Secret Origins, #50 Newsstand
Published: August 1990
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Flash [Barry Allen]
- Johnny Thunder [John Tane]
- Black Canary
- Dolphin
Credits
- Pencils: Ty Templeton
- Inks: Ty Templeton
Story Notes
Templeton's signature denotes the end of the series.
Secret Origins Featuring
The Glimpse
Storyline
Dick Grayson recalls the day his parents died and when he first glimpsed the Batman.
Characters
- 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)
Credits
- Script: Helen Kaldheim
- Pencils: George Pérez
- Inks: George Pérez
- Colors: Adrienne Roy
- Editing: Michael Eury
Story Notes
This is an illustrated prose version of Robin's origin.
Flash of Two Worlds
Storyline
Elementary student Garfield Logan writes about when he met the two Flashes and how they defeated the villains who made Keystone City vanish.
Characters
- Garfield Logan
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Flash [Barry Allen]
- Joan Garrick
- Fiddler
- Thinker
- The Shade
Credits
- Script: Grant Morrison
- Pencils: Mike Parobeck
- Inks: Romeo Tanghal
- Colors: Tom Ziuko
- Letters: Neal MacDonald
- Editing: Michael Eury
- Editing: Mark Waid
Story 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!
Storyline
Johnny Thunder recalls his past while plotting to save his father, Sheriff Tane, from abductors.
Characters
- Johnny Thunder [John Tane]
- Sheriff Bill Tane
- Dorothea Tane (flashback)
- Rand
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Alan Weiss
- Inks: Dick Giordano
- Inks: Alan Weiss
- Colors: Greg Theakston
- Letters: Marit Antonsen
- Editing: Brian Augustyn
- Editing: Mark Waid
- Editing: Michael Eury
Story Notes
Greg Theakston name misspelled as "Theakson" in credits.
Reflections of a Deep Fantasy
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Dolphin
- Chris Landau
- Dr. Meredith Riley
Credits
- Script:
- Script: Richard Bruning
- Pencils:
- Inks: のどか
- Colors: Daniel Vozzo
- Letters: Albert DeGuzman
- Editing: Michael Eury
Story Notes
Dolphin created by J. Scott Pike. With Special Thanks to Tom Joyner and Mark Waid.
"A long, long time ago, later than you think…"
Storyline
Caveman Bonk crashes through the castle wall to try to rescue the princess from King Drool.
Characters
- Bonk
- King Drool
- T. Ractorhead
Story Notes
Between pages 7-8 of Dolphin story.
Unfinished Business
Storyline
As the original Black Canary is hospitalized and dying of cancer, her daughter recalls how they both trained to become superheroes.
Characters
- 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]]
Credits
- Script: Alan Brennert
- Pencils: Joe Staton
- Inks: Dick Giordano
- Colors: Julia Lacquement
- Letters: Todd Klein
- Editing: Michael Eury
Story 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.
The Startling Secret of the Space Museum!
Storyline
Howard Parker tells his son, Tommy, how he defeated the Peganan aliens and founded the Space Museum.
Characters
- Howard "The Wrecker" Parker
- Tommy Parker
- Peganans
Credits
- Script: Gerard Jones
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: George Pérez
- Colors: Anthony Tollin
- Letters:
- Editing: Mark Waid
"No "Secrets Behind the Origins" this month, friend…"
Credits
- Script: Michael Eury
Story Notes
Includes letters from B.B. Davis, Chuck Dill, Sir Jon Johnson, Jacob Gilbert, Charles J. Sperling and Dale Coe. Publisher credits.
The Adventure - Part IV: Egging Some Poachers!
Characters
- Hairy Harry