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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published November-December 1977
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.60
Pages 52
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Secret Origins of Super-Heroes"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Earth-1)
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Bob Layton
Reprinted in Huntress: Darknight Daughter (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes; Huntress; Green Arrow story "Secret Origins of Super-Heroes"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Earth-1); Huntress [Helena Wayne]
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Letters Jim Aparo

10 page Green Arrow story "Origin of Green Arrow"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (of Earth-1, origin retold)
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Liz Berube
Letters Ben Oda
Notes origin recap occurring before the events of Oliver Queen losing his fortune to John DeLeon.
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 (July 1982)

10 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Secret of the Quintile Crystal!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad] (origin retold); Superman (cameo); R. J. Brande; Lord Lorval (villain); Science Police
Synopsis Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl relate to Superman one of their first cases as the Legion before he joined as Superboy involving the Quintile Crystal. After telling their tale, they meet up with the same Science Police officer who was involved alongside them in that case.
Genre superhero
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Bob Smith
Colors Liz Berube

1 page text article "Secret Origins of Secret Origins"

Genre Fact
Script Paul Levitz
Letters typeset
Notes Creation of this issue.

1 page Huntress illustration "Huntress Concept Art"

Characters Huntress [Helena Wayne]
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Staton (concept sketch); Joe Orlando (cover design)
Inks Joe Staton (concept sketch); Joe Orlando (cover design)
Notes Staton's original sketch of the Huntress and rough and pencilled versions of the cover.

13 page Huntress story "From Each Ending... A Beginning!"

Characters Huntress [Helena Wayne] (origin); Batman (Earth-2); Catwoman (Earth-2, dies); Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Robin (Earth-2, flashback); Silky Cernak (villain); Commissioner Gordon (Earth-2, cameo)
Synopsis The Golden Age Batman retires from crimefighting after accidentally killing his wife Selina Kyle Wayne, the former Catwoman, when she is blackmailed into committing one more job by a former associate, Silky Chernak. As a result, Selina and Bruce's daughter, Helena, becomes the Huntress and vows to fight crime like her father did and brings Silky to justice.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Bob Layton
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Origin and first appearance of the Helena Wayne Huntress, who simultaneously first appears in this issue and All-Star Comics (DC, 1976 series) #69, both released August 24, 1977.
Reprinted in Huntress: Darknight Daughter (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]