the pair have uncovered by several masterful criminals who have stolen a device called the De-Visor, rendering them invisible.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #141 published May 1964
was The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #141 published May 1964
was Part II: The Vengeance of Superman and Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Origin of the Blackhawks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Chuck Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Stanislaus; Andre; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Olaf
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlackhawk #164 published September 1961
was Origin of the Blackhawks [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Origin re-told in text with small head illustrations of the Blackhawks.
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Meet Kid Flash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West] (introduction, Iris' nephew, origin); Iris West
Synopsis: Wally West visits his Aunt Iris and meets the Flash, but during the meeting a freak accident with chemicals in Barry's lab gives Wally super speed, and he becomes Kid Flash. His first adventure centers around some escaped animals from the zoo.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #110 published December 1959
was Meet Kid Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Eclipso
Character(s): Eclipso [Bruce Gordon] (villain, introduction, origin); Mona Bennett; Professor Simon Bennett (Mona's father); Mophir (villain, flashback)
Synopsis: Bruce Gordon becomes Eclipso for the first time, destroying Solar City, and with the help of Professor Bennett, discovers explains how he was transformed into Eclipso during a solar eclipse.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #61 published July 1963
was Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.67
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The Origin of Green Lantern's Oath!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Carol Ferris; Mr. Burbank (banker); Mr. Davis (jet mechanic); Hank (villain, safe-cracker)
Synopsis: When Pieface asks G.L. about the oath he speaks when charging his ring, Green Lantern tells Pieface the story of his first three cases, on which his oath is based.
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #10 published January 1962
was The Origin of Green Lantern's Oath! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Most of the story is told in flashback form.
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Creature of a Thousand Shapes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Kawkman [Katar Hol] (introduction, interplanetary Policeman, origin); Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol] (introduction, Katar's wife, interplanetary Policewoman, origin); Commissioner George Emmett (introduction); Mavis Trent (introduction); Joe Tracy (introduction); Krotan (introduction, scientist, death, flashback); Byth (villain, introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Katar and his wife Shayera, Police officers from the Planet Thanagar, come to Earth in pursuit of a shape-shifting criminal from their world. Police Commissioner Emmett helps them to establish secret identities, and, after they have succeeded in their mission, helps convince them to stay on Earth.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #34 published February 1961
was Creature of a Thousand Shapes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24.67
Disclose Notes: Introduction and origin of Hawkman and Hawkgirl (revival), told in four parts.

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