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Issue: Secret Origins #9
Publication Date: December 1986
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Issues: #9 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/19/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #31.
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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): Skyman [Star-Spangled Kid; Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
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Pages: 1
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): M & Ms; Mars
First Line: Packs of fun for everyone!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Illustrated ad for M & Ms candy.
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The Secret Origin of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Skyman [Sylvester Pemberton; Star-Spangled Kid]; Infinity, Inc. (cameo) [Brainwave, Jr.; Nuklon; Jade; Obsidian; Northwind; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Wildcat [Yolanda Montez]; Dr. Midnight [Beth Chapel]; Fury [Lyta Hall]]; Seven Soldiers of Victory (flashback, cameo) [Green Arrow; Speedy; Shining Knight; Vigilante; Crimson Avenger]; Nebula Man (flashback, cameo); Justice Society of America (flashback, cameo) [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl]
Synopsis: Skyman tells his teammates, Infinty, Inc., about how he and Stripesy met and thwarted some Nazi sympathizers' plans to include dynamite in a fireworks display.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Takes place just after Infinity Inc. #31. Based on the origin story in Star-Spangled Comics #1. Recaps some of the SSK's history with the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the JSA and Infinity Inc.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bonkers!
First Line: Everyone's bonked out by new chewy chocolate Bonkers!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Bonkers! candy by Nabisco.
Between page 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Lazer Tag

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lazer Tag
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics ad for the Lazer Tag game from Worlds of Wonder, Inc..
Between page 9 and 10 of previous story.
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Cosmic Boy

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cosmic Boy
Character(s): Cosmic Boy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Cosmic Boy mini-series.
Between page 9 and 10 of previous story.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2517
Disclose Notes: Includes a column where Roy recaps the publishing history of both heroes.

Letters from Anthony R. Cardno, Frank Balkin, John Egan, Jeffrey Wechselblatt, and Hurricane Heeran.
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The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Flash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Joan Williams (flashback); Major Williams (flashback); Sieur Satan (flashback); Justice Society of America (flashback, cameo) [Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]]; Flash [Wally West] (flashback, cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: In 1940, Jay Garrick gains the power of speed after inhaling "hard water fumes" in a college lab accident. As the Flash, he rescues the kidnapped father of Joan Williams.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Based on the story in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1.
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NBC Saturday Morning Preview

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): NBC
Character(s): Alvin; Kissyfur; Gummi Bears; Papa Smurf; Punky Brewster; Simon; Theodore; Foofur; Kidd Video;
Michael J. Fox (photo); Smurf
First Line: High atop beautiful downtown Burbank...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ad for NBC's Saturday Morning line-up.
Between page 2 and 3 of previous story.
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Write Right Now!

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ads in classified format for body building, comic books, martial arts training, the American Heart Association, stamps, electronic bugs, novelties, and more. Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. agent.
Between page 13 and 14 of story.
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Legends Cross-Overs

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Legends cross-overs, Green Lantern Corp #207; Cosmic Boy #1; and Legends #2, with covers depicted. "On sale in September."
Between page 18 and 19 of story.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Summer's here and the time is right...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House subscription form for DC series.
Between page 18 and 19 of story.
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1986 Specials and Annuals

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Green Lantern Corps; Outsiders
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for to Annuals on sale in September.
Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nabisco Candies
First Line: Head over deals.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Charleston Chew!, Sugar Babies, and Sugar Daddy candies.
Back cover.

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