- Script
- Ty Templeton
- Pencils
- Ty Templeton
- Inks
- Anthony van Bruggen
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- Ty Templeton
- Job Number
- G-4724
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid [Ral Benem]; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Polar Boy [Brek Bannin]; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Mr. Benem; Mrs. Benem; Estimate Boy; the Tree-Men (villains)
- Synopsis
- The origin of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.
Adapted (with a humorous slant) from the original in Adventure Comics (1935 series) #306.
- Script
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Tom Grindberg
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3562
Mark Waid discusses secrets behind the origins of the Legion of Substitute Heroes and Doctor Light. Letters from readers - Jody Hamby, Jim Kelly, James E. Helsel, Gary Hellen and Kip Talbott - and responses from Mark Waid. Preview of cover to SECRET ORIGINS #38.