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Secret Origins (1973) - #5
"The Spectre"
DC Comics

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Editor(s):
E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Artist(s):
Nicholas Viscardy - 'Nick Cardy'

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Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1973
Cover Price: US $0.20

Issue Tagline: None.

Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue; 32 pages

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Letters Column: Original Thinking

Synopsis:
After hard-boiled police detective Jim Corrigan busts the gang of "Gat" Benson, "Gat" and his men get their revenge on Corrigan! Knocking him out and throwing him in the river, Corrigan dies, only to be reborn with a quest to eliminate all evil on Earth! Using his new powers, Corrigan easily gets vengeance on "Gat" Benson, thus beginning his mission!

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More Fun Comics (1935) #52
More Fun Comics (1935) #53

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