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Issue: Secret Origins #37
Publication Date: February 1989
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Issues: #37 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
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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: 12/22/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Light
Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Polar Boy; Stone Boy]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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The Secret Origin of the Legion of Substitute Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid [Ral Benem]; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Polar Boy [Brek Bannin]; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Mr. Benem; Mrs. Benem; Estimate Boy; the Tree-Men (villains)
Synopsis: The origin of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.
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Pages: 20
Job Number: G-4724
Disclose Notes: Adapted (with a humorous slant) from the original in Adventure Comics (1935 series) #306.
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All Those Light Years Ago

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Light
Character(s): Dr. Light [Jacob Finlay] (origin); Dr. Light [Arthur Light] (origin); Lester; Mr. B (dies); Justice League of America [Flash; Black Canary; Green Lantern; Martian Manhunter; Batman; Green Arrow; Hawkman; Superman] (cameo); Captain Cold (cameo)
Synopsis: Jacob Finlay, the original Dr. Light, continues to haunt Arthur Light, the second Dr. Light.
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Pages: 19
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3562
Disclose Notes: Mark Waid discusses secrets behind the origins of the Legion of Substitute Heroes and Doctor Light. Letters from readers - Jody Hamby, Jim Kelly, James E. Helsel, Gary Hellen and Kip Talbott - and responses from Mark Waid. Preview of cover to SECRET ORIGINS #38.

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