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SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #21
Cover Date: December 1987
Cover Price: $1.25
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Cover Credits:
Art: José Luis García-López
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Credits:
Story | Michael L. Fleisher |
Art | Gray Morrow |
Lettering | Agustin Mas |
Colors | Bob LeRose |
Editing | Robert 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.
Credits:
Plot | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas |
Story | Roy Thomas |
Art | Murphy Anderson |
Lettering | Jean Simek |
Colors | Carl 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!