Secret Origins #3 [Direct]
(June 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-02-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Robert Greenberger (editor); Roy Thomas (creative editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #25.
This issue has 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]
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[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) (Expand) /

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

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
Issue at my.comics.org
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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, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Roy Lyons
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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