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Issue: Secret Origins #42
Publication Date: July 1989
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Issues: #42 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: 05/25/1989
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
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super Heroes [Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl]; Grim Ghost
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Pages: 1
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Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Boys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super Heroes [Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Karate Kid]; Gmya Wazzo; Winema Wazzo; Byzjn Wazzo; Qyk; Kynar
Synopsis: When Ultra Boy is accused of betraying the Legion, Phantom Girl is the only one who believes in him.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: This story takes place at the time Ultra Boy first joined the Legion of Super Heroes, specifically the story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316.
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The Secret Origin of Grim Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Keith Everet; Deborah Wallace; Charles Collins
Synopsis: When Keith Everet was killed by robbers in 1700 he returned as a ghost and was reunited with his lady love in Ireland in 1941.
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Pages: 19
Job Number: G-3578
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Sensation #1, the name has been altered from the Gay Ghost to the Grim Ghost to suit the times.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-3775
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Phil Ziegler and Scott Tipton.

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