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Issue: Secret Origins #50
Publication Date: August 1990
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Issues: #50 of 50 Issues (130 Printings)
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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: 06/21/1990
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.95 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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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In Content Item: FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #6 published March 2010
as [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Templeton's signature denotes the end of the series.
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Secret Origins Featuring

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (thumbnails)
Inker(s): various (thumbnails)
Colorist(s): various (thumbnails)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Glimpse

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Disclose Notes: This is an illustrated prose version of Robin's origin.
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Flash of Two Worlds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Disclose 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.
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Fortunehead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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
Disclose Notes: Greg Theakston name misspelled as "Theakson" in credits.
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Reflections of a Deep Fantasy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Disclose Notes: Dolphin created by J. Scott Pike. With Special Thanks to Tom Joyner and Mark Waid.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Bonk; King Drool; T. Ractorhead
First Line: A long, long time ago, later than you think…
Synopsis: Caveman Bonk crashes through the castle wall to try to rescue the princess from King Drool.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Between pages 7-8 of Dolphin story.
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Unfinished Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Disclose 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.
With acknowledgment to the works of Robert Kanigher, Gardner Fox, Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz, Frank Miller, Mike Barr, Denny O'Neil, and Mike Grell.
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The Startling Secret of the Space Museum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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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In Content Item: FlagUniverso DC #27 published May 1991
as El Asombroso Secreto del Museo Espacial [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: No "Secrets Behind the Origins" this month, friend…
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3896
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from B.B. Davis, Chuck Dill, Sir Jon Johnson, Jacob Gilbert, Charles J. Sperling and Dale Coe.
Publisher credits.
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The Adventure - Part IV: Egging Some Poachers!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hairy Harry
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Pages: 1

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