Secret Origins #23 [Direct]
(February 1988)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-10-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #45, confirmed from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Millennium Week 6 (Table of Contents)

Floronic Man; Guardians of the Universe / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan
Inks
Stephen R. Bissette
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Guardians of the Universe; Floronic Man
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Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #23 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (1986 series) #23 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Secret Origins (1986 series) #23 [Canadian]
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The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe (Table of Contents: 1)

Guardians of the Universe / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Todd Klein
Pencils
Jonathan Peterson
Inks
Al Vey
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Agustin Más
Editing
Greg Weisman
Job Number
G-3346
Genre
superhero
Characters
Gurardians of the Universe [Herupa Hando Hu; Krona]; Zamorans [Nadia Safir]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; New Guardians [Betty Clawman; Extraño [Gregorio de la Vega]; Floronic Man; Jet [Celia Windward]; Ram [Takeo Yakata]]; Manhunters (blue androids); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Green Lantern [Sinestro] (cameo); Green Lantern [Tomar-Re] (cameo); Monitor (cameo); Anti-Monitor (cameo); Sonar (cameo); Goldface (cameo)
Synopsis
Herupa and Nadia relate the history of the Guardians and the Zamorans to those that were selected to make up the New Guardians.
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Indexer Notes

This is a Millenium tie-in. There are flashbacks to the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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

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

Script
Peter Sanderson; Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2981

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from T.E. Pouncey and checklist of all the DC Golden Age heroes and where they first appeared.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Table of Contents: 3)

Floronic Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Veitch
Pencils
Brett Ewins
Inks
Brett Ewins
Colors
Shelley Eiber
Letters
Agustin Más
Editing
Greg Weisman; Mark Waid
Job Number
G-3348
Genre
superhero
Characters
Floronic Man; Killer Croc; Doctor Jaeger; Two-Face; Scarecrow; Joker; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Tweedle-Dee [Deever Tweed]; Tweedle-Dum [Dumfree Tweed]; Maya (cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Itty; Secret Society of Super-Villains [Gorilla Grodd; Star Sapphire; Professor Zoom; Blockbuster]; Rag-Doll (cameo); Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Psycho Pirate (cameo); Wonder Girl (cameo); Monitor (cameo); Anti-Monitor (cameo); Sunderland; Swamp Thing; Harupa Hando Hu; Nadia Safir; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis
The Floronic Man tells Killer Croc a "story" that is his history before he escapes from Arkham.
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Keywords
Arkham Asylum
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Millennium Week 6
    Floronic Man; Guardians of the Universe
  2. 1. The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe
    Guardians of the Universe
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Secret Admirers
  4. 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
    Floronic Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jochen G.
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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