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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Ty Templeton (signed)

Inker(s): Ty Templeton (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dolphin; Johnny Thunder; The Flash; Batman and Robin; Black Canary

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Canary; Dolphin

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Pages: 1

The Glimpse

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Denny O'Neil

Penciller(s): George Perez

Inker(s): George Perez

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): Typeset

Editor(s): Michael Eury

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman and Robin

Character(s): Nightwing [Dick Grayson; Robin]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Johnny Grayson (flashback); Mary Grayson (flashback); Anthony Zucco (flashback); Jumbolina the World's Fattest Lady [Mary Ann Carson] (flashback); Mr. Haly (flashback); Marie the fortune teller (flashback); Magnificent Marco [Harry Winkler] (flashback); Billy Blessington (flashback)

Synopsis: Dick Grayson recalls the day his parents died and when he first glimpsed the Batman.

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Pages: 7

Notes: This is an illustrated prose version of Robin's origin.

Flash of Two Worlds

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Grant Morrison

Penciller(s): Mike Parobeck

Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): Albert De Guzman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Flash

Character(s): Garfield Logan; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Joan Garrick; Fiddler; Thinker; The Shade

Synopsis: Elementary student Garfield Logan writes about when he met the two Flashes and how they defeated the villains who made Keystone City vanish.

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Pages: 16

Notes: This is a re-telling of the classic Flash of Two Worlds, from The Flash (DC, 1959 Series) #123, but from the post-Crisis one-Universe standpoint. The story is told from the viewpoint of a young Gar Logan [Beast Boy; Changeling] before he would become a superhero.

Fortunehead!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Elliot S. Maggin

Penciller(s): Alan Weiss

Inker(s): Dick Giordano (pages 4-13); Alan Weiss (pages 1-3)

Colorist(s): Greg Theakston

Letterer(s): Steve Haynie

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Johnny Thunder

Character(s): Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Sheriff Bill Tane; Dorothea Tane (flashback); Rand

Synopsis: Johnny Thunder recalls his past while plotting to save his father, Sheriff Tane, from abductors.

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Pages: 13

Reflections of a Deep Fantasy

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Credits

Writer(s): Bove; Richard Bruning

Penciller(s): Bove

Inker(s): K. S. Wilson

Colorist(s): Daniel Vozzo

Letterer(s): Albert De Guzman

Editor(s): Michael Eury

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dolphin

Character(s): Dolphin; Chris Landau; Dr. Meredith Riley

Synopsis: Former Navy diver Chris Landau has spent twenty years trying to find Dolphin again, who now performs a marine park in Florida. He discovers that they were both part of an alien experiment.

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Pages: 15

Unfinished Business

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Credits

Writer(s): Alan Brennert

Penciller(s): Joe Staton

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Julia Lacquement

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Editor(s): Michael Eury

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Black Canary

Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dinah Drake Lance [Black Canary] (death); Roy Harper [Speedy]; Spectre; Richard Drake (flashback); Larry Lance (flashback); Justice Society of America (flashback) [Flash [Jay Garrick] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider] (cameo); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Mr. Terrific [Terrence Sloane] (cameo); Starman [Ted Knight] (cameo)]; The Reaper (flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback, cameo); Justice League of America (flashback, cameo) [Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]]

Synopsis: As the original Black Canary is hospitalized and dying of cancer, her daughter recalls how they both trained to become superheroes.

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Pages: 24

Notes: A post-Crisis re-write of the original Black Canary's foundations, and her daughter's. The original Black Canary dies in this tale.

The Startling Secret of the Space Museum!

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Credits

Writer(s): Gerard Jones

Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino

Inker(s): George Perez

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Editor(s): Mark Waid

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Museum

Character(s): Howard "The Wrecker" Parker; Tommy Parker; Peganans

Synopsis: Howard Parker tells his son, Tommy, how he defeated the Peganan aliens and founded the Space Museum.

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Pages: 9

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Michael Eury

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Secret Admirers

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3896

Notes: Includes letters from B.B. Davis, Chuck Dill, Sir Jon Johnson, Jacob Gilbert, Charles J. Sperling and Dale Coe.