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SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #32
Cover Date: November 1988
Cover Price: $1.50
Publication Date: 1988-07-21
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Cover Credits:
Art: Eric Shanower (signed)
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Credits:
| Plot | Keith Giffen |
| Story | Peter David |
| Art | Eric Shanower |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Feature Character(s):
- Justice League of America
- Martian Manhunter (last in Detective Comics #273/3; next in JLA: Year One #1)
- Aquaman (last in Adventure Comics #264/2; next in JLA: Year One #1)
- Black Canary II (see Comments)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Showcase #23/2; next in JLA: Year One #1)
- Flash II (last in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4; next in JLA: Year One #1)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (seen briefly)
Villain(s):
- Appellaxians
- Crystal Creature (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200)
- Fire Lord (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200)
- Glass Man (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200)
- Golden Roc (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200; carcass appears next in JLA: Year One #1)
- Mercury Monster (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200)
- Stone God (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200)
- Wood King (earliest chronological appearance; clone appears next in Justice League of America #200; splinters are put on display in the JLA Trophy Room)
Other Character(s):
- High Judge of Appellax (first chronological appearance)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 586
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Antarctica
- United Kingdom
- London, England
- Croydon, England
- United States of America
- Earth
Comment(s):
- This story is the Post-Crisis version of the origin of the Justice League, first presented in Justice League of America #9. Batman is no longer involved at all, Wonder Woman is replaced by Black Canary. The locations of some of the battles is changed, such as Antarctica instead of Greenland, England instead of Italy, Star City instead of Paradise Island, and Cost City instead of Africa. The pairing of combatants. Aquaman now battles the Mercury Monster instead of the Glass Man, likewise Black Canary now fights the Glass Man whereas Wonder Woman had fought the Mercury Monster.
- Due to the effects of Infinite Crisis, Wonder Woman has since been restored to her status as a founding member, as have Superman and Batman. These changes are shown in the retelling of the Justice League's origin in DC Universe: Legacies #3.
- The Appellaxians are presented as one species, rather than eight wildly different physical forms. It is attributed to "battle forms" for each of the combatants.
- The meteorites carrying the Appellaxians contain Kryptonite and are hidden after this story.
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