Secret Origins
#40
[Direct]
(May 1989)
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Mark Waid
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (#50 squarebound)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
3 Apes 3
Gorilla Grodd; Congrorilla; Detective Chimp / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mark Waid
- Pencils:
- Bill Wray
- Inks:
- Bill Wray
- Colors:
- Bob LeRose
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Gorilla Grodd; Congorilla; Detective Chimp
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits given on the letters page.
![Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #40 [Direct]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/753/w200/753356.jpg?-7026103007079540517)
![Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (1986 series) #40 [Newsstand]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/12/w100/12733.jpg?5767558948402809120)
Gorillas in Our Midst: The Secret Origin of Gorilla City
Gorilla City / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates; Greg Weisman
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Mike DeCarlo
- Colors:
- Shelley Eiber
- Letters:
- Agustin Mas
- Job Number:
- G-4579
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Gorilla Grodd; King Solovar; Sir Albert Wesley; Mr. Barwick; Mr. Hughes
- Synopsis:
- A retelling of the origin of Gorilla City, beginning with a space traveler who enhances the gorillas' intelligence and who dies by the actions of Grodd.
The Legend of Congorilla
Congorilla / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Tom Joyner
- Pencils:
- Fred Butler
- Inks:
- Keith Wilson [as Kez Wilson]
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- Janice Chiang
- Job Number:
- G-4686
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; jungle
- Characters:
- Congorilla; Congo Bill; Doc Kruger; Kawolo (dies); N'Solo
- Synopsis:
- Retells the origin of Congo Bill receiving and first using the Congorilla ring, from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #248.
Indexer Notes
A darker slant to the Congorilla character.
IF U CN RD THS
Detective Chimp / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Andy Helfer (plot); Mark Waid [as Rusty Wells] (co-script); Dan Raspler [as Rusty Wells] (co-script)
- Pencils:
- Mark Badger
- Inks:
- Mark Badger
- Colors:
- Robbie Busch
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Job Number:
- G-4439
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Detective Chimp; Y-Nad; K-Ram; Randolph; Gus
- Synopsis:
- Two aliens give a chimpanzee the power of human thought, and the chimpanzee solves a local murder mystery.
Indexer Notes
A humorous approach to why Detective Chimp was so intelligent.
Secret Admirers
Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mark Waid
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-3685
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Includes 4 explanatory articles: Secrets Behind The Goofy Cover; Secrets Behind The Origins Gorilla City; Secrets Behind The Origins Congorilla; Secrets Behind The Origins Detective Chimp.
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Mark Lucas; Charles J. Sperling. Also includes information on the next 3 issues of Secret Origins.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
3 Apes 3
Gorilla Grodd; Congrorilla; Detective Chimp -
1.
Gorillas in Our Midst: The Secret Origin of Gorilla City
Gorilla City -
2.
The Legend of Congorilla
Congorilla -
3.
IF U CN RD THS
Detective Chimp -
4.
Secret Admirers
Secret Admirers
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- Roy Lyons
- Mark Waid
- Mike Nielsen
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- Gregory Fischer
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