Secret Origins #6 [Direct]
(September 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-05-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (co-editor); Robert Greenberger (co-editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #28.

Begin multiple origins per issue.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman; Halo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Halo; Batman

[Secret Origin of the Golden Age Batman] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Marshall Rogers
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
Marshall Rogers
Letters
Carrie Spiegle
Editing
Roy Thomas (creative editor); Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)

Job Number
G-1789
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-2); Julie Madison (Earth-2); Commissioner James Gordon (Earth-2)
Synopsis
After witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, Bruce Wayne grows up to fight crime as Batman, and it follows his origins, as well as his one-time love affair with Julie Madison.
Reprints

Fallen Angel (Table of Contents: 2)

Halo / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Dick Giordano
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Duncan Andrews
Editing
Mike W. Barr (editor); Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)

Job Number
G-2632
Genre
superhero
Characters
Outsiders [Halo; Looker; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Black Lightning (flashback, cameo); Geo-Force (flashback, cameo); Katana (flashback, cameo); Metamorpho (flashback, cameo)]; Violet Harper (flashback); Tobias Whale (flashback); Syonide (flashback)
Synopsis
Halo tells Looker her origin, that she is actually a being of light called an Aurakle, that took over the body of criminal Violet Harper after she was killed by Syonide. Looker then gives Halo a new costume created by Katana as a gift.

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

The Secret Origin of Secret Origins / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2404

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gary L. McCullough, Frank Simonetti, Frank Balkin, Dennis Heaton, and Tim Moss.

Brief information about the Golden Age Batman featured in this issue by Roy Thomas. Also noted that starting with this issue there would be two stories each issue: one Golden Age origin and one Silver or Modern Age origin.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman; Halo
  2. 1. [Secret Origin of the Golden Age Batman]
    Batman
  3. 2. Fallen Angel
    Halo
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • john cruz
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Roy Lyons
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jim Van Dore