(December 1986)
- Price:
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas; Robert Greenberger
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched (#50 Squarebound); Ongoing
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Flash [Jay Garrick]; Skyman; Stripesy / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Tom Grindberg (signed)
- Inks:
- Pablo Marcos (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Skyman [Star-Spangled Kid; Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
The Secret Origin of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy (Table of Contents)
Star-Spangled Kid; Stripesy / comic story / 16 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- Tom Grindberg
- Inks:
- Mike Gustovich
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- David Cody Weiss
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Skyman [Sylvester Pemberton; Star-Spangled Kid]; Infinity, Inc. (cameo) [Brainwave, Jr.; Nuklon; Jade; Obsidian; Northwind; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Wildcat [Yolanda Montez]; Dr. Midnight [Beth Chapel]; Fury [Lyta Hall]]; Seven Soldiers of Victory (flashback, cameo) [Green Arrow; Speedy; Shining Knight; Vigilante; Crimson Avenger]; Nebula Man (flashback, cameo); Justice Society of America (flashback, cameo) [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl]
- Synopsis:
- Skyman tells his teammates, Infinty, Inc., about how he and Stripesy met and thwarted some Nazi sympathizers' plans to include dynamite in a fireworks display.
Indexer Notes
Takes place just after Infinity Inc. #31. Based on the origin story in Star-Spangled Comics #1. Recaps some of the SSK's history with the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the JSA and II.
The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Flash (Table of Contents)
The Flash [Jay Garrick] / comic story / 22 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- George Tuska
- Inks:
- Jerry Acerno
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- David Cody Weiss
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Joan Williams (flashback); Major Williams (flashback); Sieur Satan (flashback); Justice Society of America (flashback, cameo) [Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]]; Flash [Wally West] (flashback, cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback, cameo)
- Synopsis:
- In 1940, Jay Garrick gains the power of speed after inhaling "hard water fumes" in a college lab accident. As the Flash, he rescues the kidnapped father of Joan Williams.
Indexer Notes
Based on the story in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Secret Origin of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy
Star-Spangled Kid; Stripesy -
2.
The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Flash
The Flash [Jay Garrick]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Roy Lyons
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Gregory Fischer
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