Secret Origins #1 (1986) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jerry Ordway, Wayne Boring; inks: Jerry Ordway; letters: Alex Jay	Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Spectre; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Huntress [Helena Wayne]
1	The Secret Origin of the Golden-Age Superman	comic story	22	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Jerry Ordway; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: David Cody Weiss	Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Jor-L; Lara Jor-L; John Kent; Mary Kent; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Butch Mason
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Dick Giordano
3	Superman	illustration	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy, John Sikela; inks: Ed Dobrotka, John Sikela, Leo Nowak	Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]
4	The Secret Origin of Secret Origins	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Wayne Boring

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893176604
Canadian	price 0.95 CAD; barcode 0709893176604

Collection	Year
Superman in the Eighties #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0952-1	2006	On eBay ›

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