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Secret Origins Special 1

SECRET ORIGINS SPECIAL #1

Cover Date: 1989
Cover Price: $2.00

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)


Story: "Original Sins" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
PencilsMike Hoffman
InksKevin Nowlan
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Other Character(s):

Steve Jones (first appearance; a muck-raking sensationalist talk-show host; dies)
Nat, Kathy and Helene (Steve Jones' assistants; first appearance for all three)
Nehemiah "Knuckles" O'Rourke (first appearance; Penguin's former muscle)

Comment(s):

This story is a framing sequence for all the stories in this issue.


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Second Story: "The Killing Peck" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlan Grant
ArtSam Kieth
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Penguin (also in flashbacks to his origin)
Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Other Character(s):

Nehemiah "Knuckles" O'Rourke (narrator of this story to Steve Jones; Penguin's muscle; next in the first story in this issue)
"Sharkey" (first appearance; a criminal who tormented Penguin as a youth)


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Third Story: "When is a Door" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
PencilsBernie Mireault (as BEM)
InksMatt Wagner
LetteringBernie Mireault
ColorsJoe Matt
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Riddler (last in Black Orchid #2; next in Batman: Riddler - The Riddle Factory)

Other Character(s):

Steve Jones,Nat, Kathy and Helene (interview Eddie Nigma)


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Fourth Story: [no title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Verheiden
PencilsPat Broderick
InksDick Giordano
LetteringAgustin Mas
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Two-Face (also in flashbacks)
Gilda Dent (called Grace in this story; also in flashback)

Villain(s):

Perry Dalton (first appearance; in flashback only)

Other Character(s):

Steve Jones,Nat, Kathy and Helene (interview Gilda Dent)

Comment(s):

This story takes place eight years after Dent becomes Two-Face.


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