Secret Origins
#36
[Direct]
(January 1989)
DC,
1986 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1988-11-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mark Waid (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Green Lantern; Poison Ivy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Carlin (signed)
- Inks
- Eduardo Barreto (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Poison Ivy
- Reprints
-
in Neil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) (Junio 2012) -
in Batman Arkham: Poison Ivy (DC, 2016 series) ([November] 2016) - in The DC Universe by Neil Gaiman Deluxe Edition (DC, 2016 series) ([December] 2016)
-
in Récit Complet Batman (Urban Comics, 2017 series) #2 - Poison Ivy : A la vie, à la mort (août 2017) -
in DC Heroes & Villains Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2021 series) #62 - Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? ([January] 2021) [Artwork only]
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The Secret Origin of Green Lantern
Green Lantern / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Christopher Priest (plot, script); M. D. Bright (plot); Robert Greenberger (plot assist); Denny O'Neil (page 1)
- Pencils
- M. D. Bright; Neal Adams (page 1)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (page 1); José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Tim Harkins
- Job Number
- G-4369
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Chip; Abin Sur; Hawk; Alyce; Dex; Abin Sur (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Years ago, a young man named Chip observed a critical moment in Green Lantern's life. Today, when Hal Jordan comes looking to apply for a job with him, Chip realizes that Hal is Green Lantern, though he doesn't yet know his name. While GL, lonely and needing a friend, considers taking Chip into his confidence, he takes Chip on an intersteller trip and tells him how he got the ring.
- Reprints
- in Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes (DC, 1990 series) ([March] 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 1 taken from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #76.
A Piece of the Pie
Thomas Kalmaku / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- G-4380
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thomas Kalmaku; Tegra Kalmaku; Kieth Kalmaku; Kari Kalmaku; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
- Synopsis
- Thomas tells his children how he met Hal Jordan and how he figured out that Hal was Green Lantern.
- Keywords
- Ferris Aircraft
Indexer Notes
A recap of the start of his friendship with Hal Jordan/Green Lantern.
Pavane
Poison Ivy / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman
- Pencils
- Mark Buckingham
- Inks
- Mark Buckingham
- Colors
- Nansi Hoolahan
- Letters
- Agustin Más
- Job Number
- G-4465
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Inspector Stuart (real name unknown); Paula Goldblum; Jason Woodrue (silent cameo flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (silent flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson] (silent flashback)
- Synopsis
- The imprisoned Poison Ivy is interviewed for potential placement in the Suicide Squad program.
- Reprints
- in Sandman (Zinco, 1991 series) #2 (Octubre 1991) [Páginas 1-7]
- in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2009 series) ([September] 2009)
- in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (DC, 2010 series) ([September] 2010)
- in Batman - Qu'est-il arrivé au chevalier noir ? (Panini France, 2011 series) (septembre 2011)
- in Neil Gaiman: Leyendas del Universo DC (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) (Junio 2012)
-
in Batman - Hoe is het afgelopen met de duistere ridder? (RW Uitgeverij, 2013 series) (2013) - in Batman Arkham: Poison Ivy (DC, 2016 series) ([November] 2016)
- in The DC Universe by Neil Gaiman Deluxe Edition (DC, 2016 series) ([December] 2016)
- in Récit Complet Batman (Urban Comics, 2017 series) #2 - Poison Ivy : A la vie, à la mort (août 2017)
- in The DC Universe by Neil Gaiman (DC, 2018 series) ([April] 2018)
- in DC Heroes & Villains Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2021 series) #62 - Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? ([January] 2021)
- in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition (2020 Edition) (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
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[no title indexed]
Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- L-3526
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from David Metz, Robert Kowalski, Charles J. Sperling and Scott Tipton.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Green Lantern; Poison Ivy -
1.
The Secret Origin of Green Lantern
Green Lantern -
2.
A Piece of the Pie
Thomas Kalmaku -
3.
Pavane
Poison Ivy -
4.
[no title indexed]
Secret Admirers
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