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Secret Origins, #40 Direct

Published: May 1989

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3 Apes 3
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Cover art credits given on the letters page.

Gorillas in Our Midst: The Secret Origin of Gorilla City
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A retelling of the origin of Gorilla City, beginning with a space traveler who enhances the gorillas' intelligence and who dies by the actions of Grodd.

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The Legend of Congorilla
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Retells the origin of Congo Bill receiving and first using the Congorilla ring, from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #248.

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A darker slant to the Congorilla character.

IF U CN RD THS
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Two aliens give a chimpanzee the power of human thought, and the chimpanzee solves a local murder mystery.

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A humorous approach to why Detective Chimp was so intelligent.

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Includes 4 explanatory articles: Secrets Behind The Goofy Cover; Secrets Behind The Origins Gorilla City; Secrets Behind The Origins Congorilla; Secrets Behind The Origins Detective Chimp.

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Letters from: Mark Lucas; Charles J. Sperling. Also includes information on the next 3 issues of Secret Origins.