Secret Origins
#13
[Direct Sales]
(April 1987)
- Price:
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1986-12-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas; Bob Greenberger
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (#50 squarebound)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
On-sale date from DC Releases #35.
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The Secret Origin of Nightwing
Nightwing / comic story / 20 pages
- Script:
- Dan Mishkin
- Pencils:
- Erik Larsen
- Inks:
- Mike DeCarlo
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Job Number:
- G-2957
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; John Grayson; Mary Grayson; Haly; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Tony Zucco; Tweedledee (cameo); Tweedledum (cameo); Teen Titans [Jericho [Joseph Wilson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Aqualad [Garth]; Raven [Rachel Roth]; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Starfire [Koriand'r]]; Aquaman (cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Trigon (cameo); Brother Blood (cameo); Robin [Jason Todd] (cameo); Karras (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Dick Grayson spends his twentieth birthday on Tamaran and tells his origin to Jericho.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- Batcave; Batmobile; Tamaran
Indexer Notes
Takes place in between The New Teen Titans #16-19, or Tales of the Teen Titans 74-77.
The Secret Origin of the Whip
The Whip / comic story / 9 pages
- Script:
- Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas
- Pencils:
- Mike Gustovich
- Inks:
- Mike Gustovich
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Agustin Mas
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Whip [Rodrigo Gaynor]; Whip [Don Fernando Suarez]; Carlos Fuentes; Marissa Dillon; Diablo (horse); Sheriff Todd
- Synopsis:
- Rodrigo Gaynor stop off in the town of Seguro where he learns of ranchers plans to lynch a Mexican in the jail. He dons the uniform of The Whip, who had protected the poor in the previous century.
The Secret Origin of Johnny Thunder
Johhny Thunder / comic story / 9 pages
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- Mike Clark
- Inks:
- Dave Hunt
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Agustin Mas
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Simon B. Thunder; Mildred Thunder; Captain Cosher; Mr. Gimple
- Synopsis:
- Johnny Thunder is kidnapped as a baby and taken to Bahdnisia and given the power to control the Thunderbolt, but he escapes and returns to New York before he knows the magic word to activate his powers.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- Bahdnisia
Indexer Notes
Liberally adapted from Flash Comics #1 (DC 1940).
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Table of Contents
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Nightwing; Johnny Thunder; The Whip -
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The Secret Origin of Nightwing
Nightwing -
2.
The Secret Origin of the Whip
The Whip -
3.
The Secret Origin of Johnny Thunder
Johhny Thunder -
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- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Mike Nielsen
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