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Issue: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5
Publication Date: November 1980
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman; Zatara; Zatanna; Aquaman; The Demon; The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Girl
Reprinting
FlagBatman Sonderheft #21 published January 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Secret Spell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Zatara (origin); Zatanna (origin); Batman (cameo); Hawkman (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Atom (cameo); Green Lantern (cameo)
When Zatara disappears, Zatanna reads her father's diary, where he relates the events that showed him that he could perform magic by saying the words backwards.
Reprinting
FlagBatman Sonderheft #21 published January 1981
as Die Geheim-Formel ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJLA: Zatanna's Search #[nn] published March 2004
as The Secret Spell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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10
The Origin of the Justice League

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter; Superman; Wonder Woman; Snapper Carr; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; aliens from Appellax (flashback); Amazons of Paradise Island (flashback)
The Justice League of America uses the occasion of its third anniversary to tell Snapper Carr about the formation of the League, involving the discovery of strange meteors that nearly doomed them forever.
Reprinting
FlagJustice League of America #9 published February 1962
was The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America #9 published February 1962
was The Origin of the Justice League -- Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America #9 published February 1962
was The Origin of the Justice League -- Chapter 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Unleash the One Who Waits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Demon (intro, origin); Morgaine Le Fey (aka Morgan LeFay, intro)
Reprinting
FlagThe Demon #1 published August 1972
was Unleash the One Who Waits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Earth's First Green Lantern!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Abin Sur; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Larifars (Energy Beings); Balzona (Energy Being)
Hal Jordan explains to Pieface why Abin Sur came to Earth in a spaceship when all Green Lanterns can travel thru space unaided.
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern #16 published October 1962
was Earth's First Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Recap of how Hal Jordan got his power ring.
Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
occult
Reprinting
FlagStrange Adventures #205 published October 1967
was Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
17
The Origin of Wonder Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Robin; Kid Flash; Wonder Girl; Speedy
Reprinting
FlagTeen Titans #22 published July 1969
was The Origin of Wonder Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Detective Comics Is Now a 50¢ Comic!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Zatanna's Quest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Summary of Zatanna's quest for her father crossover appearances.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
L-616
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Wonder Woman; Flash; Superman; Green Lantern; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter; Abin Sur; Wonder Girl; Zatara; The Demon; Zatanna; Deadman
Brand new-- The secret origin of Zatara the Magician...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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