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45October 1989
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Secret Origins #45

DC · October 1989 · on sale 1989-08-24

First appearance: El DiabloFirst appearance: Rafael SandovalFirst appearance: Ian Holcomb-BakerOrigin: Blackhawk1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
October 1989
Key date
1989-10-00
On-sale date
1989-08-24
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.50; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of El Diablo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Rafael Sandoval - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ian Holcomb-Baker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Boris Zinoviev - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kazimierc Zegota-Januszajtis - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Blackhawk.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonBlackhawk, El Diablo First, Janos Prohaska, Rafael Sandoval First
1Citizen Jancomic story24script: Martin Pasko; pencils: Grant Miehm; inks: Terry Beatty; colors: Helen Vesik; letters: Janice ChiangBlackhawk Origin, Andre Blanc-Dumont, Weng Chan, Stanislaus Drozdowski, Olaf Friedriksen, Ritter Hendricksen, Ian Holcomb-Baker First, Janos Prohaska, Carlo "Chuck" Siriani, Captain von Tepp, Kazimierc Zegota-Januszajtis First, Boris Zinoviev First
2Folk Talescomic story14script: Gerard Jones; pencils: Mike Parobeck; inks: John Nyberg; colors: Eric Kachelhofer; letters: Tim HarkinsEl Diablo First, Rafael Sandoval First
3-letters page2script: Mark Waid

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; barcode 07098931766610

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Blackhawk: Blood and Iron #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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