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CATALOG RECORD

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5

DC · Series began 1980 · November-December 1980

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1980
Pages
100

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893345212

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Ross Andru, Romeo Tanghal, Mike Sekowsky, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantinoinks: Dick Giordano, Vince Colletta, Bernard Sachs, Mike Royer, Murphy Anderson, George Roussos, Nick Cardyletters: Todd Klein, Milt Snapinn, Gaspar Saladino, Mike Royerscript: Gerry Conway, Gardner Fox, Jack Kirby, Arnold Drake, Marv Wolfmancolors: Gene D'Angelo

Stories

  • The Secret Spell! · 10 pages

    When Zatara disappears, Zatanna reads her father's diary, where he relates the events that showed him that he could perform magic by saying the words backwards.

  • The Origin of the Justice League · 26 pages

    The Justice League of America uses the occasion of its third anniversary to tell Snapper Carr about the formation of the League, involving the discovery of strange meteors that nearly doomed them forever.

  • Unleash the One Who Waits · 24 pages
  • Earth's First Green Lantern! · 10 pages

    Hal Jordan explains to Pieface why Abin Sur came to Earth in a spaceship when all Green Lanterns can travel thru space unaided.

  • Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? · 17 pages
  • The Origin of Wonder Girl · 8 pages
  • Zatanna's Quest · 1 pages

    Summary of Zatanna's quest for her father crossover appearances.

Reprinted in

JLA: Zatanna's Search (2004)

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