Secret Origins (v3)# 30
September.1988 ....................$1.50
September.1988 ....................$1.50
Title: The Home Stretch
.......... 19 pgs.
Credits: Gerald Jones ( writer ); Ty Templeton ( pencils ); Grant Miehm ( inks ); Tim Harkins( letters ); Julianna Ferriter ( colors ); Mark Waid ( editor )
Feature Characters: The Elongated Man ( celebrates his 30th birthday in this story, flashbacks to his childhood and several previous adventures, last..., next ... ) and Sue Dibney ( appears in several flashbacks, last ..., next ... )
Guest Stars: Wally West ( as a guest at Ralph's party, last ..., next ... )
Villains:
Other Characters: Mrs. Krajiek ( Ralph's grade school music teacher, in flashback only ), Ken Dibney ( first and only appearance, Ralph's older brother and Mayor of Waymore, Nebraska, Ralph's hometown ), Ralph's relatives ( first and only appearance for all, including Uncle Jake )
Chronological Commments: Ralph is 30 in this story, making him in his very early twenties at the start of his career.
Comments:
Title: The Secret Origin of Plastic Man ......... 19 pgs.
Credits: Roy Thomas( writer ); Stephen DeStefano ( pencils ); Paul Fricke ( inks ); Jean Simek ( letters ); Liz Berube ( colors ); Mark Waid ( editor )
Feature Characters: Plastic Man ( Patrick "Eel" O'Brien, first appearance, next Police Comics # 2/1 )
Guest Stars: Woozy Winks ( in framing sequence only ), Bert the Twerp ( in framing sequence only, seen in backrounds throughout the story )
Villains: "Skizzle" Shanks and his gang ( first and only appearance to date )
Other Characters: Brother Willis ( first and only appearance to date, a monk at Rest-Haven Monistary )
Chronological Comments: This probably occurs in mid-1941, or earlier.
Comments: This is a humourous look at the origin of Plastic Man, adapted from the story in Police Comics #1 by Jack Cole as remembered by Plastic Man.
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