Title: The Secret Origin of The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy .......... 16 pgs.

Credits: Roy Thomas ( writer/creative editor );Tom Grindberg ( pencils ); Mike Gustovich( inks ), David C. Weiss( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors ); Robert Greenberger ( co-ordinating editor )

Feature Characters: Skyman ( formerly The Star-Spangled Kid, during Infinity Inc #31 )

Guest Stars: Brainwave, Nuklon, Jade, Obsidian, Northwind, Dr. Midnight, Wildcat II, Hourman II, Fury ( all during Infinity Inc #31 ), Stripesy ( Pat Dugan, in flashback only, appears next in Star-Spangled Comics(v1) #1/1 )

Villains: German Sabateurs ( first and only appearance for all )

Other Characters:

Chronological Commments: Skyman's origin takes place July 4, 1941. His birthday is in late Ocotber, and nearly 19 in 1949, so he was 11 years old in 1941.

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Title: The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Flash ......... 22 pgs.

Credits: Roy Thomas( writer/ creative editor ); George Tuska ( pencils ); Jerry Acerno ( inks ); David Cody Weiss ( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors ); Bob Greenberger ( co-ordinating editor )

Feature Characters: The Flash ( Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick, last All-Star Squadron #60 next ..., relates origin to Johnathan Law in flashback )

Guest Stars:

Villains: The Faultless Four( spies, first appearance, Orloff, Smythe, Duriel probably all die, Sieur Satan appears next All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (flashbabk), all in flashback only )

Other Characters: Joan Williams ( first appearance, Jay's girlfriend, next Flash Comics #2/1 ), Coach Russell ( one of Jay's football coaches, first and only appearance ), Professor Hughes ( one of Jay's Professors, first and only appearance ), Elliot Sherman ( one of Jay's classmates, pull him to safety after finding him unconscious, behind the scenes, next Flash 50th Anniversery Special #1 ), Major Arthur Williams ( Joan's father, first appearance, next Flash #../.. )

Chronological Comments: The Flash's origin takes place in late 1938, during football season. Jay begins his Flash career during early 1939. It is warm enough for people to be at the beach. The narration takes place in April, 1942 for Jonathan Law's book about Mystery Men.

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