1st Issue Special #3 (1975) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; colors: Tatjana Wood	Rex Mason, Metamorpho, Sapphire Stagg
2	The Freak and the Billion-Dollar Phantom	comic story	6	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	Java, Rex Mason, Metamorpho, Sapphire Stagg, Simon Stagg
3	Part 2: Secret of the Capitol	comic story	6	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	Java, Rex Mason, Metamorpho, Sapphire Stagg, Simon Stagg
4	Part 3: The Lake of Gold	comic story	6	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	Java, Rex Mason, Metamorpho, Sapphire Stagg, Simon Stagg
5	The Making of Metamorpho	text article	1	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Comic Reader #116	1975	On eBay ›
DC's 1st Issue Specials #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-177-6	2020	On eBay ›

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