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Issue: Secret Origins #40
Publication Date: May 1989
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Issues: #40 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/23/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Waid
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#50 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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3 Apes 3

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Bill Wray
Inker(s): Bill Wray
Colorist(s): Bob LeRose
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Gorilla Grodd; Congorilla; Detective Chimp
Character(s): Gorilla Grodd; Congorilla; Detective Chimp
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits given on the letters page.
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Gorillas in Our Midst: The Secret Origin of Gorilla City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates; Greg Weisman
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Gorilla City
Character(s): Gorilla Grodd; King Solovar; Sir Albert Wesley; Mr. Barwick; Mr. Hughes
Synopsis: A retelling of the origin of Gorilla City, beginning with a space traveler who enhances the gorillas' intelligence and who dies by the actions of Grodd.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: G-4579
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The Legend of Congorilla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Joyner
Penciller(s): Fred Butler
Inker(s): Keith Wilson [as Kez Wilson]
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Feature(s): Congorilla
Character(s): Congorilla; Congo Bill; Doc Kruger; Kawolo (dies); N'Solo
Synopsis: Retells the origin of Congo Bill receiving and first using the Congorilla ring, from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #248.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: G-4686
Disclose Notes: A darker slant to the Congorilla character.
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IF U CN RD THS

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andy Helfer (plot); Mark Waid [as Rusty Wells] (co-script); Dan Raspler [as Rusty Wells] (co-script)
Penciller(s): Mark Badger
Inker(s): Mark Badger
Colorist(s): Robbie Busch
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Detective Chimp
Character(s): Detective Chimp; Y-Nad; K-Ram; Randolph; Gus
Synopsis: Two aliens give a chimpanzee the power of human thought, and the chimpanzee solves a local murder mystery.
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Pages: 9
Job Number: G-4439
Disclose Notes: A humorous approach to why Detective Chimp was so intelligent.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Admirers
Synopsis: Includes 4 explanatory articles: Secrets Behind The Goofy Cover; Secrets Behind The Origins Gorilla City; Secrets Behind The Origins Congorilla; Secrets Behind The Origins Detective Chimp.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3685
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Mark Lucas; Charles J. Sperling. Also includes information on the next 3 issues of Secret Origins.

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