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Issue: Secret Origins #36
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #36 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: 11/24/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Disclose Reprinted In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Poison Ivy
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Poison Ivy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC #[nn] published June 2012
as Portada Secret Origins Vol. 2 núm. 36 USA [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret Origin of Green Lantern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Chip; Abin Sur; Hawk; Alyce; Dex; Abin Sur (flashback)
Synopsis: Years ago, a young man named Chip observed a critical moment in Green Lantern's life. Today, when Hal Jordan comes looking to apply for a job with him, Chip realizes that Hal is Green Lantern, though he doesn't yet know his name. While GL, lonely and needing a friend, considers taking Chip into his confidence, he takes Chip on an intersteller trip and tells him how he got the ring.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes #[nn] published March 1990
as The Secret Origin of Green Lantern [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: G-4369
Disclose Notes: Page 1 taken from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #76.
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A Piece of the Pie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thomas Kalmaku
Character(s): Thomas Kalmaku; Tegra Kalmaku; Kieth Kalmaku; Kari Kalmaku; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis: Thomas tells his children how he met Hal Jordan and how he figured out that Hal was Green Lantern.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: G-4380
Disclose Notes: A recap of the start of his friendship with Hal Jordan/Green Lantern.
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Pavane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Poison Ivy
Character(s): Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Inspector Stuart (real name unknown); Paula Goldblum; Jason Woodrue (silent cameo flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (silent flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson] (silent flashback)
Synopsis: The imprisoned Poison Ivy is interviewed for potential placement in the Suicide Squad program.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
In Content Item: FlagSandman #2 published October 1991
as Pavane [Story on Interior Page(s)]Páginas 1-7
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as Pavane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC #[nn] published June 2012
as Pavana [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: G-4465
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3526
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from David Metz, Robert Kowalski, Charles J. Sperling and Scott Tipton.

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