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Secret Origins Vol. 2 43

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #43

Cover Date: August 1989
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Dick Giordano
Inks: Karl Kesel


Story: "Bonds" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBarbara Kesel, Karl Kesel
PencilsTrevor Von Eeden, John Koch
InksIan Akin, Brian Garvey
LetteringJanice Chiang
ColorsHelen Vesik
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Hawk I (in flashbacks)
Dove (in flashbacks; dies)
Dove II (in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Judge Irwin Hall (in flashbacks)

Villain(s):

Barter (in between Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #2 and #5; acquires information about Hawk and Dove)
Dargo (a gangster; in flashback)
Merino (first appearance; one of Dargo's thugs; probably in flashbacks)
Child (in between Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #2 and #14; deals with Barter to retrieve a Flaw fragment)

Other Character(s):

Terataya (first appearance; a Lord of Order; also in flashbacks; next in Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #16)
T'Charr (first appearance; a Lord of Chaos; also in flashbacks; next in Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #16)


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Second Story: "Adventures Inside Earth" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBob Wayne
ArtTimothy Truman
LetteringTim Harkins
ColorsHelen Vesik
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Cave Carson's Crew:
Cave Carson (in flashback preceding Brave and the Bold #31; sometime the late 1950s and the development of the Mighty Mole and the Time Platform)
Christie Madison (in flashback preceding Brave and the Bold #31)
Bulldozer Smith (in flashback preceding Brave and the Bold #31)
Johnny Blake (appears previous to flashback in Showcase #49; narrator of the story at some point in the future after JSA #64; see Comments)

Villain(s):

Nazis

Other Character(s):

Lena the Lemur (Smith's pet Lemur; also appears in the "present")

Comment(s):

This story is narrated by Johnny Blake at some point in the future as he is old and infirm in the present-day portions (along with Lena).


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Third Story: "The Saga of Chris KL-99" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoey Cavalieri
ArtJohn Workman
LetteringJohn Workman
ColorsBob LeRose
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Chris KL-99 (Christopher Columbus Ambler, the first human child born in space in the near future)

Other Character(s):

Jon ST-94 / Mr. Ambler (first appearance; Chris' father)
Mrs. Ambler (first appearance; Chris' mother)
The K'L (first appearance; the last 98 members of their race; all die)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the near? future.


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