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Secret Origins Vol. 2 39

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #39

Cover Date: April 1989
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Mike W. Kaluta


Story: "The Secret Origin of Man-Bat" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJan Strnad
ArtKevin Nowlan
LetteringKevin Nowlan
ColorsKevin Nowlan
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom; also in flashbacks to childhood [approximately one week before Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed and the night Bruce Wayne decides on the Batman identity]; next in Detective Comics #407)

Supporting Character(s):

Francine Langstrom (Kirk's fiancé; also in flashback to the night Bruce Wayne decides on the Batman identity; next in flashback in Detective Comics #407)

Villain(s):

Blackout Gang (first appearance; robbers at the Gotham Museum of Natural History)

Other Character(s):

Mr and Mrs Langstrom (first appearance; in flashbacks to Kirk's childhood)
Thomas Wayne (in flashback to one week before being murdered)
Martha Wayne (in flashback to one week before being murdered)
Alfred Pennyworth

Comment(s):

This story retells Detective Comics #400 and 402


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Second Story: "I Was The Man With The Animal Powers" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGrant Morrison
PencilsTom Grummett
InksDoug Hazlewood
LetteringJanice Chiang
ColorsHelen Vesik
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Animal Man (last in Justice League Europe #3; also in flashback to pre-Crisis origins in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #180 and #184; next in Animal Man #10)

Supporting Character(s):

Ellen Baker (in between Animal Man #9 and #10)
Maxine Baker (in between Animal Man #9 and #14)
Cliff Baker (in between Animal Man #9 and #14)
Skipper (last in Animal Man #8)

Other Character(s):

Yellow Aliens (last in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #184; discover that the Crisis has altered Buddy)


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