Cover Credits: ... ( pencils/inks )

Title: The Secret Origin of The Atom .......... 19 pgs.

Credits: Roger Stern ( writer ); Dwayne Turner ( pencils ); K.S.Wilson ( inks ); Todd Klein ( letters ); Hollahan ( colors ); Mark Waid ( editor )

Feature Characters: The Atom ( Ray Palmer, last Sword of the Atom #4, next Power of the Atom #1 )

Guest Stars: ( last ..., next ... )

Villains: invading tribesmen ( many killed in this story, first and only appearance )

Other Characters: Laethwen and other Morlaidh tribesmen ( Voss named, last Sword of the Atom #4, next Power of the Atom #1 ), Eddie Theyer ( one of Ray's childhood friends, in flashback only ), Ted Ralston ( Ray's guardian and mentor, first appearance, in flashback only ), Jean Loring ( Ray's former wife, in flashback to Showcase # 33 only )

Chronological Comments: In this story, Ray Palmer finds the White Dwarf Fragment during one of the summers of his graduate career. He is probably in his very early twenties. Jean is already a lawyer by this time.

Commments:

Title: "Kind of" The Secret Origin of The Red Tornado ......... 3 pgs.

Credits: Sheldon Mayer( writer/pencils/inks/etters );; Anthony Tollin ( colors ); Mark Waid ( editor )

Feature Characters: The Red Tornado ( "Ma" Hunkel, last ..., no further appearances to date )

Guest Stars: Scribbley Jibbet ( last All-American Comics(v1) #.. , next Sugar and Spike #..)

Villains: some drug dealers ( first and only appearance )

Other Characters:

Chronological Comments: this is probably an untold tale from the 1940's.

Comments:

Title: The Secret Origin of Mr. America, alias The Americommando ) ........... 19 pgs.

Credits: Roy Thomas ( writer/editor ); Mike Harris ( pencils/inks ); David Cody Weiss ( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors ); Mark Waid ( associate editor )

Feature Character: Mr. America ( Tex Thomson, appears last Action Comics #32, then between Action #52/54 and during Yong All-Stars #27, takes on the alias of SS Major Otto Riker )

Guest Stars: Fatman( Bob Daley, last ..., next ... )

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

Other Characters: NYC District Attorney Mallory ( last ..., no further appearances to date ), President Franklin Roosevelt ( last Young All-Stars #.., next ... ), Tarantula, Firebrand, Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle ( all last seen in flashbacks in Young All-Stars #27, probably next YAS #30 )

Chronological Comments:This story takes place in several parts. Tex becomes Mr. America on November 22, 1940 ( referenced by the Justice Society headline in the paper ), and his Young All-Stars flashback occurs in June 1942, after completing his commando training.

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