Secret Origins Annual #1 [Canadian]
([August] 1987)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
2.85 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1987-05-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893169175
Editing
Robert Greenberger; Roy Thomas

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #39.
This issue is a variant of Secret Origins Annual (DC, 1987 series) #1 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Comet; Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne; Ed Hannigan (sketch)
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Doom Patrol [Robotman [Cliff Steele]; Chief; Elasti-Girl; Negative Man; Negative Woman; Celsius; Tempest [Joshua Clay]]; Captain Comet
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Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins Annual (DC, 1987 series) #1 [Canadian] Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins Annual (1987 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins Annual (1987 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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The Secret Origin of the Doom Patrol (Table of Contents: 1)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Editing
Robert Greenberger
Job Number
G-2854
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [Robotman [Cliff Steel]; Negative Woman; Chief [Niles Caulder] (flashback); Celsius (flashback); Negative Man (flashback); Elasti-Girl (flashback); Mento (flashback, cameo); Beast Boy [Changeling; Gar Logan] (cameo flashback); Tempest [Joshua Clay] (flashback)]; General Immortus (cameo flashback); Brain (cameo flashback); Monsieur Mallah (cameo flashback); Madame Rouge (cameo flashback); Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (cameo flashback); Garguax (cameo flashback); Captain Zahl (cameo flashback); Dr. Will Magnus (cameo flashback); The Cossack (cameo flashback); Reactron (cameo flashback); Power Girl (cameo flashback); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (cameo flashback); Starfire (cameo flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
When Robotman returns to the old Doom Patrol headquarters in Midway City, he is attacked by government agents commanded by Negative Woman. Both heroes recount the team's history.
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Indexer Notes

Recaps the first Doom Patrol's origin and career, and the origin and early days of the second version with Tempest, Negative Woman and Celsius. This story leads into Doom Patrol #1.

Presenting... The Doom Patrol (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Steve Lightle
Inks
Gary Martin
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Text article about the history of the Doom Patrol and the upcoming comic. Presents art from the yet to be published issue #1 as well as the cover.

The Secret Origin of Captain Comet (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Comet / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Ron Harris
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Jean Simek
Editing
Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)
Job Number
G-1791
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Captain Comet; Professor Emery Zackro; Betty; Moose; Harun
Synopsis
In 1951, Captain Comet fights the last of an alien race intent on taking over Earth while Professor Zackro recalls Captain Comet's origin.

Indexer Notes

Based on stories in Strange Adventures #9-10

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Comet; Doom Patrol
  2. 1. The Secret Origin of the Doom Patrol
    Doom Patrol
  3. 2. Presenting... The Doom Patrol
  4. 3. The Secret Origin of Captain Comet
    Captain Comet
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