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DC Super Stars #17

DC · Series began 1976 · November-December 1977

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Dates

Cover date: November-December 1977
On sale: August 25, 1977
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 0709893166012
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Facsimile reprints exist

DC Super Stars 17 (Facsimile Edition) (2020). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Joe Staton, Jim Aparo, Mike Grell, Curt Swan, José Luis García-López, Juan Ortiz, Joe Orlandoinks: Bob Layton, Jim Aparo, Bruce Patterson, Vince Colletta, Dick Giordano, Bob Smithcolors: Tatjana Wood, Elizabeth Safian, Anthony Tollinletters: Gaspar Saladino, Jim Aparo, Ben Oda, Joe Statonscript: Paul Levitz, Denny O'Neil, Jack C. Harrisediting: Joe Orlando

Stories

Origin of Green Arrow · 10 pages
The Secret of the Quintile Crystal! · 10 pages
Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl relate to Superman one of their first cases as the Legion before he joined as Superboy involving the Quintile Crystal. After telling their tale, they meet up with the same Science Police officer who was involved alongside them in that case.
Secret Origins of Secret Origins · 1 pages
From Each Ending ...A Beginning! · 13 pages
The Golden Age Batman retires from crimefighting after accidentally killing his wife Selina Kyle Wayne, the former Catwoman, when she is blackmailed into committing one more job by a former associate, Silky Chernak. As a result, Selina and Bruce's daughter, Helena, becomes the Huntress and vows to fight crime like her father did and brings Silky to justice.

Reprinted in

The Super Heroes (1980), DC Super Stars 17 (Facsimile Edition) (2020), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980), Batman in the Seventies (1999), Huntress: Darknight Daughter (2006), Catwoman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015), Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (2017), The Huntress: Origins (2020)