DCU Heroes Secret Files #1

(February 1999)

DC, 1999 Series

Published in English (United States)

Price: 4.95 USD; 7.95 CAD
Pages: 72
On-sale Date: 1998-12-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics
Brand: DC [bullet]
Barcode: 761941214054 00111

Editing: Tony Bedard; Maureen McTigue

Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Bryan Hitch
Inks: Paul Neary
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: ?

Genre: superhero
Characters: Doctor Fate [Nabu]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; J'onn J'onzz; Hitman [Tommy Monaghan]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Lobo; Resurrection Man [Mitchell Shelley]

Indexer Notes

Art credits from solicitation.

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credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Adam DeKraker
Inks: Rich Faber
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)

Genre: superhero
Characters: Arsenal [Roy Harper]; Chronos [Walker Gabriel]; Flash [John Fox]; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Superman

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script: Curtis Johnson (credited as D. Curtis Johnson)
Pencils: Derec Aucoin
Inks: Claude St. Aubin
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Letters: Ken Bruzenak

Genre: superhero
Characters: Cameron Chase; J'onn J'onzz; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Director Bones; Resurrection Man [Mitchell Shelley]; Sentinel [Alan Scott]; Anarchy [Lonnie Machin]; Body Doubles; Hitman [Tommy Monaghan]; The Word

Indexer Notes

J'Onn J'Onzz spends the majority of the story disguised as Sarge Steel.

Chase / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Curtis Johnson (credited as D. Curtis Johnson)
Pencils: J. H. Williams III
Inks: Mick Gray
Colors: Lee Loughridge; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Cameron Chase; Acro-Bat (cameo); Director Bones (cameo); Doctor Trap (cameo)

Martian Manhunter / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Tom Mandrake
Inks: Tom Mandrake
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: J'Onn J'Onzz

Hitman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: John McCrea
Inks: John McCrea
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hitman [Tommy Monaghan]; Six-pack

Reprints

in Hitman (DC, 2009 series) #4 - Ace of Killers ([June] 2011) [illustration only]
in Hitman's Greatest Hits (DC, 2019 series) ([October] 2019) [art only]

Resurrection Man / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Pencils: Butch Guice
Inks: Butch Guice
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Resurrection Man [Mitchell Shelley]

Resurrection Man / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Pencils: Gary Erskine
Inks: Gary Erskine
Colors: Carla Feeny
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Genre: superhero
Characters: Mister Dewitt; Mister Fangle; Resurrection Man [Mitchell Shelley]

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Peter Krause
Inks: Jerry Ordway
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Lobo / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Greg Luzniak
Inks: Mark Propst
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero; humor
Characters: Lobo

Lobo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Grant
Pencils: Greg Luzniak
Inks: Mark Propst
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: Bill Oakley

Genre: superhero; humor
Characters: Lobo; The Great Carlini

Indexer Notes

Story title from contents page.

Chronos / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: John Francis Moore
Pencils: Paul Guinan
Inks: Steve Leialoha
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Chronos [Walker Gabriel]; Alexandra (cameo); Fiorella di Ravenna (cameo); Gravesend (cameo)

character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Dusty Abell
Inks: Dusty Abell
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Doctor Fate [Nabu]; Phantom Stranger; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Zatanna; Demon; Jason Blood

Wildcat / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Sergio Cariello
Inks: Danny Miki
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Wildcat [Ted Grant]

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Geoff Johns
Pencils: Lee Moder
Inks: Dan Davis
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Star Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; S.T.R.I.P.E. [Pat Dugan]

Reprints

in JSA Presents: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

in Stargirl by Geoff Johns (DC, 2020 series) ([July] 2020)

Indexer Notes

First published appearance of the new Star Spangled Kid and S.T.R.I.P.E.

The Atom / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Jason Martin
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Atom [Ray Palmer]

Vext / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Keith Giffen
Pencils: Mike McKone
Inks: Mark McKenna
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Vext

Anarky / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Alan Grant
Pencils: Norm Breyfogle
Inks: Norm Breyfogle
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Anarky [Lonnie Machin]

Reprints

in Anarky: The Complete Series (DC, 2018 series) ([March] 2018)

Anarky / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Grant
Pencils: Norm Breyfogle
Inks: Norm Breyfogle
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Characters

Anarky [Lonnie Machin]; Capital Eagle

Reprints

in Anarky: The Complete Series (DC, 2018 series) ([March] 2018)

The L.A.W. / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Dick Giordano
Inks: Bob Layton
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Judomaster [Rip Jagger]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Peacemaker [Mitchell Black]; The Question [Vic Sage]; Sarge Steel

Indexer Notes

First published appearance of these characters as this team and of the new Peacemaker.

Vext / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Keith Giffen
Pencils: Mike McKone
Inks: Mark McKenna
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Letters: Bob Lappan

Genre: superhero
Characters: Vext

character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script: Eliot R. Brown
Pencils: Eliot R. Brown
Inks: Eliot R. Brown
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Synopsis: Map of the D.E.O. headquarters.

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Mark Millar
Pencils: Matthew Clark
Inks: Tom Simmons
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: Clem Robins

Genre: superhero
Characters: Lex Luthor; Ambush Bug (cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer] (cameo); Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (cameo); Flash [Wally West] (cameo); Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] (cameo); Inferno (cameo); Robotman [Cliff Steel] (cameo); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (cameo); Plastic Man (cameo); Superman (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Story title from contents page.

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Pencils: Adam DeKraker
Inks: Rich Faber
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero
Characters: Arsenal [Roy Harper]; Chronos [Walker Gabriel]; Flash [John Fox]; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Superman

Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Wildcat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Beau Smith
Pencils: Drew Johnson
Inks: Rich Faber
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: Ken Lopez

Genre: superhero
Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Matt Brady
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

Synopsis: Timeline of the DC Universe.
Keywords: timeline

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Geoff Johns
Pencils: Lee Moder
Inks: Dan Davis
Colors: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters: Bill Oakley

Genre: superhero
Synopsis: Page out of Courtney's yearbook.

advertisement / 15 pages (report information)

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins
2. Contents
3. Spies Like Us
4. Chase
Chase
5. Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter
6. Hitman
Hitman
7. Resurrection Man
Resurrection Man
8. A Guide to Resurrection Man's Power
Resurrection Man
9. Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam!
10. Lobo
Lobo
11. [The Lobo Pages]
Lobo
12. Chronos
Chronos
13. Supernatural Saviors
14. Wildcat
Wildcat
15. The Star Spangled Kid and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
16. Atom
The Atom
17. Vext
Vext
18. Anarky
Anarky
19. An Anarky Primer
Anarky
20. The L.A.W.
The L.A.W.
21. Vext - The Formative Years
Vext
22. The Department of Extranormal Operations
23. [Lost Pages "Above Top Secret"]
24. Six Degrees of the DCU
25. Wildcat / Capt. Marvel
Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Wildcat
26. DCU Heroes Timeline
27. Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Yearbook
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
28. [no title indexed]

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DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Spies Like Us (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Chase (Table of Contents: 4)

Chase / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Martian Manhunter (Table of Contents: 5)

Martian Manhunter / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Hitman (Table of Contents: 6)

Hitman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Resurrection Man (Table of Contents: 7)

Resurrection Man / character profile / 1 page (report information)

A Guide to Resurrection Man's Power (Table of Contents: 8)

Resurrection Man / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Captain Marvel (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Lobo (Table of Contents: 10)

Lobo / character profile / 1 page (report information)

[The Lobo Pages] (Table of Contents: 11)

Lobo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Chronos (Table of Contents: 12)

Chronos / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Supernatural Saviors (Table of Contents: 13)

character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Wildcat (Table of Contents: 14)

Wildcat / character profile / 1 page (report information)

The Star Spangled Kid and S.T.R.I.P.E. (Table of Contents: 15)

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Atom (Table of Contents: 16)

The Atom / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Vext (Table of Contents: 17)

Vext / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Anarky (Table of Contents: 18)

Anarky / character profile / 1 page (report information)

An Anarky Primer (Table of Contents: 19)

Anarky / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The L.A.W. (Table of Contents: 20)

The L.A.W. / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Vext - The Formative Years (Table of Contents: 21)

Vext / comic story / 1 page (report information)

The Department of Extranormal Operations (Table of Contents: 22)

character profile / 1 page (report information)

[Lost Pages "Above Top Secret"] (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Six Degrees of the DCU (Table of Contents: 24)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Wildcat / Capt. Marvel (Table of Contents: 25)

Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Wildcat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

DCU Heroes Timeline (Table of Contents: 26)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Yearbook (Table of Contents: 27)

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

advertisement / 15 pages (report information)

DCU Heroes Secret Files #1

(February 1999)