Secret Origins #16 [Canadian]
(July 1987)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
1.75 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-04-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893176607
Editing
Roy Thomas; Bob Greenberger

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #38.
This issue is a variant of Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #16 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Warlord; Hourman; 'Mazing Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Giordano (Hourman and Warlord); Stephen DeStefano ('Mazing Man)
Inks
Dick Giordano (Hourman and Warlord); Stephen DeStefano ('Mazing Man)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
humor; superhero; sword and sorcery
Characters
Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; 'Mazing Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits from Roy Thomas and DC Releases #38. Previous indexer suggested Dan Jurgens and Mike DeCarlo for Hourman and Warlord. Gaspar Saladino credit from Brian Saner Lamken.

Exiles (Table of Contents: 1)

Warlord / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
Adam Kubert
Inks
Adam Kubert
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Adam Kubert
Editing
Robert Greenberger

Job Number
G-2970
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Dan Maddox; Chuck; Rachel; Tara
Synopsis
Dan Maddox tells the story of growing up with Travis Morgan before he crashed in Skartaris.
Keywords
Vietnam War

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

'Mazing Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Stephen DeStefano
Inks
Karl Kesel
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Lappan

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The closest thing to a secret origin of... 'Mazing Man...
Genre
humor
Characters
'Mazing Man
Synopsis
The orgin of 'Mazing Man.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2734

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jonathan Gilbert, Kevin Lawless, Larry A. Hager, and Anthony R. Cardno.

The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Hourman (Table of Contents: 4)

The Hourman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Michael Bair (credited)
Inks
Mike Gustovich (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited as Weiss); Agustin Más (credited as Mas)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (creative editor); Robert Greenberger (credited) (coordinating editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Mr. Bannerman; Beverly Bannerman; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (cameo); Mrs. Kenton
Synopsis
In a letter to his son Rick Tyler, Hourman explains his origin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ties in with Infinity, Inc. #40.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Warlord; Hourman; 'Mazing Man
  2. 1. Exiles
    Warlord
  3. 2. ["The closest thing to a secret origin of... 'Mazing Man..."]
    'Mazing Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Secret Admirers
  5. 4. The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Hourman
    The Hourman
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  • Jim Van Dore