Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes
Crown Publishers, Inc
United States
- Published
- 1976
- Page count
- 248
- Cover price
- 10.95 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/337108
Credits
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Secret Origins)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Secret Origins
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Captain Marvel; Wonder Woman; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Superman; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Plastic Man; Batman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow
Credits
- Art
- Neal Adams
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil
Notes
There is also a softcover edition. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-43467. Designed by Thomas Nozkowski.
1Notes
Initial pages, including blank pages, title pages, dedication (to Sheldon Mayer), and acknowledgments.
2Notes
Illustrated table of contents, showing the hero's image (taken from the story) and the page number. The third page is blank.
3Credits
- Script
- Carmine Infantino
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Introduction to these stories, by the Publisher of DC at this time. The second page is blank.
4
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman (intro; brief origin); Krypton (intro; not named)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Joe Shuster
- Letters
- Joe Shuster
- Editing
- Vincent Sullivan (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Krypton
Credits
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (layouts)
Curt Swan (pencils) - Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original Editorial Advisor)
E. Nelson Bridwell (original Assistant Editor)
Sol Harrison (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition, The (DC, 1973 series) #nn
7
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman (origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane
Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds, verified by Moldoff) - Letters
- Sheldon Moldoff (verified by Moldoff)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #1 (Spring 1940)
Notes
This book says that this story was reprinted from Detective Comics #33, but this really is the version from Batman #1, which itself reprints first two pages from Detective Comics #33 but substituted the splash from Detective Comics #34.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman (origin); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (intro by name), the Wayne's murderer (death); Robin; James Gordon; Monty Julep
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (verified by Schwartz)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948) — The Origin of the Batman
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #198 (February 1968) — The Origin of the Batman
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #15 ([March 1968?]) — The Origin of the Batman
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988) — The Origin of the Batman!
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — The Origin of the Batman!
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — The Origin of the Batman!
-
Batman and other DC Classics (DC, 1989 series) #1 ([December] 1989) — "The Origin of the Batman!"
- From GCD
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948)
10
11Featuring
- Feature
- Wonder Woman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman (origin); Ares [Mars]; Aphrodite; Hercules (intro); Hippolyte; Amazons; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell (cameo); Mala
Credits
- Script
- William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]
- Art
- Harry G. Peter
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942) — The Origin of Wonder Woman
- Also printed
-
Wonder Woman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([January 1977?]) — Untitled
- From GCD
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)
Notes
Origin: Wonder Woman (in detail; cf. Sensation Comics #1).
12Featuring
- Feature
- Wonder Woman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- R-203
- Characters
- Wonder Woman (origin); Nubia (origin); Mars; Hippolyta
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (original editor)
Allan Asherman (original editorial assistant)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #206 (June-July 1973)
Notes
Writer miscredited as "Gary" Bates as in the original.
13Credits
- Author
- Denny O'Neil?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Background and history of both Flashes (Jay Garrick and Barry Allen).
14Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Jay Garrick] (intro, origin); Joan Williams (intro); Major Williams; Sieur Satan; Serge Orloff; Duriel; the Faultless Four; Professor Hughes
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Harry Lampert
- Letters
- Harry Lampert (masthead)
- Editing
- M.C. Gaines (original managing editor)
Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)
Notes
First line is 'But before he became known and feared as "the fastest thing on Earth", Jay Garrick was an unknown student at Midwestern University...'
15Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen] (intro; origin); Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (intro); The Turtle Man (villain; later The Turtle)
Credits
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
-
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #3 ([December 1956?]) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
The Flash (KG Murray, 1975 series) #131 ([June 1976?]) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
- Also printed
-
Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#8 (May 1981) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (DC, 1991 series) (1991) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
-
Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) (1998) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) (January 2000) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
- Printed in
-
Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
- From GCD
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)
16Credits
- Author
- Denny O'Neil?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Background and history of both Green Lanterns (Alan Scott and Hal Jordan).
17Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (intro, origin); Jimmy (death); Chang the Lamp Maker (flashback); Billings (flashback); Dekker (villain, death)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Art
- Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]
- Letters
- Martin Nodell
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #16 (July 1940)
18Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro, death)
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (September-October 1959) — SOS Green Lantern!
- Also printed
-
All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #18 ([May 1960?]) — SOS Green Lantern
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #74 ([June 1971?]) — SOS Green Lantern
-
Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973) — SOS Green Lantern
-
Green Lantern Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #1 ([July 1976?]) — SOS Green Lantern
-
The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#3 ([December 1980?]) — SOS Green Lantern
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982) — SOS Green Lantern
-
Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #Volume 1 (1993) — SOS Green Lantern
-
Green Lantern (DC, 1990 series) #81 (December 1996) — Telling Tales (Within framing story)
-
Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 (October 2005) — Table of Contents
- From GCD
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (October 1959)
19Credits
- Author
- Denny O'Neil?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Background and history of both Hawkmans (Carter Hall and Kartar Hol).
20Featuring
- Feature
- Hawkman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Carter Hall] (intro, origin); Shiera Sanders (intro, later Hawkgirl); Hath-Set (intro); Kolar; Doctor Hastor
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Dennis Neville
- Editing
- M.C. Gaines (original managing editor)
Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)
Notes
The title here was given in Golden Age Hawkman Archives vol. 1 where this story was also reprinted. First line is "In the weapon-lined library of Carter Hall, wealthy collector of weapons and research scientist -".
21Featuring
- Feature
- Hawkman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol] (intro, origin); Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal] (intro, origin); Byth (intro, villain); Commissioner Emmett (intro); Mavis Trent (intro)
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Joe Kubert
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #34 (February-March 1961)
Notes
Story is really 24.67 pages, with a vignette of Hawkman and Hawkgirl from page 8 filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page.
22Credits
- Author
- Denny O'Neil?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Background and history of both Golden Age and Silver Age Green Arrows.
23Featuring
- Feature
- Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow (origin); Speedy (origin); Mr. Harper [Roy's father] (flashback, death); Quoag [Mr. Harper's Indian servant] (death); Dippy Parker; Curator Morgan; Lefty; Louie
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson?
- Pencils
- Cliff Young
- Inks
- Steve Brodie
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #89 (March 1943)
Synopsis
Archaeologist Oliver Queen is visiting Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy marooned on Lost Mesa and raised by Quoag, his father's Indian servant. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine. After Quoag dies from gun shots, only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them.
24Featuring
- Feature
- Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow (origin); Speedy; trick arrows (origin)
Credits
- Script
- France Herron
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby
Roz Kirby (backgrounds) - Editing
- Jack Schiff (original managing editor)
Mort Weisinger (original story editor)
George Kashdan (original story editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (January 1959) — The Green Arrow's First Case
- Also printed
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #187 (September 1969) — The Green Arrow's First Case
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #55 ([November 1969?]) — The Green Arrow's First Case
-
Green Lantern Album (Murray, 1978? series) #10 ([December 1978?]) — The Green Arrow's First Case
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981) — The Green Arrow's First Case
-
The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (DC, 2001 series) ([November] 2001) — Green Arrow's First Case
-
Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006) — The Green Arrow's First Case
-
The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 (July 2011) — The Green Arrow's First Case
- From GCD
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (January 1959)
Notes
Story is really 6.67 pages, with a vignette of a bow and a quiver of arrows filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page.
25Credits
- Author
- Denny O'Neil?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Background and history of both Atoms (Al Pratt and Ray Palmer).
26Featuring
- Feature
- Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Atom [Al Pratt] (intro, origin); Mary James (intro); Joe Morgan (intro)
Credits
- Script
- Bill O'Connor
- Pencils
- Ben Flinton
- Inks
- Leonard Sansone
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #19 (October 1940)
Notes
Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005).
27Featuring
- Feature
- Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer] (intro, origin); Jean Loring (intro)
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961)
Notes
Story is really 9.67 pages, with a vignette of an atom filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page.
28
29Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Marvel
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (intro, origin), Shazam (intro), Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (intro), Sterling Morris (intro); radio station WHIZ (intro); Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (intro), Ebenezer Batson (intro, flashback); Phantom Companion
Credits
- Script
- Bill Parker
- Art
- C. C. Beck
- Colours
- Bill Parker
- Editing
- Bill Parker (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)
30
31Featuring
- Feature
- Plastic Man
- Genre
- Superhero; humor
- Code
- N-396
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian] (intro, origin); Rest-Haven monk; Skizzle Shanks
Credits
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Art
- Jack Cole
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)
Synopsis
Gangster Eel O'Brian's dip in a vat of acid turns him into the superhero Plastic Man and against the mobsters he used to work with.
32Notes
Final pages, including a one-sentence biography of Dennis O'Neil and 3 blank pages.
33Notes
The logo and a one paragraph description of each of the ten heroes in this collection.
Notes
There is also a softcover edition. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-43467. Designed by Thomas Nozkowski.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.