Secret Origins, #45 Direct
Published: October 1989
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Issue Contents:
Citizen Jan
Story 1
24 pages
adventure; war
Storyline
Blackhawk tracks down stolen weapons blueprints and thinks about his past.
Characters
- Blackhawk [Origin]
- Andre Blanc-Dumont
- Weng Chan
- Stanislaus Drozdowski
- Olaf Friedriksen
- Ritter Hendricksen
- Ian Holcomb-Baker
- Janos Prohaska
- Carlo "Chuck" Siriani
- Captain Wolfgang Teppel
- Kazimierc Zegota-Januszajtis
- Boris Zinoviev
- Reba MacMahon (death, also as Reba Wonderly)
- Gus Markonis (reporter for Washington Dispatch)
- Sid (editor for Washington Dispatch)
- Hank Geisendorf
- Kermit Geisendorf
- Howard Leslie (RKO Pictures)
- William Randolph Hearst
- Senator Christianson
- Senator Shadrock Hightower (flashback, death)
- Mr. Prohaska (Janos' father, flashback, death December 1929)
- Mrs. Prohaska (Janos' mother, flashback, death December 1929)
- Józek Prohaska (Janos' brother, flashback, death September 1939)
- Staszka Prohaska (Janos' sister, flashback, death September 1939)
- Wladyslaw Prohaska (Janos' uncle, flashback, cameo)
- Kazimiera Prohaska (Janos' aunt, flashback, cameo)
- Monsignor Wrblecki (flashback)
- Doctor Waclaw Korczynski (flashback)
- Josef Stalin (flashback, cameo)
- Harker Van Druten (newsreel, New York Police Commissioner)
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt (newsreel)
- Malcolm de Beau de Soleil (newsreel, Presidential aide)
Credits
- Script: Martin Pasko
- Pencils: Grant Miehm
- Inks: Terry Beatty
- Colors: Helen Vesik
- Letters: Janice Chiang
Story Notes
A skillful mix of the old and the current versions. Janos Prohaska was born October 31, 1912 near Krakow, Poland.
Folk Tales
Story 2
14 pages
superhero
Storyline
Rafeal Sandoval fights for the poor and becomes El Diablo.
Characters
- El Diablo
- Rafael Sandoval
- Father Guzman
- Andy Villareal
- Tommy Longstreet
- Chuy Salinas
Credits
- Script: Gerard Jones
- Pencils: Mike Parobeck
- Inks: John Nyberg
- Colors: Eric Kachelhofer
- Letters: Tim Harkins
Story Notes
Ties in to the El Diablo book that began just two months previously.
Story 3
2 pages
Credits
- Script: Mark Waid
Story Notes
Includes letters from Dale Coe, Edward DeGeorge, Charles J. Sperling and Herman Wilson.