Secret Origins #20 [Canadian]
(November 1987)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
1.75 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-08-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893176611
Editing
Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (assocate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #42.
This issue is a variant of Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #20 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batgirl; Dr. Mid-Nite / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Maguire (signed)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]
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Keywords
owls
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Flawed Gems (Table of Contents: 1)

Batgirl / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Barbara Kesel
Pencils
Rick Leonardi
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Duncan Andrews
Editing
Robert Greenberger
Job Number
G-3059
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Thelma Gordon (cameo); Roger Gordon; Macy; James Gordon; Barbara Gordon (James Gordon's wife); James Gordon Jr. (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Killer Moth; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo); Cormorant
Synopsis
As Batgirl chases a thief she thinks back over her origin.
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Indexer Notes

A new, post-Crisis origin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas; Peter Sanderson
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2867

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Malcolm Bourne, Steven W. Ebner, Dale Coe and Fred L. DeBoom.

The Secret Origin of Dr Mid-Nite (Table of Contents: 3)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Mike Clark
Inks
Jerry Acerno
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Helen Vesik
Job Number
I-141
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Myra; "Killer" Maroni; Shultzie
Synopsis
Dr. McNider was blinded in an explosion set by "Killer" Maroni to silence a witness. McNider discovers that he can see in the dark and becomes Dr. Mid-Nite and captures Maroni.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batgirl; Dr. Mid-Nite
  2. 1. Flawed Gems
    Batgirl
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Secret Admirers
  4. 3. The Secret Origin of Dr Mid-Nite
    Dr. Mid-Nite
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