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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published August 1990
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 3.95 USD; 4.95 CAD
Pages 100
Editing Michael Eury; Mark Waid

Cover Details

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Canary; Dolphin
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ty Templeton
Inks Ty Templeton

7 page Robin text story "The Glimpse"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson; Robin]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Johnny Grayson (flashback); Mary Grayson (flashback); Anthony Zucco (flashback); Jumbolina the World's Fattest Lady [Mary Ann Carson] (flashback); Mr. Haly (flashback); Marie the fortune teller (flashback); Magnificent Marco [Harry Winkler] (flashback); Billy Blessington (flashback)
Synopsis Dick Grayson recalls the day his parents died and when he first glimpsed the Batman.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils George Perez
Inks George Perez
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Typeset
Editing Michael Eury
Notes This is an illustrated prose version of Robin's origin.

16 page Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] story "Flash of Two Worlds"

Characters Garfield Logan; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Joan Garrick; Fiddler; Thinker; The Shade
Synopsis Elemntary student Garfield Logan writes about when he met the two Flashes and how they defeated the villains who made Keystone City vanish.
Genre superhero
Script Grant Morrison
Pencils Mike Parobeck
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Albert De Guzman
Notes This is a re-telling of the classic Flash of Two Worlds, from Flash, The (DC, 1959 Series) #123, but from the post-Crisis one-Universe standpoint. The story is told from the viewpoint of a young Gar Logan [Beast Boy; Changeling] before he would become a superhero.

13 page Johnny Thunder story "Fortunehead!"

Characters Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Sheriff Bill Tane; Dorothea Tane (flashback); Rand
Synopsis Johnny Thunder recalls his past while plotting to save his father, Sheriff Tane, from abductors.
Genre Western
Script Elliot S. Maggin
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Dick Giordano (pages 4-13); Alan Weiss (pages 1-3)
Colors Greg Theakston
Letters Steve Haynie

15 page Dolphin story "Reflections of a Deep Fantasy"

Characters Dolphin; Chris Landau; Dr. Meredith Riley
Synopsis Former Navy diver Chris Landau has spent twenty years trying to find Dolphin again, who now performs a marine park in Florida. He discovers that they were both part of an alien experiment.
Genre Superhero
Script Bove; Richard Bruning
Pencils Bove
Inks K. S. Wilson
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Albert De Guzman
Editing Michael Eury

24 page Black Canary story "Unfinished Business"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dinah Drake Lance [Black Canary] (death); Roy Harper [Speedy]; Spectre; Richard Drake (flashback); Larry Lance (flashback); Justice Society of America (flashback) [Flash [Jay Garrick] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider] (cameo); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Mr. Terrific [Terrence Sloane] (cameo); Starman [Ted Knight] (cameo)]; The Reaper (flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback, cameo); Justice League of America (flashback, cameo) [Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]]
Synopsis As the original Black Canary is hospitalized and dying of cancer, her daughter recalls how they both trained to become superheroes.
Genre superhero
Script Alan Brennert
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Julia Lacquement
Letters Todd Klein
Editing Michael Eury
Notes A post-Crisis re-write of the original Black Canary's foundations, and her daughter's. The original Black Canary dies in this tale.

9 page Space Museum story "The Startling Secret of the Space Museum!"

Characters Howard "The Wrecker" Parker; Tommy Parker; Peganans
Synopsis Howard Parker tells his son, Tommy, how he defeated the Peganan aliens and founded the Space Museum.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Gerard Jones
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks George Perez
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Editing Mark Waid