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Issue: Secret Origins #2
Publication Date: May 1986
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Issues: #2 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/21/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #24.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#50 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4791
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Echoes of Future Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] (death); Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Luri Hoshid; Kha-Ef-Re; Jarvis Kord; Mr. Thunderbolt (cameo); Mentor the Magnificent (cameo); Praying Mantis-Man (cameo); Red Knight (cameo); Magno-Man (cameo); Mister Crabb (cameo)
Synopsis: Archaeologist Dan Garrett enters the Egyptian tomb of Kha-Ef-Re and finds a sarcophagus with a blue scarab on it. When he touches it, the spirit of the pharaoh tells him he will have the power of the Blue Beetle when he says the words: Kaji Dha. Several years later, Garrett's former student, Ted Kord, asks for help in stopping his uncle Jarvis who is building an army of destructive robots. After Garrett apparently dies during the fight, Kord vows to carry on as the next Blue Beetle.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #5 published August 1990
as Echi Di Un Futuro Passato [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #6 published September 1990
as Echi Di Un Futuro Passato Parte 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: S-4772
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Ties together the two Charlton characters. This serves as the introduction to the Blue Beetle's new book.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
Synopsis: The story behind the multiple Blue Beetles and how he was re-introduced into the DC universe.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-4790
Disclose Notes: Also includes previews of the covers of issues 3 and 4.

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