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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February-March 1973
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Superman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Jor-El (inset); Lara (inset); Thomas Wayne (inset); Martha Wayne (inset); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders] (inset); The Gentleman Ghost [aka The Ghost] (inset)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

1 page Secret Origins; Superman story "The Secret Origin of Superman"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent] (intro, origin)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster
Letters Joe Shuster
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1

2 page Secret Origins; Batman story "The Secret Origin of Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (death, flashback); Martha Wayne (death, flashback)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Bob Kane
Notes Writer is Bill Finger, according to Indexer Notes for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #33; previously credited to Gardner Fox. Reprint is untitled.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #33

9 page Secret Origins; Hawkman story "The Ghost"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; The Gentleman Ghost (intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #88

1 page Secrets of Secret Origins text article

Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset
Notes Discussion of the various origin stories.

12 page Secret Origins; Flash story "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!"

Characters The Flash [Barry Allen] (intro, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (intro); The Turtle Man (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)