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Publisher: DC

Title: DC Special
Issue: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: October-December 1969
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Contributors: Editor: Joe Kubert

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DC Special 5
Owner: greggy

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Story Title: The Secret Lives of Joe Kubert - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:Joe Kubert (signed)
Letters:Gaspar Saladino ?
Characters:Viking Prince; Superman; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; "Cave" Carson; Johnny Quick; Zatara; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Sgt. Rock; Batman; Sargon the Sorcerer; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]


Story Title: Memorandum - foreword, introduction, preface, afterword
Pages:1
Pencils:Joe Kubert
Inks:Joe Kubert
Letters:typeset; Gaspar Saladino


Story Title: The Cartoonist -- At Home! - comic story
Pages:4
Pencils:Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:Joe Kubert (signed)
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Characters:Joe Kubert; Joe's family [Muriel Kubert (wife); Dave Kubert (son); Danny Kubert (son); Lisa Kubert (daughter); Adam Kubert (son); Andy Kubert (son)]; Russ (Russ Heath?); Gerda (Joe's secretary)
Synopsis:A day in the life of a harried cartoonist / editor and his family.


Story Title: Eyes of a Blind Gunner - comic story
Features:Sgt. Rock
Pages:12.67
Pencils:Joe Kubert
Inks:Joe Kubert
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Genre:war
Characters:Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Wild Man; Jackie; Burt (all injured in this story); Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier]; Nazis
Synopsis:When a grenade blinds Jackie and injures Wild Man's hands, they help each other out in order to stay alive. Wild Man becomes Jackie's eyes while Jackie becomes Wild Man's hands.


Story Title: Rider of the Winds! - comic story
Pages:8
Pencils:Joe Kubert
Inks:Joe Kubert
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Eagle Feather (a young Indian brave); Rider of the Winds (an mystic eagle); Black Lighting (a black mountain lion)
Synopsis:After losing 5 of his herd to a mountain lion, Eagle Feather must kill the mountain lion in order to regain face in the tribe.


Story Title: To the Readers... - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Menace of the Matter Master! - comic story
Features:Hawkman
Pages:12
Pencils:Joe Kubert
Inks:Joe Kubert
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Genre:superhero
Characters:Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Matter Master; Commissioner George Emmett; Mavis Trent
Synopsis:Hawkman and Hawkgirl are plagued by a series of bizarre crimes from a new criminal called the Matter-Master.


Story Title: Joe Kubert's Characters - illustration
Pages:2
Pencils:Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:Joe Kubert (signed)
Letters:Gaspar Saladino ?
Characters:Dr. Fate; Johnny Quick; Sargon the Sorcerer; Maximillian O'Leary; Hawkman; Flash; Guardian; Wildcat; Yellow Wasp; Vigilante; Zatara; Firehair
Synopsis:Some of the characters Joe has worked on over the years includes an illo of his latest character, Firehair.


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Amazing Ratios!
Pages:0.67
Letters:Gaspar Saladino ?


Story Title: #9 [The Seven Soldiers of Victory] - text article
Features:Fact File
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Characters:Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Speedy; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger] (also referred to as the Law's Legionnaires)
Synopsis:A brief history of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.


Story Title: Threat of the Ice King - comic story
Features:Viking Prince
Pages:13
Pencils:Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:Joe Kubert (signed)
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Viking Prince [Jon]; Mute Bard; the Ice King; the Rose Princess
Synopsis:The Viking Prince completes the Fourth task of Thor to "awaken a Rose" and in doing so, defeats the Ice King.


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