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Issue: Secret Origins #24
Publication Date: March 1988
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Issues: #24 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: 11/17/1987
Volume:
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)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #46.
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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): Dr. Fate; Blue Devil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The All-True, Previously Recorded, Publicly Known, Heretofore Fully Revealed Secret Origin of the Blue Devil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cain; Jerry; Jerry's brother and sister; Dan Cassidy; Nebiros; Charley; Wayne; Znarg; Sharon; Marla; Norm; Superman (cameo); The Trickster (cameo)
Synopsis: Cain shows some kids the true story of the Blue Devil by drawing the dream images from Dan Cassidy and showing them on their TV instead of the video of the Blue Devil movie they were going to watch.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: Narrated by Cain of the House of Mystery.
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The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Wotan; Nabu; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Sven Nelson; Inza Cramer; Thomas Frawley; Apes of Ishtar; Charon
Synopsis: Tells the history of the creation of Dr. Fate and his first few meetings with Wotan and Inza Cramer.
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Pages: 19
Job Number: G-3270
Disclose Notes: Based on the first few stories from More Fun Comics.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; The Atom [Al Pratt]
Synopsis: Information on the two stories in this issue and additional history of Dr. Fate.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3016
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Charles J. Sperling; John Q. Gerdes; Gary Thompson; Robert "the Emperor", along with a thumbnail of the cover for Secret Origins #25 rendered in black-and-white.

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