Secret Origins
#48
[Newsstand]
(April 1990)
DC,
1986 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 070989317666 04
- Editing
- Mark Waid; Michael Eury
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #48 [Direct].
[no title indexed]
Ambush Bug / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kevin Maguire (signed)
- Inks
- Al Gordon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Ambush Bug
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) ([May] 2009) - in DC Through the '80s: The Experiments (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of Batman TV show with Batman and Robin climbing the building and Ambush Bug looking out the window.
Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
![Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #48 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1531/w200/1531461.jpg?4725629077229821121)
![Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (1986 series) #48 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/12/w100/12741.jpg?-185186828399149806)
The Secret Origin of Ambush Bug: We Thought Him Up!
Ambush Bug / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Keith Giffen (plot); Robert Loren Fleming
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen
- Inks
- Bob Lewis
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Michael Eury
- Job Number
- G-4853
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Ambush Bug; Cheeks; Vril Dox
- Synopsis
- The National Bureau of Origins wants to know Ambush Bug's origin.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
- in DC Through the '80s: The Experiments (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
a spoof on Cynicalman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...etc...
[no title indexed]
Stanley and His Monster / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- G-5147
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Stanley; His Monster; Azazel; Belial; Lucifer Morningstar
- Synopsis
- A demon is kicked out of hell and sent to Earth where he becomes Stanley's friend.
The Birth of Rex the Wonder Dog
Rex the Wonder Dog / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- G-5464
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; animal
- Characters
- Rex the Wonder Dog; Lieutenant Dennis; Danny Dennis
- Synopsis
- A super-soldier formula turns a small puppy into Rex the Wonder Dog.
Indexer Notes
This origin story is a spoof on the Captain America origin.
[no title indexed]
Secret Admirers / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Eury; Mark Waid
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Jim Kelly and Lon Levy.
[no title indexed]
The Trigger Twins / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- William Messner-Loebs
- Pencils
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Inks
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Job Number
- G-4726
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Trigger Twins [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]; The Groton Gang; Linda
- Synopsis
- The origin of the Trigger Twins.
- Keywords
- American Civil War
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Ambush Bug -
1.
The Secret Origin of Ambush Bug: We Thought Him Up!
Ambush Bug -
2.
[no title indexed]
Stanley and His Monster -
3.
The Birth of Rex the Wonder Dog
Rex the Wonder Dog -
4.
[no title indexed]
Secret Admirers -
5.
[no title indexed]
The Trigger Twins
This issue was modified by
- Jim Van Dore
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.