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Issue: Secret Origins #3
Publication Date: June 1986
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Issues: #3 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: 02/18/1986
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: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #25.
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Pages: 1
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Secret Origin of Captain Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Sterling Morris; Dr. Sivana
Synopsis: Young Billy Batson is led to a cavern beneath a Fawcett City subway station and meets the wizard Shazam, who gives Billy the power to transform into Captain Marvel whenever he speaks the wizard's name. His first mission as a super-hero is to stop Dr. Sivana from destroying the United States Radio system.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Adaptation of the story from Whiz Comics #2.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Article by Mark Evanier about breaking into the comic biz.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also includes the comics on sale the week of March 13th, 1986.
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With One Magic Word...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
Synopsis: Article about the history of Captain Marvel.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2345
Disclose Notes: Also includes a small ad for Lords of the Ultra-Realm.

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