Secret Origins (v3)# 50

August.1990 ....................$3.95

Cover Credits: Ty Templeton ( pencils/inks )
Title: The Glimpse ..........7 pg.

Credits: Denny O'Neil ( writer );George Perez( pencils/inks, spot illos only ), Typography( letters ); Adrienne Roy ( colors ); Michael Eury (editor)

Feature Characters: The Batman (last..., next ...), Dick Greyson (first appearance, next ...)

Guest Stars:

Villains: "Boss" Anthony Zucco ( last ..., appears next ... )

Other Characters: John and Mary Greyson (both die ), Mr. Haley, Mary Ann "Jumbolina" Carson, Harry "The Magnificent Marco" Winkler, Billy Blessington, Marie the Fortune Teller ( all members of Haley's Circus; last ..., next ... ); Tim Drake and his mother (first appearance, both appear next in flashback in Secret Origins 80Pg Giant #1/ )

Chronological Commments: This story takes place on October 31, of The Batman's first FULL year of crimefighting. Dick celebrates his tenth birthday just the week before.

Comments:

Title: Flash of Two Worlds ......... pgs.

Credits: Grant Morrison ( writer ); Mike Parobeck ( pencils ); Romeo Tanghal ( inks ); Albert DeGuzman ( letters ); Tom Zuiko ( colors ); Michael Eury and Mark Waid ( editors )

Feature Characters: The Flash II (Barry Allen, last ..., next ... ), The Flash I ( Jay Garrick, last in flashback Secret Origins(v3)# 50/4, next Flash 80Pg Giant #2/1 )

Guest Stars:

Villains: The Thinker and The Fiddler (last in flashback in Flash(v2) #161, The Thinker next ..., The Fiddler next Justice League(v1) # 21 ), The Shade ( last Starman(v2)# .., next Showcase '95 #4/ )

Other Characters: Iris West ( last Flash #122, next Flash #124 ); Joan Garrick ( last Flash(v1)# 104, next ... ), Garfield Logan ( first chronological appearance, appears next Doom Patrol(v1)# ../2 )

Chronological Comments: This story takes place about eleven years ago, during Barry Allen's second year as The Flash. The original story gave a date of June 26th.

Comments: This is a post-Crisis retelling of the story from Flash(v1)# 123.

Title: Foutainhead! .......... 13 pgs.

Credits: Elliot S! Maggin ( writer ); Alan Weiss ( pencils, inks pgs 1-3 ); Dick Giordano ( inks pgs 4-13 ); Steve Wayne ( letters ); Greg Theakson ( colors ); Brian Augustyn and Mark Waid ( assistant editors, credited as "deputies" ); Michael Eury ( editor, credited as "Sheriff" )

Feature Character: Johnny Thunder ( John Tane, not to be confused with the Golden Age character, last All-American Western #../.., next DC Comics Presents #../2 )

Guest Stars:

Villains: Boss Rand and his gang ( first and only appearance for all )

Other Characters: Lightning ( Johnny Thunder's horse; last ..., next DCCP #../2 ), Sheriff Bill Tane ( Sherrif of Mesa City and Johnny's father, also appears in several flashbacks in this story, last ..., next DCCP #../2 ), Dorothea Tane ( Johnny's mother, appears in flashback only, dies )

Chronological Comments: This story gives the date of death of Johnny's mother as 1882, suggesting that Johnny Thunder's adventures take place in the late 1880's.

Comments:

Title: Reflections of a Deep Fantasy .......... 15 pgs.

Credits: Bove' and Richard Brunning ( writers ); Bove' and K.W. Wilson ( pencils and inks ); ( letters ); Daniel Vozzo ( colors ); Michael Eury ( editor )

Feature Characters: Dolphin ( last Showcase #79, next Action Comics #... )

Guest Stars:

Villains:

Other Characters: Chris Landau ( last Showcase #79, no further appearances to date ), Dr. Meridith Reily ( a friend of Dolphin's and an oceanographer at Oceanworld in Florida, first and only appearance )

Chronological Comments:

Comments: "With Special Thanks to Mark Waid and Dan Jurgens"

Title: Unfinished Business ..........24 pgs.

Credits: Alan Brennert ( writer ); Joe Staton ( pencils ); Dick Giordano ( inks ); Todd Klein ( letters ); Julia Lacquemont ( colors ); Michael Eury ( editor )

Feature Characters: Black Canary I ( last ..., dies in this story; appears next as a ghost in Starman(v2)# .. ) and Black Canary II ( last ..., next Suicide Squad #.., both appear in costume only in flashbacks )

Guest Stars: Oliver Queen ( last ..., next Suicide Squad #.. ); Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan, last ..., next Suicide Squad #.. ); The Spectre ( Jim Corrigan, last ..., next ... )

Villains: The Reaper ( appears only in flashback, see below )

Other Characters: Dr. Meyer ( the Justice Society's official medical liason, trained with Dr. McNider, first and only appearance ); Richard Drake ( appears only in flashback, dies ), Larry Lance ( appears only in flashbacks, dies ), The Justice Society of America ( appear only in flashbacks, see below )

Chrorological Comments: This story contains many flashbacks:

p. 4: Dinah (as a young girl ) and Richard Drake on her training...
p. 5 thru p.7, pnl. 2: Dinah, circa age 16, aids her father and Larry Lance, a new police detective, on a raid...
p. 7 pnl. 3 thru p. 8, pnl. 1: Dinah is rejected by the Police Acadamy, her father dies...
p. 8, pnl. 2 thru 4: She creates the Black Canary persona, and also opens a flower shop, assisting the now freelance Larry Lance and runs afoul of Johnny Thunder ( February, 1948; Flash Comics # 82 )
p. 9 pnl. 2 thru p. 10 pnl. 2: Black Canary and the JSA appear before the HUAC ( February, 1951; Adventure Comics(v1)# 466/3 )
p. 10 pnl. 3: Dinah Drake marries Larry Lance, with several members of the JSA present in their civilian identities
p. 10 pnl. 4 thru 7: Dinah and Larry open their own investigation agency.
p. 11 thru p. 14 pnl. 3: The Reaper begins to prey on Gotham City's criminals, he is confronted by the original Green Lantern who is then injured. The other Justice Society ( Black Canary, Flash, Wildcat, Dr. Mid-Nite, Doctor Fate, The Atom and Hawkman and Hawkgirl ) members take to the streets to find the Reaper, but he leaves for Europe.
p. 14 pnl. 4 thru p. 15 pnl. 3: The Lances retire and move to Gotham's suburbs, Dinah Laurel Lance is born and grows up with the retired JSA members as "godfathers" ( Jay and Joan may be in Limbo at this point, a good replacement would be John and Libby Chambers )
p. 15 pnl. 4 thru p. 16 pnl. 2: The elder Dinah discourages her daughter in following her footsteps.
p. 16 pnl. 4 thru p. 18 pnl. 1: The younger Dinah trains secretly with Ted Grant, who relates the loss of his son.
p. 18 pnl. 2 thru pnl. 6: The two Dinahs argue and the younger's Canary Cry manifests itself. The members of the JSA are unable to discover the Cry's origin.
p. 19 pnls. 1 thru 5: Dinah Lance becomes the second Black Canary, and very soon in her career help forms the Justice League of America. She meets and falls in love with Green Arrow, and becomes a mother figure to Speedy. Soon afterwards, the Justice Society comes out of retirement, and the elder Dinah joins them on several cases. ( Justice League (v1) # 21-22 )
p. 19 pnl 6: Larry Lance is killed during the Justice League and Justice Society's battle with Aquarius. ( Justice League (v1) #74 )

Comments:

Title: The Startling Secret of the Space Museum! .......... 9 pgs.

Credits: Gerald Jones ( writer ); Carmine Infantino ( pencils ); George Perez ( inks ); Gaspar (Saladino) ( letters ); Anthony Tollin ( colors ); Mark Waid ("boy" editor )

Feature Characters: Howard Parker and his son Tommy Parker ( both last ..., Tommy next Justice League (v1) #207, no further appearances for Howard Parker )

Guest Stars:

Villains: a group of Paganian invaders

Other Characters:

Chronological Comments:

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