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Secret Origins Vol. 2 21

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #21

Cover Date: December 1987
Cover Price: $1.25

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Cover Credits:
Art: José Luis García-López


Story: "Requiem for a Gunfighter" (19 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMichael L. Fleisher
ArtGray Morrow
LetteringAgustin Mas
ColorsBob LeRose
EditingRobert Greenberger

Feature Character(s):

Jonah Hex (in flashbacks only; Young Jonah is given his first gun by his father, his father beats Jonah's mother and Jonah fights back; Jonah kills his Apache blood-brother and is scarred; Jonah kills a thug in a drunken stupor and is given his first bounty, which he throws in the street and walks away.)

Supporting Character(s):

Woodson Hex (in flashback)
Ginny Hex (in flashback)

Villain(s):

Mad-Dog Lucas McGill (first appearance; Hex's first paid kill)
Mr. Lewellyn (first appearance; a fanatical Old West collector, dies)
Lewellyn's two underlings (first appearance of both)

Other Character(s):

Professor Lawrence (first appearance; historian and author of Jonah Hex's biography)
Tall Bird (Jonah Hex's common-law wife; last in Jonah Hex Spectacular)
Nadine (first appearance; an actress)
Mr. Moskowitz (first appearance; a movie director)
Mr. Kastner (first appearance)

Location(s):

Cheyenne, WY
Gray Eagle Indian Reservation, WY
Laramie, WY:
Frontier City Amusement Park
Lombard, IL
Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University

Comment(s):

Among the American frontier memorabilia collected by Mr. Lewellyn is a Kiowa tomahawk wielded by Scalphunter (Ke-Woh-No-Tay).
The story is told in the modern day with many flashbacks, some detailed some brief, of Jonah Hex's life and death.
Tall Bird obliquely references Jonah Hex's foray into the post-apocalyptic world of Hex by confirming he disappeared in 1875.

Solicitation:

The corpse of Jonah Hex is discovered, and a college professor tracks down Hex's last wife, Tall Bird.


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Second Story: "The Secret Origin of The Black Condor" (15 Pages)

Credits:

PlotRoy Thomas, Dann Thomas
StoryRoy Thomas
ArtMurphy Anderson
LetteringJean Simek
ColorsCarl Gafford

Feature Character(s):

Black Condor I (Richard Grey; first chronological appearance; takes the identity of US Senator Thomas Wright; next in Crack Comics Vol. 1 #11; see Comment)

Supporting Character(s):

Dr. Henry Foster (first chronological appearance; Senator Wright's friend)

Villain(s):

Gali-Khan (first chronological appearance; a Mongolian warlord; dies)
Jasper Crow (first chronological appearance; behind the scenes; a unscrupulous businessman who has Senator Wright killed)

Other Character(s):

Richard Grey (first chronological appearance; The Black Condor's father; dies)
Anne Grey (first chronological appearance; The Black Condor's mother; dies)
Father Pierre (first chronological appearance; a hermit living in Mongolia; schools young Richard Grey into the ways of humankind; dies)

Comment(s):

This story takes place from the 1920s through early 1940. This story retells events from Crack Comics #1 and #10.

Solicitation:

Richard Grey Jr. is orphaned as a baby and taken in by a giant condor that brings him to its nest, where he learns how to fly!


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