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DCU Heroes Secret Files 1

DCU HEROES SECRET FILES #1

Cover Date: February 1999
Cover Price: $4.95

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:


Story: "Spies Like Us" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Curtis Johnson
PencilsDerec Aucoin
InksClaude St. Aubin
LetteringKen Bruzenak
ColorsDigital Chameleon
EditingMaureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Cameron Chase (in DCU Villains Secret Files #1 in between pages)

Guest Star(s):

Martian Manhunter (disguised as Sarge Steel for much of the story; in DCU Villains Secret Files #1 in between pages)

Supporting Character(s):

Director Bones

Villain(s):

"Bucco" Pirelli (first appearance; a mobster)
Davey Filippi (first appearance; a mobster)
Word II (first appearance; in between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Body Doubles:
Bonny Hoffman (in between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Carmen Leno (in between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)

Guest Appearance(s):

Captain Marvel
Wildcat
Anarky
Blue Beetle II
Tommy Monaghan (appearance same as DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Natt the Hat (appearance same as DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Resurrection Man (in between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Sentinel

Synopsis:

Cameron Chase and Sarge Steel check in on various heroes of the Eastern coast of the U.S.A. to see whether the D.E.O.'s data is up to date. However, Chase is unaware that she is actually being accompanied by the Martian Manhunter, who wants to check up on the D.E.O., and not Sarge Steel at all.


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Second Story: "A Guide to Resurrection Man's Powers" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Abnett, Andy Lanning
PencilsGary Erskine
InksGary Erskine
LetteringAnnie Parkhouse
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMaureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Cliff DeWitt (in between Resurrection Man #20 and #22)
Mr Fangle (first appearance; dies)

Synopsis:

Cliff DeWitt asks an employee for information on Resurrection Man's powers; but the employee is only able to give him a list of what powers he has displayed, not the how or the why of it. So DeWitt has him killed.


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Third Story: [No Title] (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlan Grant
PencilsGreg Luzniak
InksMark Propst
LetteringBill Oakley
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMaureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Lobo (in between Lobo Vol. 2 #59 and #60)
Bludgeon (first appearance?)
The Great Carlini (Mike Carlin)

Synopsis:

The Great Carlini insists that Lobo tone down the violence and become the family-friendly Superbo. He gets a punch in the face for his trouble, but knows he'll have the last laugh - if Lobo doesn't agree, his book will be cancelled!


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Fourth Story: "An Anarky Primer" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlan Grant
ArtNorm Breyfogle
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMaureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Anarky
Senator Tork (a politician)
Capital Eagle (first appearance; a patriotic hero)

Synopsis:

Anarky battles the 'government tool' Capital Eagle in order to make a point about a corrupt politician.


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Fifth Story: "Vext - The Formative Years" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKeith Giffen
PencilsMike McKone
InksMark McKenna
LetteringBob Lappan
ColorsDigital Chameleon
EditingMaureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Baby Vext (first appearance of Vext)
L'il Paramour (first appearance of Paramour)

Synopsis:

Even as a child, Vext's life wasn't great.


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Feature:

"D.E.O. Headquarters Map"

(1 Pages)

Credits:

Eliot Brown (script)
Eliot Brown (art)
Digital Chameleon (colors)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment(s):

Diagram of the interior of several floors of D.E.O. Headquarters.

 


Sixth Story: [Lost Pages: Above Top Secret] (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Millar
PencilsMatthew Clark
InksTom Simmons
LetteringClem Robins
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMaureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Lex Luthor
unnamed D.E.O. accountant (first appearance; dies)

Synopsis:

A member of the D.E.O.'s accounts team is disturbed by the fact that the Department has been concocting plans to kill all the country's super-heroes, should it ever become necessary. He takes this informatio to Lex Luthor, but Luthor is well aware of it - he promises to give the information back to Director Bones, and has the mole killed.


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Feature:

"60 of the DCU"

(1 Pages)

Credits:

Matt Brady (script)
Adam DeKraker (pencils)
Rich Faber (inks)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment(s):

For no apparent reason, a DCU version of the 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' game.

 


Feature:

"Wildcat/Captain Marvel"

(1 Pages)

Credits:

Beau Smith (script)
Drew Johnson (pencils)
Rich Faber (inks)
Ken Lopez (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment(s):

The similarities and differences between Captain Marvel and Wildcat.

 


Feature:

"Timeline"

(2 Pages)

Credits:

Matt Brady (script)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment(s):

A timeline of events concerning those characters profiled in this issue.

 


Feature:

"Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Blue Valley High Yearbook"

(1 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)
Lee Moder (pencils)
Dan Davis (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment(s):

Courtney Whitmore's high school yearbook.

 


Feature:

"Profile Pages"

( Pages)

Credits:

Matt Brady and D. Curtis Johnson and Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and John Francis Moore and Geoff Johns and Keith Giffen and Alan Grant (script)
Tom Mandrake and John McCrea and Jackson "Butch" Guice and Dusty Abell and Norm Breyfogle (art)
J.H. Williams III and Peter Krause and Greg Luzniak and Paul Guinan and Sergio Cariello and Lee Moder and Georges Jeanty and Mike McKone and Dick Giordano (pencils)
Mick Gray and Jerry Ordway and Mark Propst and Steve Leialoha and Danny Miki and Dan Davis and Jason Martin and Mark McKenna and Bob Layton (inks)
Tom McCraw and Lee Loughridge (colors)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment(s):

Profile pages of the following characters, all except Chase colored by Tom McCraw
Chase by D. Curtis Johnson, J.H. Williams and Mick Gray, with colors by Lee Loughridge
Martian Manhunter by Matt Brady and Tom Mandrake
Hitman by Matt Brady and John McCrea
Resurrection Man by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning and Jackson "Butch" Guice
Captain Marvel by Matt Brady, Peter Krause and Jerry Ordway
Lobo by Matt Brady, Greg Luzniak and Mark Propst
Chronos by John Francis Moore, Paul Guinan and Steve Leialoha
Magical Heroes by Matt Brady and Dusty Abell
Wildcat by Matt Brady, Sergio Cariello and Danny Miki
Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. by Geoff Johns, Lee Moder and Dan Davis
Atom by Matt Brady, Georges Jeanty and Jason Martin
Vext by Keith Giffen, Mike McKone and Mark McKenna
Anarky by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle
The L.A.W. by Matt Brady, Dick Giordano and Bob Layton