Secret Origins #13 [Direct]

(April 1987)

The Secret Origin of Nightwing (Table of Contents: 1)

Nightwing / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Mishkin

Pencils

Erik Larsen

Inks

Mike DeCarlo

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

John Costanza; Todd Klein (p. 1, uncredited)

Editing

Robert Greenberger

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) ([October] 2013)

Keywords

Batcave; Batmobile; Tamaran

Indexer Notes

Takes place during The New Teen Titans #16-19 or Tales of the Teen Titans #74-77.

Klein credit from the artist.

The Secret Origin of the Whip (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Editing

Roy Thomas (creative editor); Bob Greenberger (coordinating editor)

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: 3)

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Mike Clark

Inks

Dave Hunt

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

Agustin Mas

Editing

Roy Thomas (creative editor); Bob Greenberger (coordinating editor)

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) ([July] 2017)

Keywords

Bahdnisia

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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.