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Issue: Secret Origins #48
Publication Date: April 1990
 
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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: 02/22/1990
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
£1.00 GBP
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Batman; Robin; Ambush Bug
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #48 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Parody of Batman TV show with Batman and Robin climbing the building and Ambush Bug looking out the window.

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
The Secret Origin of Ambush Bug: We Thought Him Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Ambush Bug; Cheeks; Vril Dox
The National Bureau of Origins wants to know Ambush Bug's origin.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as The Secret Origin of Ambush Bug: We Thought Him Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
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a spoof on Cynicalman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...etc...
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Stanley; His Monster; Azazel; Belial; Lucifer Morningstar
A demon is kicked out of hell and sent to Earth where he becomes Stanley's friend.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
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The Birth of Rex the Wonder Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Rex the Wonder Dog; Lieutenant Dennis; Danny Dennis
A super-soldier formula turns a small puppy into Rex the Wonder Dog.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
G-5464
This origin story is a spoof on the Captain America origin.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Secret Admirers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Includes letters from Jim Kelly and Lon Levy.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
western
Trigger Twins [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]; The Groton Gang; Linda
The origin of the Trigger Twins.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
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