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Secret Origins Vol. 2 15

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #15

Cover Date: June 1987
Cover Price: $1.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ed Hannigan
Inks: Dick Giordano


Story: "Death Like a Crown" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAndy Helfer
PencilsKevin Maguire
InksDick Giordano
LetteringBob Lappan
ColorsAdrienne Roy
EditingRobert Greenberger

Feature Character(s):

Deadman (chronologically earliest appearance; in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #205 in between pages; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #205; dies)

Supporting Character(s):

Rama Kushna (last in flashback in Deadman Vol. 2 #2; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #205)
Vashnu (a mystic; last in flashback in Deadman Vol. 2 #3; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #205 in between pages; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #209)
Maxwell Loomis (a circus roustabout and former private eye; last in flashback in Deadman Vol. 2 #3; next in Deadman Vol. 2 #2)
Taj-Ze (Guardian of the Temple of Rama Kushna; last in flashback in Deadman Vol. 2 #3; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #216)
Lorna Hill (Brand's girlfriend; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #205)
Tiny (the Hill Family Circus strongman; in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #205 in between pages; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #206)

Villain(s):

Joshua (last in flashback in Deadman Vol. 2 #2; possessing The Sensei; next in Deadman Vol. 2 #1)
Hook (Matson; an assassin for the League of Assassins; chronologically earliest appearance; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #210)
Sensei (last in flashback in Deadman Vol. 2 #2; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #215)

Other Character(s):

Lotus (chronological earliest appearance; Loomis' girlfriend; next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #216)
Kane (first appearance; a presidential candidate)
Members of the Hills Brothers Circus (some next in Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #206)


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Second Story: "The Secret Origin of the Spectre" (22 Pages)

Credits:

PlotRoy Thomas, Dann Thomas
StoryRoy Thomas
ArtMichael Gilbert
LetteringAgustin Mas
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingRobert Greenberger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre

Supporting Character(s):

Clarice Winston (Jim Corrigan's fiancée)
Voice (believed to be God)

Villain(s):

Louie Snipe (a stoolie; next in Spectre Vol. 3 #1)
Gat Benson (a mobster; dies)
Swami Rhami (a charlatan; dies)

Other Character(s):

Mrs. Winston (Clarice's mother)
Mrs. Lonnigan (first appearance; Jim Corrigan's landlady)

Comment(s):

This story is a retelling of the Spectre origin story from More Fun Comics #52-#54 with altered and added details. Mrs. Lonnigan did not appear in the original story.
This version of the Spectre's origin is no longer in continuity. Another version was told in Spectre Vol. 3 #3- #4.


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