DC Special #23 Values

Publisher: DC, 1976

About DC Special #23

The 3 Musketeers and Robin Hood. Luis Dominguez cover. Lee Elias art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Secret of the Spanish Blade

Characters: The Three Musketeers [Athos; Porthos; Armais; D'Artagnan]; Spanish soldiers; Robin Hood

Pencils: Luis Dominguez

Inks: Luis Dominguez

Colors: Tatjana Wood

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: The Secret of the Spanish Blade

Characters: The Three Musketeers [Athos; Porthos; Armais; D'Artagnan]; Dulac; King Louis XIII; Cardinal Richelieu; King Phillip IV; Duc de Corbeau [The Raven]; Corbeau's valet; Count Valois; Spanish soldiers; Pedro de Diego; Sancho

Synopsis: Porthos takes a bet from Dulac that he can go to Spain and tug the King's beard. In a complicated coincidence, a message between Corbeau and his co-conspirators against King Louis XIII ends up in Spain. The Musketeers unwittingly bear the message back to their King, who ends Corbeau's conspiracy and his life.

Pages: 17.000

Script: Bob Haney (credited)

Pencils: Lee Elias (credited)

Inks: Lee Elias (credited)

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: At one point in the story, Dulac has each Musketeer captured and powerless individually, but does not kill his old foes, being improbably focused on finding the message. Presented in three parts: The Deadly Wager (7 pages), Baptism of Blood (6 pages), and In the Raven's Claws (4 pages).

Title: Attack of the Sea Raiders!

Characters: Robin Hood; Robin's Merrie Men; Vikings; Sir Gregory; Toke; Prince John; Sir Osric; Alan-a-Dale

Synopsis: Robin is captured during an attack on some Viking ships and escapes using a drowning ruse. He and his men then trick the Viking Toke and his men into fighting on uneven terms, where Toke surrenders.

Pages: 9.670

Script: Bob Haney (credited)

Pencils: Ross Andru (credited)

Inks: Mike Esposito (credited)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	13
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	13

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