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DC Special Series Vol 1 10

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"Doctor Fate: "This Immortal Destiny: The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate"": At the Tower of Fate, Inza Nelson writes in her journal and reflects upon the events that turned her husband Kent Nelson into the sorcerer Doctor Fate.

Quote1 Creating the golden helm and medallion as symbols of his power and presence -- the symbols Kent would henceforth use to join his spirit with the guardian -- and become Doctor Fate! Quote2
— Inza Nelson

DC Special Series #10 is an issue of the series DC Special Series (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1978.

Synopsis for Doctor Fate: "This Immortal Destiny: The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate"

At the Tower of Fate, Inza Nelson writes in her journal and reflects upon the events that turned her husband Kent Nelson into the sorcerer Doctor Fate.

When Kent was only twelve-years-old, he accompanied his father, archaeologist Sven Nelson, to a dig in Sumeria. There, they unearthed the coffin containing the imprisoned Lord of Order, Nabu. Upon awakening, Nabu produced a poisonous gas that claimed Sven Nelson's life. He then decided to take young Kent under his wing as his apprentice. He used his magic to age him to adulthood, then spent the next several years teaching him the mystic arts. When the time came, Nabu explained that there was only one final test for Nelson to overcome. He had to concentrate all of his power upon Nabu himself. Nelson did as instructed and Nabu's mortal form was destroyed. In his true form, Nabu was a being of pure energy and he used his power to create the artifacts that would serve as the reservoir of his essence. He created a helm and a medallion and gave them to Kent so that he could protect the Earth as the sorcerer, Doctor Fate.

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Synopsis for Lightray: "This Light A-Borning"

Lightray explains to some children how he came to possess his special "super-power."

Appearing in Lightray: "This Light A-Borning"

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  • Lightray (Flashback and main story) (Origin)

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  • Apokoliptian Soldiers (Flashback only)

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  • Bugs of New Genesis
  • Sindra

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  • Wonder Staff

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Synopsis for Black Canary: "The Canary Is a Bird of Prey"

Dinah Drake Lance reminisces how she became the Black Canary and eventually left Earth-Two to join the JLA. A later story (Justice League of America #220) establishes that these are in fact mystically-implanted memories and the woman in this story is actually Dinah Laurel Lance, the grown daughter of the late Dinah Drake Lance.

Appearing in Black Canary: "The Canary Is a Bird of Prey"

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  • Rico (extortionist)
  • An unnamed gambling mob (Flashback only)
  • Aquarius (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)

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  • Machine-guns

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