Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]

(1976)

[Title Pages] (Table of Contents)

credits / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Initial pages, including blank pages, title pages, dedication (to Sheldon Mayer), and acknowledgments.

Contents (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Illustrated table of contents, showing the hero's image (taken from the story) and the page number. The third page is blank.

Introduction (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carmine Infantino

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to these stories, by the Publisher of DC at this time. The second page is blank.

Superman...He's the Key, the Granddaddy of them All (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of Superman.

[One Page Origin of Superman] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Shuster

Editing:

Vincent Sullivan (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman (intro; brief origin); Krypton (intro; not named)

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

The Origin of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original Editorial Advisor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original Assistant Editor); Sol Harrison (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Krypton

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• from The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) #[nn] (1973)

Batman...He was Unable Not to Fight Criminals (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of Batman.

The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed); Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds, verified by Moldoff)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sheldon Moldoff (verified by Moldoff)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman (origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #1 (Spring 1940)
which is reprinted
• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #33 (November 1939) [rest of story]
• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #34 (December 1939) [splash panel]

Indexer Notes

This book says that this story was reprinted from Detective Comics #33, but this really is the version from Batman #1, which itself reprints first two pages from Detective Comics #33 but substituted the splash from Detective Comics #34.

The Origin of the Batman! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (verified by Schwartz)

Inks:

Charles Paris (verified by Paris)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Editing:

Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman (origin); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (intro by name), the Wayne's murderer (death); Robin; James Gordon; Monty Julep

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948)

Wonder Woman...The Female Sex is Assuming Day By Day a More Dominant Role in World Affairs (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of Wonder Woman.

[The Origin of Wonder Woman] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter (signed)

Inks:

Harry G. Peter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Sheldon Mayer (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman (origin); Ares [Mars]; Aphrodite; Hercules (intro); Hippolyte; Amazons; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell (cameo); Mala

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• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Origin: Wonder Woman (in detail; cf. Sensation Comics #1).

War of the Wonder Women! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Robert Kanigher (original editor); Allan Asherman (original editorial assistant)

Job Number:

R-203

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman (origin); Nubia (origin); Mars; Hippolyta

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• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #206 (June-July 1973)

Indexer Notes

Writer miscredited as "Gary" Bates as in the original.

The Flash...You Can Do Almost Anything With Him... (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of both Flashes (Jay Garrick and Barry Allen).

[Origin of the Flash] (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert (masthead)

Editing:

M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Flash [Jay Garrick] (intro, origin); Joan Williams (intro); Major Williams; Sieur Satan; Serge Orloff; Duriel; the Faultless Four; Professor Hughes

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• from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Indexer Notes

First line is 'But before he became known and feared as "the fastest thing on Earth", Jay Garrick was an unknown student at Midwestern University...'

Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen] (intro; origin); Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (intro); The Turtle Man (villain; later The Turtle)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

Green Lantern...No Evil Shall Escape My Sight (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of both Green Lanterns (Alan Scott and Hal Jordan).

[The Origin of Green Lantern] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]

Inks:

Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Nodell

Editing:

Sheldon Mayer (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (intro, origin); Jimmy (death); Chang the Lamp Maker (flashback); Billings (flashback); Dekker (villain, death)

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• from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #16 (July 1940)

SOS - Green Lantern! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro, death)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (September-October 1959)

Hawkman...The Weirdness Seems to be Part of Hawkman's Appeal (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of both Hawkmans (Carter Hall and Kartar Hol).

[The Origin of Hawkman] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Dennis Neville

Inks:

Dennis Neville

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Carter Hall] (intro, origin); Shiera Sanders (intro, later Hawkgirl); Hath-Set (intro); Kolar; Doctor Hastor

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• from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Indexer Notes

The title here was given in Golden Age Hawkman Archives vol. 1 where this story was also reprinted. First line is "In the weapon-lined library of Carter Hall, wealthy collector of weapons and research scientist -".

Creature of a Thousand Shapes! (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Katar Hol] (intro, origin); Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal] (intro, origin); Byth (intro, villain); Commissioner Emmett (intro); Mavis Trent (intro)

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• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #34 (February-March 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story is really 24.67 pages, with a vignette of Hawkman and Hawkgirl from page 8 filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page.

Green Arrow...A Streamlined Robin Hood (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of both Golden Age and Silver Age Green Arrows.

The Birth of the Battling Bowmen (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson?

Pencils:

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks:

Steve Brodie (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack Schiff (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow (origin); Speedy (origin); Mr. Harper [Roy's father] (flashback, death); Quoag [Mr. Harper's Indian servant] (death); Dippy Parker; Curator Morgan; Lefty; Louie

Synopsis:

Archaeologist Oliver Queen is visiting Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy marooned on Lost Mesa and raised by Quoag, his father's Indian servant. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine. After Quoag dies from gun shots, only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them.

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• from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #89 (March 1943)

The Green Arrow's First Case (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack Schiff (original managing editor); Mort Weisinger (original story editor); George Kashdan (original story editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow (origin); Speedy; trick arrows (origin)

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• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (January 1959)

Indexer Notes

Story is really 6.67 pages, with a vignette of a bow and a quiver of arrows filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page.

The Atom...Not One Person out of Ten Knew What an Atom Was (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of both Atoms (Al Pratt and Ray Palmer).

Introducing the Mighty Atom (Table of Contents)

Atom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill O'Connor

Pencils:

Ben Flinton

Inks:

Leonard Sansone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Sheldon Mayer (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Atom [Al Pratt] (intro, origin); Mary James (intro); Joe Morgan (intro)

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• from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #19 (October 1940)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005).

Birth of the Atom! (Table of Contents)

Atom / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Atom [Ray Palmer] (intro, origin); Jean Loring (intro)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story is really 9.67 pages, with a vignette of an atom filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page.

Shazam!...In One Thing a Sense of Fun and the Whole Sense of Adventure (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of Captain Marvel.

[Introducing Captain Marvel] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Parker

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Colors:

Bill Parker

Letters:

?

Editing:

Bill Parker (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (intro, origin), Shazam (intro), Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (intro), Sterling Morris (intro); radio station WHIZ (intro); Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (intro), Ebenezer Batson (intro, flashback); Phantom Companion

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• from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

Plastic Man...One of the Wildest Imaginations... (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Background and history of Plastic Man.

[The Origin of Plastic Man] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Editing:

Ed Cronin (original editor)

Job Number:

N-396

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; Humor

Characters:

Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian] (intro, origin); Rest-Haven monk; Skizzle Shanks

Synopsis:

Gangster Eel O'Brian's dip in a vat of acid turns him into the superhero Plastic Man and against the mobsters he used to work with.

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• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

The Author (Table of Contents)

biography (nonfictional) / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Final pages, including a one-sentence biography of Dennis O'Neil and 3 blank pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

(backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

The logo and a one paragraph description of each of the ten heroes in this collection.