Cover Credits: Karl Kessel ( pencils/inks )

Title: The Not-So-Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy .......... 2 pgs.

Credits: Ty Templeton? ( writer/pencils/inks/letters/colors? ); Mark Waid and Michael Eury ( editors? )

Feature Characters: Bouncing Boy ( Chuck Taine, last..., next ... )

Guest Stars: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl ( last ..., next ... )

Villains: crooks ( first and only appearance )

Other Characters: Dr. F'Toora ( Chuck's boss, inventor of elasti-serum, first and only appearance )

Commments: This story basically recaps Bouncing Boy's Pre-Crisis origin from Adventure Comics #..., playing up the humorous elements.

Title: Secrets of the Cadmus D.N.A Project ......... 17 pgs.

Credits: Karl Kessel( writer/pencils/inks ); John Costanza ( letters ); Tom Zuiko ( colors ); Mark Waid and Michael Eury ( editors )

Feature Characters: The Guardian and The Newsboy Legion ( Jim Harper and the clones of the original Newsboy Legion, last ..., next Superman (v2) #39 )

Guest Stars: The Original Newsboy Legion (as the adult administators of Project:Cadmus, last ..., next ... )

Villains: Dabney Donnovan and Dragonin ( last ..., next ... )

Other Characters: Team Six ( an exploration crew, seeming killed in flashback, first and only appearance ), Skyhook's children ( last ..., next ... ), Angry Charlie ( first appearance, a D.N.Alien created by Donnovan, befriends and follows the young Newsboys, next ... )

Chronological Comments:

Comments: This is essentialy a history of Project:Cadmus, with the origins of the second Guardian and Newsboy Legion retold in passing.

Title: ( The Secret Origin of The Silent Knight ) ........... 19 pgs.

Credits: Jan Strnad ( writer ); John Koch ( pencils ); Gary Martin ( inks ); John Workman ( letters ); Tom McCraw ( colors ); Mark Waid ( editor )

Feature Character: The Silent Knight ( Brian of Kent, first appearance, next Brave and Bold #... )

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

Villains: Prince Oswald ( first appearance, next Brave and Bold #.. )

Other Characters: King Edwin of Great Britain ( dies ), Sir Grot ( Brian's master and mentor, appears next ... ), Lady Celia Pembrook ( first appearance, next ... )

Chronological Comments:This story takes place in post-Arthurian England.

Comments: It has been suggested that Brian is a manifestation of the Hawk Aviatar, also seen in Hawkman and Nighthawk.

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