XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Twitter Logo Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Secret Origins #44
Publication Date: September 1989
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #44 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/27/1989
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: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Waid
Disclose Notes: This continues in Detective #604, where the story of Clayface IV is revealed.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In1
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (6 total)
Disclose Issue Images
Batman vs. the Mud Pack

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Inker(s): Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Colorist(s): Kevin Nowlan
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Clayface [Sondra Fuller]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
The Coming of Clayface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Al Gordon
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Clayface [Sondra Fuller]; Robin; Julie Madison; Morris Bentley; Ned Norton; Kenneth Todd; Lorna Dane; Fred Walker; Roxy Brenner; Kobra (cameo); Looker (cameo)
Synopsis: Sondra Fuller, the newest Clayface, visits the original Clayface, Basil Karlo, in the hospital where he tells her how he became Clayface.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: G-4767
Disclose Notes: Based on the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #40. Origin of Basil Karlo, the original Clayface.
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. Bubble
First Line: Mr. Bubbles Tub Tales
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
The Tragic Though Amusing Story of Clayface II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Raspler
Penciller(s): Bernie Mireault [as BEM 89]
Inker(s): Denis Rodier
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Albert De Guzman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Clayface II
Character(s): Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Batman
Synopsis: Matt Hagen finds a shipwreck which contains strange jars of clay that give him the ability to turn to clay.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The origin of Matt Hagen, the second Clayface, adapted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #298 with a humorous twist.
Disclose
His Name Is Clayface III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Tom Grummett
Inker(s): Gary Martin
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Clayface III
Character(s): Clayface [Preston Payne]; Had Hatter (cameo); Two-Face (cameo); Joker (cameo); Jack Ryder; Batman; Henry Matlock; Helena; Clayface [Matt Hagen] (cameo)
Synopsis: Clayface sees a special on TV about himself but is enraged when they don't bother to get the details of his origin correct.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Mörkrets riddare #6/92 [6/1992] published January 1992
as Han heter Clayface III! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Dale Coe and Robert A Lugibihl.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.