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Secret Origins Vol. 2 35

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #35

Cover Date: Holiday 1988
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jerry Ordway
Inks: Ty Templeton


Story: "From the Depths" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Jurgens
PencilsDan Jurgens
InksTim Dzon
LetteringAgustin Mas
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Booster Gold (last in Justice League International Vol. 1 #21; relates origin to Blue Beetle; next in Flash Vol. 2 #21)

Guest Star(s):

Blue Beetle II (in between Justice League International Vol. 1 #21 and #22)

Supporting Character(s):

Skeets (in flashback)

Villain(s):

Snake Eyes (Booster's bookie in the 25th Century; in flashbacks)

Other Character(s):

Ellen Carter (Booster's mother; in flashbacks)
Michelle Carter (in flashbacks)
Martian Manhunter (last in Justice League International Vol. 1 #21; puts an end to another merchandising scheme by Booster)

Comment(s):

Booster attends Gotham University in the 25th Century.


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Second Story: [Martian Manhunter] (3 Pages)

Credits:

PlotMark Verheiden, Ken Steacy
StoryMark Verheiden
ArtKen Steacy
Letteringtypeset
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter (origins related in flashbacks; see Comments; next in Cosmic Odyssey #1)

Villain(s):

kidnappers (first appearance; in flashback only)

Other Character(s):

unnamed patrolman (first appearance; co-worker of John Jones identity)
Dr. Saul Erdel (in flashbacks; dies)

Comment(s):

Now a retired policeman, the Martian Manhunter frees the mental blocks of his co-worker.
Remembering that John Jones had died in 1968 has been retconned.

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes (1989)


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Third Story: "Climbing Back Out" (8 Pages)

Credits:

PlotKeith Giffen
StoryRobert Loren Fleming
ArtEduardo Barreto
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingMark Waid

Feature Character(s):

Maxwell Lord (life story and origin related to Oberon)

Supporting Character(s):

Oberon

Villain(s):

Metron's computer (destroyed in flashback)
Miss Wootenhoofer (Max Lord's executive secretary; also a Manhunter sleeper agent, dies in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Justice League (formation of second team in flashbacks)


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