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DC Comics Secret Origins (1986)

Sometimes A Fool Notion / The Kid That Couldn't Shoot Straight

by Elliot S! Maggin Writer Mark Waid Writer +19 more
Jan 26, 1989 $1.50 52 pages
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Secret Origins #38 was published by DC Comics on March 1, 1989, as part of a series that began in 1986. Elliot S! Maggin and Mark Waid write, and art comes from Arne Starr, Carl Gafford and Dick Giordano. This 52-page issue features Dick Grayson, Hal Jordan, Green Arrow, Black Canary and Wally West, among 17 characters catalogued on VerseDB.

Series
Secret Origins (1986)
Issue Number
#38
Release Date
January 26, 1989
Cover Date
March 1989
Cover Price
$1.50
Page Count
52
UPC
07098931766603

Series Details

Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1986 - 1990
Issues Count
50
Genres
Superhero, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, War, Western
Original Language
English
Language
English

Creators
Elliot S! Maggin

Elliot S! Maggin

Writer

Mark Waid

Mark Waid

Writer, Editor

Mike Grell

Mike Grell

Writer

Hannibal King

Hannibal King

Penciller

John Koch

Penciller

Tom Grindberg

Tom Grindberg

Penciller, Cover Artist

Arne Starr

Arne Starr

Inker

Dick Giordano

Dick Giordano

Inker, Cover Artist, Cover Inker

John Nyberg

John Nyberg

Inker

Carl Gafford

Carl Gafford

Colorist

Helen Vesik

Helen Vesik

Colorist

John Drake

Colorist

Characters
Beast Boy

Beast Boy

Garfield Mark Logan

Black Canary

Black Canary

Dinah Lance

Bumblebee

Bumblebee

Karen Beecher

Cheshire

Cheshire

Jade Nguyen

Dick Grayson

Dick Grayson

Richard John Grayson-Wayne

Donna Troy

Donna Troy

Donna Hinckley Stacey Troy

Green Arrow

Green Arrow

Oliver Queen

Hal Jordan

Hal Jordan

Hal Jordan

Roy Harper

Roy Harper

Roy William Harper, Jr.

Tempest

Tempest

Garth

Wally West

Wally West

Wallace Rudolph West

Appa Ali Apsa

Appa Ali Apsa

Appa Ali Apsa

Teams

Green Arrow and Speedy

Green Arrow and Speedy

Guardians of the Universe

Guardians of the Universe

Native Americans

Native Americans

Teen Titans

Teen Titans

Queen Industries

Queen Industries

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