Secret Origins #42 [Direct]
(July 1989)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-05-25
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] (Table of Contents)

The Grim Ghost [Seaboard / Ardden]; Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks
Karl Kesel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Legion of Super Heroes [Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl]; Grim Ghost
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Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Boys (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Bierbaum; Mary Bierbaum
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Jim Sanders III; Larry Mahlstedt
Colors
Tom McCraw
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super Heroes [Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Karate Kid]; Gmya Wazzo; Winema Wazzo; Byzjn Wazzo; Qyk; Kynar
Synopsis
When Ultra Boy is accused of betraying the Legion, Phantom Girl is the only one who believes in him.

Indexer Notes

This story takes place at the time Ultra Boy first joined the Legion of Super Heroes, specifically the story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316.

The Secret Origin of Grim Ghost (Table of Contents: 2)

The Grim Ghost [Seaboard / Ardden] / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Michael Bair
Inks
Michael Bair
Colors
Helen Vesik
Letters
Jean Simek; Janice Chiang
Editing
Mark Waid (consulting editor)
Job Number
G-3578
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Keith Everet; Deborah Wallace; Charles Collins
Synopsis
When Keith Everet was killed by robbers in 1700 he returned as a ghost and was reunited with his lady love in Ireland in 1941.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Sensation #1, the name has been altered from the Gay Ghost to the Grim Ghost to suit the times.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Secret Admirers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Waid
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3775

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Phil Ziegler and Scott Tipton.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Grim Ghost [Seaboard / Ardden]; Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Boys
    Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. The Secret Origin of Grim Ghost
    The Grim Ghost [Seaboard / Ardden]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Secret Admirers
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Denys Howard
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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