Secret Origins #50 [Newsstand]

(August 1990)

Secret Origins Featuring (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

various (thumbnails)

Inks

various (thumbnails)

Colors

various (thumbnails)

Letters

typeset

The Glimpse (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / text story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited)

Inks

George Pérez (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Michael Eury (credited) (editor)

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.

Reprints

• in Batman (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #40 (week 26 1991)

Indexer Notes

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

Flash of Two Worlds (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flash / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Mike Parobeck (credited)

Inks

Romeo Tanghal (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)

Editing

Michael Eury (credited) (editor); Mark Waid (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• in The Flash: The Human Race (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)

Indexer Notes

This is a re-telling of the classic Flash of Two Worlds, from The Flash (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: 4)

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

Script

Elliot Maggin (credited as Elliot S. Maggin)

Pencils

Alan Weiss (credited)

Inks

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

Colors

Greg Theakston (credited)

Letters

Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)

Editing

Brian Augustyn (credited) (deputy); Mark Waid (credited) (deputy); Michael Eury (credited) (sheriff)

Genre

western-frontier

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.

Indexer Notes

Greg Theakston name misspelled as "Theakson" in credits.

Reflections of a Deep Fantasy (Table of Contents: 5)

Dolphin / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Steven Bové (credited as Bové); Richard Bruning (credited)

Pencils

Steven Bové (credited as Bové)

Inks

Keith Wilson (credited as K. S. Wilson)

Colors

Daniel Vozzo (credited)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman (credited)

Editing

Michael Eury (credited) (editor)

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.

Indexer Notes

Dolphin created by J. Scott Pike. With Special Thanks to Tom Joyner and Mark Waid.

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Bonk's Adventure; TurboGrafx-16 / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

Unfinished Business (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Alan Brennert (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Julia Lacquement (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Editing

Michael Eury (credited) (editor)

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.

Reprints

• in Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (DC, 2016 series) ([September] 2016)

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.
With acknowledgment to the works of Robert Kanigher, Gardner Fox, Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz, Frank Miller, Mike Barr, Denny O'Neil, and Mike Grell.

The Startling Secret of the Space Museum! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gerard Jones (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

George Pérez (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Editing

Mark Waid (credited) (boy editor)

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.

Reprints

• in Universo DC (Zinco, 1989 series) #27 (Mayo 1991)

Keywords

Space Museum

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Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Eury (credited) (letter responses)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-3896

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No "Secrets Behind the Origins" this month, friend…

Feature Logo

Secret Admirers

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from B.B. Davis, Chuck Dill, Sir Jon Johnson, Jacob Gilbert, Charles J. Sperling and Dale Coe.
Publisher credits.

The Adventure - Part IV: Egging Some Poachers! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Capri Sun Juice Drinks / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)