DC Special Series #1 (Sep. 1977):
“The Dead on Arrival Conspiracy!”
by Martin Pasko, Mike Netzer (as Mike Nasser), Joe Rubinstein

DC Special Series #1

Title: “The Dead on Arrival Conspiracy!”

Feature: Batman and Kobra

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Martin Pasko
Art by: Mike Netzer (as Mike Nasser), Joe Rubinstein

6 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (lead character)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Kobra (Jeffrey Franklin Burr) (lead character)	Kobra	Blackadders; Kobra...  Strike Force Kobra; Underground Society		85
Jason Burr	Kobra (leader)	Kobra		15
Alfred Pennyworth	Anglican	[butler]		3,048
The Kobra Cult	Kobra	[joined by Halo; followed Kobra (as "Brother Abraham")]		15
Ra's al Ghul (mentioned)	fundamentalist Environmentalist; alchemist	Secret Society of Super Villains; The League of Assassins (leader)		151

This publication is also known as: DC Special Series: Five Star Super-Hero Spectacular #1 or Five Star Super-Hero Spectacular #1.

This story was originally intended to be Kobra #8. But that series was canceled before the issue could published.

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