Secret Six
(DC, 1968-1969)
™ and ©1968 DC Comics, Inc.
Six people—brawny Mike Tempest, physicist Dr. August Durant, escape artist Carlos Di Rienzi, fashionable femme fatale Crimson Dawn, flying ace King Savage, and mistress of disguise Lili DeNeuve—each on the edge of despair and ruin, were saved by a mysterious figure known only as “the Mockingbird” and trained to become an international strike force of secret agents.
The espionage and intrigue angle of the Secret Six, reminiscent of the then-popular television series, Mission: Impossible, and the dynamic, reality-based artwork of Frank Springer represented something of a departure from the house style of fantasy-driven, super-hero publisher DC. Though not initially intended as a mini-series, the plot arc of Secret Six wrapped up nicely after seven issues and the title was discontinued.
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Splash page is cover
May 1968
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell · A: Frank Springer
1st appearance of The Secret Six; Origin of The Secret Six
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Jul 1968
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill, Henry Boltinoff · A: Frank Springer, Henry Boltinoff
2nd Appearance of the Secret Six; Jun-Jul issue
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Sep 1968
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
Aug-Sep issue
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Nov 1968
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
Oct-Nov issue
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Jan 1969
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
Dec-Jan issue
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Mar 1969
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
Feb-Mar issue
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May 1969
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W: E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
Apr-May issue; Final Issue; Final issue