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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published November 1981
Cover Price 0.95
Pages 100
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details - "Secret Origins of Super-Villains"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Dick Giordano

18 page Flash story The Case of the "Real Gone" Flash

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Abra Kadabra, a magician in the 64th century, travels to the past and becomes a criminal.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #128 (May 1962)

8 page Superboy story "The Amazing Bizarro"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes 1st appearance Bizzaro
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

8 page Superboy story "The Runaway Super-Creature"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes 2nd part of "The Boy of Steel vs. the Thing of Steel"
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

8 page Superboy story "The Battle with Bizarro"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes 3rd part of "The Boy of Steel vs. the Thing of Steel"
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

16 page Green Lantern story "The Day 100,000 People Vanished"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Sinestro (intro, villain); Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Guardians of the Universe; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Ki-Mon (Korugarn alien)
Synopsis In an attempt to capture Green Lantern, Sinestro captures 100,000 people from the town of Valdale. The Guardians warn Green Lantern of Sinestro's plan and Green Lantern travels to Qward to rescue the citizens of Valdale.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Notes 1st appearance of Sinestro
Reprinted From Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #7 (July-August 1961)

12 page Batman story "The Mad Hatter of Gotham City"

Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #230 (April 1956)

26 page Justice League story "The Slave Ship of Space"

Genre Superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes 1st appearance of Kanjar Ro
Reprinted from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #3 (February-March 1961)