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Secret Origins Vol. 2 24

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #24

Cover Date: March 1988
Cover Price: $1.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Keith Wilson (signed)
Inks: Sam de la Rosa (signed)


Story: "The All-True, Previously Recorded, Publicly Known, Heretofore Fully Revealed Secret Origin of the Blue Devil" (19 Pages)

Credits:

PlotGary Cohn, Dan Mishkin
StoryGary Cohn, Dan Mishkin
ArtTy Templeton
LetteringStig
ColorsShelly Eiber
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Blue Devil (last in Booster Gold #10; next in War of the Gods #4)

Guest Star(s):

Cain (causes a videotape of Ile du Diable to relate the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of Blue Devil)

Supporting Character(s):

Marla Bloom (director of Ile du Diable)
Sharon Scott (female lead of Ile du Diable)
Wayne Tarrant (male lead of Ile du Diable)

Villain(s):

Nebiros (a demon; also in flashback to Blue Devil's origin)

Other Character(s):

Charlie (first appearance; a grip on a Hollywood movie set)
Jerry and his brother and sister (first appearance?)


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Second Story: "The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate" (19 Pages)

Credits:

PlotRoy Thomas, Dann Thomas
StoryRoy Thomas
PencilsMichael Bair
InksBob Downs
LetteringHelen Vesik
ColorsJulianna Ferriter
Associate editingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (first chronological appearance; origin related by Wotan; next in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Inza Cramer (first chronological appearance; a Columbia University student; next in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)

Villain(s):

Wotan (minor details of his origin related, narrator of story; next in More Fun Comics #71)

Other Character(s):

Sven Nelson (first chronological appearance; Kent's father, dies)
Nabu (last in flashback in Fate #17; next in More Fun Comics #96/3)
Thomas Frawley (first appearance; possessed by Wotan to attack Inza)

Comment(s):

As related in All-Star Squadron #44, Kent Nelson becomes Doctor Fate in 1940. Kent is aged to adult from age 12 by Nabu.


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