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SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #1
Cover Date: April 1986
Cover Price: $0.75
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jerry Ordway (signed)
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Credits:
Plot | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas |
Story | Roy Thomas |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Jerry Ordway |
Lettering | David Cody Weiss |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Editing | Roy Thomas |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- George Taylor of Earth-Two (editor of the Daily Star)
- Lois Lane of Earth-Two (a columnist and reporter for the Daily Star)
Villain(s):
- Bea Carroll (a murderess)
- Butch ( a gangster)
Other Character(s):
- Jor-L of Earth-Two (father of Kal-L; dies)
- Lara of Earth-Two (mother of Kal-L; dies)
- John Kent of Earth-Two (adoptive father of Kal-L/Clark Kent; dies)
- Mary Kent of Earth-Two (adoptive mother of Kal-L/Clark Kent; dies)
Comment(s):
- The sun that Krypton-Two orbits is called Nagus-12.
- This story is an entry in the Encylopedia Galactica (30th Century Edition).
- This story is a retelling of Action Comics #1-2 with new details.
- This story is no longer in continuity after the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
- Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis) should not be confused with Earth-2 (Post-Infinite Crisis).
- According to a newspaper headline, this story takes place late March, 1938.
- John and Mary Kent's birth dates are given as 1868 and 1865. Their date of death is 1938.
- This issue also contains a page of vinettes drawn by the 1940's Shuster Art Studio, including work by Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy, John Sikela, Ed Dobrotka and Leo Nowak.