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  • Item #60772393
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    Secret Origins (1961 One-Shot) 1 VG 4.0

    1" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts May 20

    Reprints: Adam Strange (from Showcase 17), Green Lantern (G.L. 1), Challengers of the Unknown (Showcase 6), J'onn J'onzz (Detective 225), Flash (Showcase 4), Green Arrow and Speedy (1 page text), Superman-Batman team (World's Finest 94), and Wonder Woman (W.W. 105). Pencils by Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, and others. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60663489
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    Published Jan 1987 by DC.

    Secret Origins (1986 DC 2nd Series) 10 CGC 9.4

    Paper: White

    Label #4066659001

    Starts Apr 22

    4 mysterious origins for the Phantom Stranger! The Stranger recounts his encounter with Jesus in "Tarry Till I Come Again." Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Next up, we bear witness to the Stranger's defiance of a cruel angel in "...and men shall call him Stranger." Script by Paul Levitz, art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Then, the Stranger tries to protect the architecture of existence itself in "Revelations." Script by Dan Mishkin, art by Ernie Colon & Pablo Marcos. And last but not least, the ramifications of the Stranger's encounter with Satan are seen in "Footsteps." Script by Alan Moore, art by Joe Orlando. Cover by Aparo. Cover price $1.25.