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Issue: Superman: Secret Origin #3
Publication Date: January 2010
 
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Variant: Gary Frank Daily Planet Cover
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/25/2009
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76194128598600311
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 11/18/09."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gary Frank
Gary Frank
Brad Anderson
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Clark Kent [Superman]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
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Miscellaneous
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This cover blends in with the other covers in this series to form one continuous image.
Mild-Mannered Reporter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Geoff Johns
Gary Frank
Jon Sibal
Brad Anderson
Steve Wands
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Rudy Jones; Ron Troupe; Steve Lombard; Catherine Grant; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (cameo); Professor Vale; Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo)
Clark Kent arrives in Metropolis for his first day as a reporter at the Daily Planet. Running late due to backups on Luthor Avenue, he rushes into the building, running into (literally) Rudy Jones in the elevator, who proceeds to bum Clark's lunch from him. After meeting some of the staff, he helps out Jimmy, currently working as an unpaid intern. He finally makes his way to Perry's office, who is arguing with Lois about her articles on Lex Luthor. After meeting Clark, Lois gets an idea on how he can help her with her latest story. The Planet has been banned from covering Luthor, but Lois uses Clark as a distraction to sneek into his latest press conference, held on the roof of his building. At the conference, Luthor announces he has developed a new metal alloy, Metallo, and has it demonstrated as a remote-controlled exoskeleton, strong enough to lift a helicopter. Lois is recognized and runs to escape, but a pursuing guard interferes with the exoskeleton, dropping the helicopter and forcing Lois off the roof, followed by the helicopter. Clark sees what is happening, rushes into an alley to change to Superman, and rescues her and the helicopter. She is amazed by him, but before they can say much, they are surrounded by a crowd, and Superman leaves. He thinks back to Smallville when his folks warned him about what would happen when he went public, and he is concerned that he made a mistake by revealing Superman's existence.
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FlagSuperman: Secret Origin The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published February 2010
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Story continues in the next issue. There are a lot of allusions to Superman [The Movie] (1978), from the look and personality of Clark Kent to the rescue of Lois and the helicopter.
House Advertisement

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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House ad for: Blackest Night Collector Action Figures. Appears on page 40 in this issue.
November 25, 2009

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ian Sattler
Nicola Scott
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Subject Matter
DC Nation
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Miscellaneous
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Ian shows off pencil art from Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1. Appears on page 42 in this issue.
Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Total of 9 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Skyrunners (TV, Disney), Dragonball Raging Blast (video game, Bandai Namco), MD Macro (music, MDMacro.com), Doctor Who (TV, BBC America), Powerless (book, Alfred A. Knopf), Tekken 6 (video game, Bandai Namco), Avatar the Game (video game, Ubisoft), DC Heroic Holiday Gift Guide (sweepstakes: graphic novels, video games, DVD, dcholidaysweeps.com, 2 pages), Dragonball Z Attack of the Saiyans (video game, Bandai Namco), and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (online game, Square Enix). Appear in various places in this issue.

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