DC Special Series
#19 - Secret Origins of Super-Heroes
(Fall 1979 (November 1979))
DC,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- four times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1979-07-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893174611
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia date is Fall 1979, date on cover is November.
Cover is dated November, the same as DC Special Series #18.
On sale date from the 1979 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as July 5 in Comics Journal #47, DC Coming Attractions #32, and in a house ad in Weird War Tales #80. Date given as July 3 in Comic Reader #170.
Cover is dated November, the same as DC Special Series #18.
On sale date from the 1979 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as July 5 in Comics Journal #47, DC Coming Attractions #32, and in a house ad in Weird War Tales #80. Date given as July 3 in Comic Reader #170.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-158
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Robin; Supergirl; Hawkman; Aquaman; Elongated Man
- Reprints
-
in Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2021)
-
The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!
Wonder Woman / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-6102
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (origin); Aphrodite; Queen Hippolyte; Herakles (cameo); Steve Trevor; Diana Prince (original)
- Synopsis
- A new retelling of Wonder Woman's origin.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
based on the story in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #237 (November 1977)
The Gods of the Amazons
Wonder Woman / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Heracles; Hermes; Aphrodite; Minerva
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #105 (April 1959) [four-panel excerpt]
-
Indexer Notes
Four-panel excerpt from "The Origin of Wonder Woman."
The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team
Superman and Batman / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Powerman; Lex Luthor
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #94 (May-June 1958)
-
The Mystery of the Elongated Man!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (first appearance, origin); Iris West; Perry Veto (villain)
- Synopsis
- Elongated Man comes to Central City and Flash suspects him of committing a string of robberies.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #112 (April-May 1960)
-
How Aquaman Got His Powers!
Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Atlantis; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Origin); Atlanna (Flashback); Tom Curry (Flashback); Commander Haskel
- Synopsis
- Aquaman stops the U.S. Navy from testing atomic depth charges and recounts his origin to Commander Haskel.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #260 (May 1959)
-
Brotherly Hate!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent] (host); Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad (origin); Light Lass (origin); Timber Wolf; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl] (origin); R.J. Brande; Lightning Lord (origin)
- Synopsis
- Superboy tells the story of the beginnings of the Legion and how later Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf fought Lightning Lord.
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #172 (March 1971)
-
The Masked Marauders of Earth!
Hawkman / comic story / 25 pages
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]; Manhawks; Commissioner Emmett
- Reprints
- from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #43 (August-September 1962)
-
The Origin of Robin!
Batman / comic story / 11.5 pages
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin)
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969)
-
The Supergirl from Krypton!
Supergirl / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Al Plastino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original)
- Job Number
- J-6226
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction); Miss Hart (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Secret Origins of Super-Heroes
-
2.
The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!
Wonder Woman -
3.
The Gods of the Amazons
Wonder Woman -
4.
The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team
Superman and Batman -
5.
The Mystery of the Elongated Man!
The Flash -
6.
How Aquaman Got His Powers!
Aquaman -
7.
Brotherly Hate!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
8.
The Masked Marauders of Earth!
Hawkman -
9.
The Origin of Robin!
Batman -
10.
[Action Comics #500]
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11.
The Supergirl from Krypton!
Supergirl -
12.
The Little Books That Pack a Big Punch!
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13.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- CTGarry
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Denys Howard
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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