Secret Origins, #27 Direct
Published: June 1988
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Zatara
- Zatanna
Credits
- Pencils: Tom Artis
- Inks: Doug Hazlewood
- Letters: Todd Klein
Story Notes
Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
A Symphony of Shadows - First Movement: Once Upon a Time...
Storyline
The origin of Dr. Mist and his creation of the Homo Magi.
Characters
- Zatanna
- Dr. Mist [Nommo]
- Felix Faust
- Marco Polo (cameo)
- Christopher Columbus (cameo)
- Vasco da Gama (cameo)
- Cagliostro (cameo)
- Leonardo Da Vinci (cameo)
- Thomas Jefferson (cameo)
- Thomas Paine (cameo)
- Benjamin Franklin (cameo)
- Dekan Drache (cameo)
- Dr. Occult (cameo)
- Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo)
- Zatara
Credits
- Script: Chris Gooch
- Script: りりんら
- Script: Robert Loren Fleming
- Pencils: Tom Artis
- Inks: P. Craig Russell
- Colors: Gene D'Angelo
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Story includes material on the background of Felix Faust and Dr. Mist of the Global Guardians. According to the story, Nommo (Dr. Mist) has created the entire line of DC magicians.
Second Movement: The Length of His Sleeve
Storyline
Dr. Mist, behind the scenes, leads Giovanni Zatara into learning real magic and becoming Zatara.
Characters
- Dr. Mist [Nommo]
- Zatara [Giovanni Zatara]
- Flamel (cameo)
- Cagliostro (cameo)
- Nostradamus (cameo)
- Leonardo Da Vinci (cameo)
- Luigi
- Adolph Hitler
- Top the Magic-Master (cameo)
- The Last Merlin (cameo)
- All-Star Squadron [Hawkman
- Starman [Ted Knight]
- Spectre
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Sargon the Sorcerer] (cameo)
Credits
- Script: Robert Loren Fleming
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Grant Miehm
- Inks: Fred Fredericks
- Colors: Gene D'Angelo
- Letters: Duncan Andrews
Third Movement: The Coming of Zatanna
Storyline
The history of Zatanna is related and then Zatanna defeats Felix Faust and frees Dr. Mist.
Characters
- Dr. Mist [Nommo]
- Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Hawkman
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Atom] (cameo)
- Global Guardians [Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
- Johnny Thunder
- Spectre
- Starman [Ted Knight]
- Legionary
- Wingman
- Green Flame
- Fluer-De-Lis
- Tasmanian Devel
- Seraph
- Olympian
- Rising Sun] (cameo)
- Zatanna
- Zatara
- Sindella
- Allura
- Justice League of America [Hawkman
- Hawkgirl
- Atom
- Green Lantern
- Elongated Man
- Green Lantern
- Green Arrow
- Superman
- Flash [Barry Allen]
- Black Canary] (cameo)
- John Constantine (cameo)
- Dr. Occult (cameo)
- Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo)
- Deadman (cameo)
- Spectre (cameo)
- Phantom Stranger (cameo)
- Felix Faust
- Wotan
Credits
- Script: Chris Gooch
- Script: りりんら
- Script: ユペチカ
- Pencils: Tom Artis
- Inks: P. Craig Russell
- Colors: Gene D'Angelo
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Featuring With Johnny DC
Story Notes
Page includes DC List.
Credits
- Script: Peter Sanderson
- Script: Roy Thomas
Story Notes
Includes letters from Charles J. Sperling, David Metz and Kevin Carhart.