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SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #40
Cover Date: May 1989
Cover Price: $1.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Bill Wray
Colors: Bob LeRose
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates, Greg Weisman |
| Art | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Mike DeCarlo |
| Lettering | Agustin Mas |
| Colors | Shelly Eiber |
| Editing | Mark Waid |
Feature Character(s):
- King Solovar (first chronological appearance?; ruler of Gorilla City; in flashback only; see Comments)
Villain(s):
- Gorilla Grodd (first chronological appearance?; in flashback only; see Comments)
Other Character(s):
- Kios (first appearance?; King Solovar's assistant; in flashback only)
- Sir Albert Wesley (first appearance; an explorer who finds Gorilla City in 1873)
- Hughes (first appearance; Sir Wesley's assistant; dies in flashback)
- Mr. Barwick (first appearance; a reporter in London, 1873)
- Mentor (first appearance; an alien whose stardrive advances the group of gorillas into highly advanced thinkers; dies in flashback in 1873)
Comment(s):
- The starship crashlands in Africa in 1862.
- It is not known if the other origin story for Gorilla City in DC Super-Stars #14 is still in continuity; if not, then these are the first chronological appearances for the above characters.
Credits:
| Story | Tom Joyner |
| Art | Fred Butler, Kez Wilson |
| Lettering | Janice Chiang |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Editing | Mark Waid |
Feature Character(s):
- Congorilla (Congo Bill; begins using the Congorilla ring; next Action Comics #249)
Supporting Character(s):
- the Golden Gorilla (last in Action Comics #224; begins switching minds with Congo Bill: next in Action Comics #249)
Villain(s):
- N'solo (first appearance; a leftist guerilla fighter and Kawolo's nephew)
Other Character(s):
- Doc Krueger (first appearance; jungle missionary and doctor)
- Kawolo (first chronological appearance; gives the Golden Gorilla Ring to Congo Bill)
Comment(s):
- Story loosely adapted from Action Comics #248.
- This story takes place in June, 1958.
Credits:
| Story | Grant Morrison |
| Pencils | Tom Grummett |
| Inks | Doug Hazlewood |
| Lettering | Janice Chiang |
| Colors | Helen Vesik |
| Editing | Mark Waid |
Feature Character(s):
- Bobo (first chronological appearance; a chimpanzee who is given increased intelligence by two aliens; next in Rex the Wonder Dog #4/2)
Villain(s):
- Randolph (first appearance; tries to kill the Professor to take his job)
Other Character(s):
- Y-Nad and K-Ram (first appearance; two alien scientists who try to increase the intelligence of "lower animals")
- Professor Gus (first chronological appearance; anthropologist who takes the newly-intellectualized Bobo back to America)