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Issue: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5
Publication Date: November 1980
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/14/1980
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893345212
Price: $0.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
11 (6 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #182.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

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Superman; Batman; Zatara; Zatanna; Aquaman; The Demon; The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Girl
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Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

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Inside front cover.
The Secret Spell!

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Zatara (origin); Zatanna (origin); Batman (cameo); Hawkman (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Atom (cameo); Green Lantern (cameo)
When Zatara disappears, Zatanna reads her father's diary, where he relates the events that showed him that he could perform magic by saying the words backwards.
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The Origin of the Justice League

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Aquaman; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter; Superman; Wonder Woman; Snapper Carr; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; aliens from Appellax (flashback); Amazons of Paradise Island (flashback)
The Justice League of America uses the occasion of its third anniversary to tell Snapper Carr about the formation of the League, involving the discovery of strange meteors that nearly doomed them forever.
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Unleash the One Who Waits

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The Demon (intro, origin); Morgaine Le Fey (aka Morgan LeFay, intro)
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Earth's First Green Lantern!

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Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Abin Sur; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Larifars (Energy Beings); Balzona (Energy Being)
Hal Jordan explains to Pieface why Abin Sur came to Earth in a spaceship when all Green Lanterns can travel thru space unaided.
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Recap of how Hal Jordan got his power ring.
Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?

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occult
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The Origin of Wonder Girl

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Robin; Kid Flash; Wonder Girl; Speedy
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Detective Comics Is Now a 50¢ Comic!

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Zatanna's Quest

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Summary of Zatanna's quest for her father crossover appearances.
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L-616
Inside back cover.
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Batman; Wonder Woman; Flash; Superman; Green Lantern; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter; Abin Sur; Wonder Girl; Zatara; The Demon; Zatanna; Deadman
Brand new-- The secret origin of Zatara the Magician...
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Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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