XOWComics.com

Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Canary; Dolphin

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Templeton's signature denotes the end of the series.

Secret Origins Featuring

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various (thumbnails)

Inker(s): various (thumbnails)

Colorist(s): various (thumbnails)

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Glimpse

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: This is an illustrated prose version of Robin's origin.

Flash of Two Worlds

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Garfield Logan; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Joan Garrick; Fiddler; Thinker; The Shade

Synopsis: Elementary student Garfield Logan writes about when he met the two Flashes and how they defeated the villains who made Keystone City vanish.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 16

Notes: This is a re-telling of the classic Flash of Two Worlds, from The Flash (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.

Fortunehead!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Notes: Greg Theakston name misspelled as "Theakson" in credits.

Reflections of a Deep Fantasy

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Notes: Dolphin created by J. Scott Pike. With Special Thanks to Tom Joyner and Mark Waid.

[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Bonk; King Drool; T. Ractorhead

First Line: A long, long time ago, later than you think…

Synopsis: Caveman Bonk crashes through the castle wall to try to rescue the princess from King Drool.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Between pages 7-8 of Dolphin story.

Unfinished Business

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 24

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.
With acknowledgment to the works of Robert Kanigher, Gardner Fox, Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz, Frank Miller, Mike Barr, Denny O'Neil, and Mike Grell.

The Startling Secret of the Space Museum!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: No "Secrets Behind the Origins" this month, friend…

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3896

Notes: Includes letters from B.B. Davis, Chuck Dill, Sir Jon Johnson, Jacob Gilbert, Charles J. Sperling and Dale Coe.
Publisher credits.

The Adventure - Part IV: Egging Some Poachers!

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Hairy Harry

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1