DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22 [Direct Sales]

(June 1982)

Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

SOS Green Lantern (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro)

Synopsis:

Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.

Reprints:

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (September-October 1959)

Indexer Notes

Reprints Intro and Origin of Silver Age Green Lantern.

Secret of the Flaming Spear! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (intro); Willard Ferris (intro); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (Pilot)

Synopsis:

Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.

Reprints:

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (September-October 1959)

Indexer Notes

Reformatted to fill nine full pages.

The Coming of the Costumed Incompetents (Table of Contents)

Inferior Five / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Mike Esposito

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

satire-parody

Reprints:

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #62 (May-June 1966), #62 (May-June 1966), #62 (May-June 1966)

Indexer Notes

1st appearance

I Was the Man with Animal Powers (Table of Contents)

Animal Man / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Animal Man

Reprints:

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #180 (September 1965)

Indexer Notes

Reprints origin & first appearance

Black Lightning (Table of Contents)

Black Lightning / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script:

Tony Isabella

Pencils:

Trevor Von Eeden

Inks:

Frank Springer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #1 (April 1977)

Indexer Notes

Reprints origin and first appearance.

And Then There Were None (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Dr. Regulus

Synopsis:

After Invisible Kid is elected new Legion leader, the Legion performs at a charity benefit where Sun Boy is hurt and loses his memory. But it may not be an accident, but rather the work of Dr. Regulus, who has taken Legion headquarters right out of the ground. The Legionnaires trace their purloined headquarters to Dr. Regulus' spaceship, but it takes Sun Boy to bring him down.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #348 (September 1966)

Indexer Notes

origin of Sun Boy

Swamp Thing is Back! (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

Swamp Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Stories in the Issue] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy]; Green Lantern; Inferior Five [Dumb Bunny; Awkwardman; The Blimp; Merryman; White Feather]; Black Lightning

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.