Secret Origins, #9 Canadian
Published: December 1986
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Skyman [Star-Spangled Kid
- Sylvester Pemberton]
- Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
Credits
- Pencils: Tom Grindberg
- Inks: Pablo Marcos
"Packs of fun for everyone!"
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Illustrated ad for M & Ms candy from Mars.
The Secret Origin of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy
Storyline
Skyman tells his teammates, Infinty, Inc., about how he and Stripesy met and thwarted some Nazi sympathizers' plans to include dynamite in a fireworks display.
Characters
- Skyman [Sylvester Pemberton
- Star-Spangled Kid]
- Infinity, Inc. (cameo) [Brainwave, Jr.
- Nuklon
- Jade
- Obsidian
- Northwind
- Hourman [Rick Tyler]
- Wildcat [Yolanda Montez]
- Dr. Midnight [Beth Chapel]
- Fury [Lyta Hall]]
- Seven Soldiers of Victory (flashback, cameo) [Green Arrow
- Speedy
- Shining Knight
- Vigilante
- Crimson Avenger]
- Nebula Man (flashback, cameo)
- Justice Society of America (flashback, cameo) [Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Wildcat [Ted Grant]
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Power Girl]
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Tom Grindberg
- Inks: Mike Gustovich
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: David Cody Weiss
Story Notes
Takes place just after Infinity Inc. #31. Based on the origin story in Star-Spangled Comics #1. Recaps some of the SSK's history with the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the JSA and Infinity Inc.
"Everyone's bonked out by new chewy chocolate Bonkers!"
Story Notes
Illustrated ad for Bonkers! candy by Nabisco. Between page 4 and 5 of previous story.
Lazer Tag
Story Notes
Comics ad for the Lazer Tag game from Worlds of Wonder, Inc.. Between page 9 and 10 of previous story.
Cosmic Boy
Featuring Cosmic Boy
Characters
- Cosmic Boy
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Lightle
- Inks: Steve Lightle
Story Notes
House ad for Cosmic Boy mini-series. Between page 9 and 10 of previous story.
Featuring The Secret Origin of Secret Origins
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Script: Robert Greenberger
Story Notes
Includes a column where Roy recaps the publishing history of both heroes. Letters from Anthony R. Cardno, Frank Balkin, John Egan, Jeffrey Wechselblatt, and Hurricane Heeran.
The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Flash
Storyline
In 1940, Jay Garrick gains the power of speed after inhaling "hard water fumes" in a college lab accident. As the Flash, he rescues the kidnapped father of Joan Williams.
Characters
- Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback)
- Joan Williams (flashback)
- Major Williams (flashback)
- Sieur Satan (flashback)
- Justice Society of America (flashback, cameo) [Atom [Al Pratt]
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
- Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Hourman [Rex Tyler]]
- Flash [Wally West] (flashback, cameo)
- Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback, cameo)
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: George Tuska
- Inks: Jerry Acerno
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: David Cody Weiss
Story Notes
Based on the story in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1.
NBC Saturday Morning Preview (1)
"High atop beautiful downtown Burbank..."
Characters
- Alvin
- Kissyfur
- Gummi Bears
- Papa Smurf
- Punky Brewster
- Simon
- Theodore
- Foofur
- Kidd Video
- Michael J. Fox (photo)
- Smurf
Story Notes
Ad for NBC's Saturday Morning line-up. Between page 2 and 3 of previous story.
Write Right Now!
Characters
- Charles Atlas
Story Notes
Ads in classified format for body building, comic books, martial arts training, stamps, electronic bugs, novelties, and more. Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. agent. Between page 13 and 14 of story.
Legends Cross-Overs
Featuring DC Comics
Story Notes
Promo for Legends cross-overs, Green Lantern Corp #207; Cosmic Boy #1; and Legends #2, with covers depicted. "On sale in September." Between page 18 and 19 of story.
"Summer's here and the time is right..."
Characters
- Superman
Story Notes
House subscription form for DC series. Between page 18 and 19 of story.
1986 Specials and Annuals
Characters
- Green Lantern Corps
- Outsiders
Story Notes
House ad for to Annuals on sale in September. Inside back cover.
"Head over deals."
Story Notes
Ad for Charleston Chew!, Sugar Babies, and Sugar Daddy candies. Back cover.