Price: 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1986-12-16
Editing: Roy Thomas (editor); Robert Greenberger (editor)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #35.

The Secret Origin of Nightwing

Nightwing / comic story / 20 pages


Indexer Notes

Takes place during The New Teen Titans (DC, 1984 series) #16 - #19 (reprinted in Tales of the Teen Titans (DC, 1984 series) #75 - #78).

Klein credit from the artist.

The Secret Origin of the Whip

The Whip / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mike Gustovich (credited)
Inks:
Mike Gustovich (credited)
Colors:
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters:
Agustin Más (credited)
Editing:
Roy Thomas (credited) (creative editor)
Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger) (coordinating editor)

  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Diablo (The Whip's horse, named King in the original stories); Padre Demo; Sheriff Todd
Synopsis:
Rodrigo Gaynor stops off in the town of Seguro, New Mexico where he learns of ranchers' plans to lynch a thief in the jail. He dons the uniform of The Whip, who had protected the poor in the previous century, and prevents the injustice.

The Secret Origin of Johnny Thunder

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils:
Mike Clark (credited)
Inks:
Dave Hunt (credited)
Colors:
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters:
Agustin Más (credited)
Editing:
Roy Thomas (credited) (creative editor)
Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger) (coordinating editor)

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain Cosher; Mr. Gimple
Synopsis:
Johnny Thunder is kidnapped as a baby and taken to Bahdnisia and given the power to control the Thunderbolt, but he escapes and returns to New York before he knows the magic word to activate his powers.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Liberally adapted from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1.

[no title indexed]

Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages


  • Job Number:L-2639

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chris Khalaf, Charles D. Brown, Daniel Smith, and G.A. Olinger.

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