Secret Origins #13 [Direct Sales]

(April 1987)

The Secret Origin of Nightwing (Table of Contents)

Nightwing / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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:

• in Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies (DC, 2013 series) (2013)

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 (Table of Contents)

The Whip / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

Johhny Thunder / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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:

• in Last Days of the Justice Society of America (DC, 2017 series) (2017)

Keywords:

Bahdnisia

Indexer Notes

Liberally adapted from Flash Comics #1 (DC 1940).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Roy Thomas; Bob Greenberger

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-2639

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Chris Khalaf, Charles D. Brown, Daniel Smith and G.A. Olinger.