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Issue: Secret Origins #23
Publication Date: February 1988
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Issues: #23 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: 10/20/1987
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: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #45, confirmed from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Millennium Week 6

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Guardians of the Universe
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #16/17 published July 1991
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gurardians of the Universe; Zamorans; Manhunters (blue androids); Fahsir; Teisho; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Joanqin] (flashback); Green Lantern [Yyk] (flashback)]
First Line: Since his beginnings, man has probed the question of age.
Synopsis: Herupa and Nadia relate the history of the Guardians and the Zamorans to those that were selected to make up the New Guardians.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #16/17 published July 1991
as Le Origini Segrete Dei Guardiani Dell'Universo [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: G-3346
Disclose Notes: This is a Millenium tie-in. There are flashbacks to the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2981
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from T.E. Pouncey and checklist of all the DC Golden Age heroes and where they first appeared.
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Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Grand Dragon; Doctor Jaeger
First Line: I'm not sure when I became a devoted Woodrue watcher...
Synopsis: The Floronic Man tells Killer Croc a "story" that is his history before he escapes from Arkham.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: G-3348

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