Secret Origins #50

(August 1990)

The Glimpse (Table of Contents)

Robin / text story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil

Pencils:

George Perez

Inks:

George Perez

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Typeset

Editing:

Michael Eury

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Nightwing [Dick Grayson; Robin]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Johnny Grayson (flashback); Mary Grayson (flashback); Anthony Zucco (flashback); Jumbolina the World's Fattest Lady [Mary Ann Carson] (flashback); Mr. Haly (flashback); Marie the fortune teller (flashback); Magnificent Marco [Harry Winkler] (flashback); Billy Blessington (flashback)

Synopsis:

Dick Grayson recalls the day his parents died and when he first glimpsed the Batman.

Indexer Notes

This is an illustrated prose version of Robin's origin.

Flash of Two Worlds (Table of Contents)

Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Grant Morrison

Pencils:

Mike Parobeck

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal

Colors:

Tom Ziuko

Letters:

Albert De Guzman

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Garfield Logan; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Joan Garrick; Fiddler; Thinker; The Shade

Synopsis:

Elemntary student Garfield Logan writes about when he met the two Flashes and how they defeated the villains who made Keystone City vanish.

Indexer Notes

This is a re-telling of the classic Flash of Two Worlds, from Flash, The (DC, 1959 Series) #123, but from the post-Crisis one-Universe standpoint. The story is told from the viewpoint of a young Gar Logan [Beast Boy; Changeling] before he would become a superhero.

Fortunehead! (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elliot S. Maggin

Pencils:

Alan Weiss

Inks:

Dick Giordano (pages 4-13); Alan Weiss (pages 1-3)

Colors:

Greg Theakston

Letters:

Steve Haynie

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Sheriff Bill Tane; Dorothea Tane (flashback); Rand

Synopsis:

Johnny Thunder recalls his past while plotting to save his father, Sheriff Tane, from abductors.

Reflections of a Deep Fantasy (Table of Contents)

Dolphin / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bove; Richard Bruning

Pencils:

Bove

Inks:

K. S. Wilson

Colors:

Daniel Vozzo

Letters:

Albert De Guzman

Editing:

Michael Eury

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Dolphin; Chris Landau; Dr. Meredith Riley

Synopsis:

Former Navy diver Chris Landau has spent twenty years trying to find Dolphin again, who now performs a marine park in Florida. He discovers that they were both part of an alien experiment.

Unfinished Business (Table of Contents)

Black Canary / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alan Brennert

Pencils:

Joe Staton

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

Julia Lacquement

Letters:

Todd Klein

Editing:

Michael Eury

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dinah Drake Lance [Black Canary] (death); Roy Harper [Speedy]; Spectre; Richard Drake (flashback); Larry Lance (flashback); Justice Society of America (flashback) [Flash [Jay Garrick] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider] (cameo); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Mr. Terrific [Terrence Sloane] (cameo); Starman [Ted Knight] (cameo)]; The Reaper (flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback, cameo); Justice League of America (flashback, cameo) [Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]]

Synopsis:

As the original Black Canary is hospitalized and dying of cancer, her daughter recalls how they both trained to become superheroes.

Indexer Notes

A post-Crisis re-write of the original Black Canary's foundations, and her daughter's. The original Black Canary dies in this tale.

The Startling Secret of the Space Museum! (Table of Contents)

Space Museum / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerard Jones

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

George Perez

Colors:

Anthony Tollin

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Editing:

Mark Waid

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Howard "The Wrecker" Parker; Tommy Parker; Peganans

Synopsis:

Howard Parker tells his son, Tommy, how he defeated the Peganan aliens and founded the Space Museum.