Secret Origins #3 [Newsstand]
(June 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-03-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893176606
Editing
Robert Greenberger; Roy Thomas (creative editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Meanwhile column in this issue "(Week of...)" and DC Releases #25.
This issue is a variant of Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Bingham
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

[Secret Origin of Captain Marvel] (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jerry Bingham
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
David Cody Weiss

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam; Sterling Morris; Dr. Sivana
Synopsis
Young Billy Batson is led to a cavern beneath a Fawcett City subway station and meets the wizard Shazam, who gives Billy the power to transform into Captain Marvel whenever he speaks the wizard's name. His first mission as a super-hero is to stop Dr. Sivana from destroying the United States Radio system.

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the story from Whiz Comics #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Evanier
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Article by Mark Evanier about breaking into the comic biz.

Indexer Notes

Also includes the comics on sale the week of March 13th, 1986.

With One Magic Word... (Table of Contents: 3)

The Secret Origin of Secret Origins / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2345
Synopsis
Article about the history of Captain Marvel.

Indexer Notes

Also includes a small ad for Lords of the Ultra-Realm.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  2. 1. [Secret Origin of Captain Marvel]
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. With One Magic Word...
    The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
This issue was modified by
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore