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Secret Origins Vol. 2 48

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #48

Cover Date: April 1990
Cover Price: $1.75

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Kevin Maguire
Inks: Al Gordon


Story: "The Secret Origin of Ambush Bug: We Thought Him Up!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

PlotKeith Giffen
StoryRobert Loren Fleming
PencilsKeith Giffen
InksBob Lewis
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTony Tollin
EditingMichael Eury

Feature Character(s):

Ambush Bug (last in Invasion! #3; dies and reincarnated; next in Ambush Bug Nothing Special #1)

Guest Star(s):

Vril Dox

Supporting Character(s):

Cheeks, the Toy Wonder (as the Director of National Bureau of Origins)

Other Character(s):

an unnamed Lord of Order (conned into killing Ambush Bug)


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Second Story: "Stanley and His Monster" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPhil Foglio
PencilsPhil Foglio
InksKeith Wilson
LetteringJohn Workman
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingMark Waid, Michael Eury

Feature Character(s):

Stanley Dover (a five year old child who finds The Monster, but no one believes him)
Stanley's Monster (sent to the earthly plane, his mother was a hellhound)

Supporting Character(s):

Sheila Dover (Stanley's mother)
Mitch Dover (Stanley's father)

Villain(s):

Azazel
Belial
Lucifer Morningstar


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Third Story: "The Birth of Rex The Wonder Dog" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerard Jones
PencilsParis Cullins
InksGary Martin
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingMark Waid, Michael Eury

Feature Character(s):

Rex the Wonder Dog (origin revealed)

Supporting Character(s):

Lieutenant Dennis (Danny's father)
Danny Dennis (Rex's owner)
Dr. Anabolus (first appearance; develops a Super-Soldier formula and then dies)

Villain(s):

a Nazi spy


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Fourth Story: "The Trigger Twins" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Messner-Loebs
ArtTrevor Von Eeden
LetteringTim Harkins
ColorsJulianna Ferriter
EditingMark Waid, Michael Eury

Feature Character(s):

Trigger Twins (Walt Trigger and Wayne Trigger; birth in 1839, youth and early life shown; both next in All-Star Western #58)

Supporting Character(s):

Linda (Walt's girlfriend)

Villain(s):

The Groton Gang (first appearance; gang of outlaws, Big Bill named)

Comment(s):

Their ancestral name, changed by their grandfather Egon, was Triegger.


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