Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1

(March 2000)

DC, 2000 Series

Published in English (United States)

Volume: 1
Price: 6.95 USD; 10.95 CAD
Pages: 100
On-sale Date: 2000-02-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics
Brand: DC [bullet]
Barcode: 761941221205 00111

Editing: Tony Bedard; Maureen McTigue

Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: One-Shot

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Pencils: Darick Robertson
Inks: John Dell
Colors: ?

Genre: superhero
Characters: Aquaman; Batman; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Hawkgirl; J'Onn J'Onzz; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Starfire; Steel; Superman; Wonder Woman

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Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Pencils: Scot Eaton
Inks: Ray Kryssing; Doug Hazlewood ("with...")
Colors: Carla Feeny; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Bill Oakley

Genre: superhero
Characters: Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cameron Chase; Director Bones; Superman [Clark Kent]; Justice Society of America [Atom-Smasher [Al Rothstein]; Doctor Fate [Hector Hall]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Sand [Sanderson Hawkins]; Sentinel [Alan Scott]; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Starman [Jack Knight]]; Titans [Troia [Donna Troy]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Arsenal[Roy Harper]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Damage [Grant Emerson]; Argent [Toni Monetti]]; Young Justice [Impulse [Bart Allen]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Secret [Greta Hayes]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Superboy [Kon-El]]; JLA [Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Zauriel; Big Barda; Orion; Plastic Man]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Warrior [Guy Gardner]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]; Jade [Jennie-Lynn Hayden]; Firestorm [Ron Raymond]; Firehawk [Lorraine Reilly]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Strange Visitor [Sharon Vance]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Bromfield]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Resurrection Man [Mitch Shelly]; Max Mercury; Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Walter West]; Wonder Woman; Artemis; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Vulo; Hitman [Tommy Monaghan]; Azrael [Jean-Paul Valley]; Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Amazo

Justice League / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Bryan Hitch
Inks: Paul Neary
Colors: Laura Martin; Digital Chameleon (Seps)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Aquaman; Batman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; J'Onn J'Onzz; Superman; Wonder Woman

Young Justice / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Todd Nauck
Inks: Lary Stucker
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Empress [Anita Fite]; Impulse; Red Tornado; Robin [Tim Drake]; Secret [Suzie]; Superboy [Kon-El]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]

Superman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Mike McKone
Inks: Andy Lanning
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Eradicator; Steel; Strange Visitor; Superboy [Kon-El]; Supergirl; Superman

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Script: Eliot R. Brown
Pencils: Eliot R. Brown
Inks: Eliot R. Brown
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero

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Script: Eliot R. Brown
Pencils: Eliot R. Brown
Inks: Eliot R. Brown
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero

Batman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Dale Eaglesham
Inks: Danny Miki
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Azrael; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Batman; Huntress; Nightwing; Oracle; Robin [Tim Drake]

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Alexander
Pencils: Mike Collins
Inks: Claude St. Aubin
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

Genre: superhero

Aquaman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Steve Epting
Inks: Steve Epting
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Aquaman; Dolphin; Mera; Tempest; Vulko

Wonder Woman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Matthew Clark
Inks: Ray Snyder
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Artemis; Chiron; Hippolyta; Nu'Bia; Rama; Troia; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Wonder Woman

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Script: Eliot R. Brown
Pencils: Eliot R. Brown
Inks: Eliot R. Brown
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero

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Script: Curtis Johnson
Pencils: J. H. Williams III
Inks: Mick Gray
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Letters: ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cameron Chase

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Justice Society of America / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script: David Goyer; Geoff Johns
Pencils: Steve Sadowski
Inks: Michael Bair
Colors: John Kalisz; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Atom Smasher; Black Canary; Doctor Fate; Doctor Mid-Nite; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkgirl; Hourman; Sand; Sentinel; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Starman [Jack Knight]; Wildcat

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Drew Johnson
Inks: Rich Faber
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Bill Oakley

Genre: superhero
Characters: Argent; Damage; S.T.R.I.P.E.; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Mary the Girl of 1000 Gimicks

Titans / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jay Faerber
Pencils: Phil Jimenez
Inks: Phil Jimenez
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Seps)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Argent; Arsenal; Cyborg; Damage; Flash [Wally West]; Jesse Quick; Nightwing; Starfire; Tempest; Troia

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Ben Raab
Pencils: Adam Hughes
Inks: Jason Martin
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Letters: Ken Lopez

Genre: superhero
Characters: Arsenal; Changeling; Damage; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]

New Gods / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Walter Simonson
Pencils: Walter Simonson
Inks: Walter Simonson
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Darkseid; Justine; Kalibak; Lightray; Orion

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Green Lanterns / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Darryl Banks
Inks: Greg Adams
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Seps)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero; science fiction
Characters: Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Jade; John Stewart; Sentinel; Spectre [Hal Jordan]; Warrior [Guy Gardner]

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Cully Hamner
Inks: Cully Hamner
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

Genre: superhero
Characters: Director Bones

The Flash / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Paul Pelletier
Inks: Doug Hazlewood
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Wally West]; Impulse; Jesse Quick; Max Mercury

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Jay Faerber
Pencils: Darick Robertson
Inks: Darick Robertson
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Larry Young

Genre: superhero
Characters: Atom; Booster Gold; Firehawk; Firestorm; Power Girl; Ray; Steel

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Keith Champagne
Pencils: Sergio Cariello
Inks: Sergio Cariello
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

Genre: superhero
Characters: Blue Beetle

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Scott Beatty (credited)
Pencils: Gus Vazquez (credited as Gus Vasquez)
Inks: Claude St. Aubin (credited)
Colors: Tom McCraw (credited); Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre: superhero
Characters: Metal Men; Robotman

text article / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Robert Greenberger; Phil Jimenez
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero

The Creature Commandos / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Timothy Truman
Pencils: Scot Eaton
Inks: Ray Snyder
Colors: John Kalisz; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero; horror-suspense; war
Characters: Creature Commandos

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. [no title indexed]
2. Here and Now
3. JLA
Justice League
4. Young Justice
Young Justice
5. Team Superman
Superman
6. Metropolis Now
7. Gotham City Skyline
8. Allies of the Batman
Batman
9. Night & Day
10. Aquaman's Royal Court
Aquaman
11. Amazonian Allies
Wonder Woman
12. Trouble Spots Around the Globe
13. Standard Operating Procedure
14. JSA
Justice Society of America
15. Valhalla
16. The Titans
Titans
17. Teenage Superhero Dating Secrets or How to Score in Spandex Without Really Trying
18. Orion and the New Gods
New Gods
19. Green Lanterns
Green Lanterns
20. Aliens in the DCU
21. The Flash "Family"
The Flash
22. Higher Learning
23. DCU Tech Tour
24. Robots in the DCU
25. Timeline
26. Creature Commandos
The Creature Commandos

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Here and Now (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 38 pages (report information)

JLA (Table of Contents: 3)

Justice League / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Young Justice (Table of Contents: 4)

Young Justice / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Team Superman (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Metropolis Now (Table of Contents: 6)

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Gotham City Skyline (Table of Contents: 7)

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Allies of the Batman (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Night & Day (Table of Contents: 9)

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Aquaman's Royal Court (Table of Contents: 10)

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Amazonian Allies (Table of Contents: 11)

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Trouble Spots Around the Globe (Table of Contents: 12)

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Standard Operating Procedure (Table of Contents: 13)

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JSA (Table of Contents: 14)

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Valhalla (Table of Contents: 15)

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The Titans (Table of Contents: 16)

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Teenage Superhero Dating Secrets or How to Score in Spandex Without Really Trying (Table of Contents: 17)

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Orion and the New Gods (Table of Contents: 18)

New Gods / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Green Lanterns (Table of Contents: 19)

Green Lanterns / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Aliens in the DCU (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Flash "Family" (Table of Contents: 21)

The Flash / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Higher Learning (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

DCU Tech Tour (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Robots in the DCU (Table of Contents: 24)

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Timeline (Table of Contents: 25)

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Creature Commandos (Table of Contents: 26)

The Creature Commandos / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1

(March 2000)