All-Star Squadron #47 [Direct]
(July 1985)

DC, 1981 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor); Janice Race (credited) (associate editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases (DC, 1984 series) #14 (July 1985).
This issue has variants:

The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate (Table of Contents)

All-Star Squadron / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (signed as adez)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Inza Cramer; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Nabu; Wotan (villain); Sven Nelson
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The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate (Table of Contents: 1)

All-Star Squadron / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited) (pages 2-23); Mike Clark (credited) (pages 1, 24)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited as Cody)
Job Number
G-1922
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron: Robotman [Robert Crane / Paul Dennis]
All-Star Squadron: Amazing-Man [Will Everett]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (origin); Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Tarantula [John Law]
Inza Cramer (flashback); Nabu the Wise (flashback); Wotan (flashback) (villain); Sven Nelson (flashback)
Synopsis
Kent Nelson becomes Dr. Fate and battles Wotan for the life of Inza Cramer.
Keywords
archaeologist; Egypt; Perisphere; pyramid

Indexer Notes

Explains the differences between Dr. Fate's helmets.

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

All-Star Squadroom / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1967

Indexer Notes

Letters from Delmo Walters Jr., Jay Elliott Jr, Glenn Dunlap, Larry Schultz, T.E. Pouncey, Ted Nutter, and Evan M. Lanctot.

Guest Meanwhile... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate
    All-Star Squadron
  2. 1. The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate
    All-Star Squadron
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    All-Star Squadroom
  4. 3. Guest Meanwhile...
    Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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