(February-March 1973)

DC, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-12-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
E. Nelson Bridwell (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #91.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman; The Flash; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
Jack Adler (sourced)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset
Job Number
N-562
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jor-El (inset); The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Ghost [Jim Craddock] (inset); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders] (inset); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Lara (inset); Superman [Clark Kent]; Martha Wayne (inset); Thomas Wayne (inset)
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[The Secret Origin of Superman] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Joe Shuster
Inks
Joe Shuster
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Shuster
Job Number
N-545
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent] (introduction, origin)
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[The Secret Origin of Batman] (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Bob Kane
Inks
Bob Kane
Colors
?
Letters
Sheldon Moldoff
Job Number
N-544
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Joe Chill (unnamed); Martha Wayne (death, flashback); Thomas Wayne (death, flashback)
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Indexer Notes

Writer credit from index of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #33. We previously credited Gardner Fox.

The Ghost (Table of Contents: 3)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
N-547
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Ghost [Jim Craddock] (introduction, villain); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]
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Secrets of Secret Origins (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
N-575
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Discussion of the various origin stories.

Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
N-546
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (introduction); Turtle Man (villain)
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Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman; The Flash; Superman
  2. 1. [The Secret Origin of Superman]
    Superman
  3. 2. [The Secret Origin of Batman]
    Batman
  4. 3. The Ghost
    Hawkman
  5. 4. Secrets of Secret Origins
  6. 5. Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
    The Flash
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