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SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #9
Cover Date: December 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Tom Grindberg
Inks: Pablo Marcos
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Credits:
| Plot | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas |
| Story | Roy Thomas |
| Pencils | Tom Grindberg |
| Inks | Mike Gustovich |
| Lettering | David Cody Weiss |
| Colors | Carl Gafford |
Feature Character(s):
- Skyman (during Infinity, Inc. #31, also in flashback to Star Spangled Comics #18/2 as the Star-Spangled Kid, origin retold with new details)
- Stripesy (in flashback to Star Spangled Comics #18/2; origin retold with new details)
Supporting Character(s):
- Infinity, Inc.:
- Brainwave Jr. (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Nuklon (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Jade (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Obsidian (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Northwind (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Doctor Midnight (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Wildcat III (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Hourman II (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
- Fury II (during Infinity, Inc. #31)
Villain(s):
- Heinrich (first appearance; in flashback)
- Fritz (first appearance; in flashback)
- other German Sabateurs (first appearance; in flashback)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Skyman's origin (as the Star-Spangled Kid) takes place July 4, 1941. His birthday is in late October, and nearly 19 in 1949, so he was 11 years old in 1941.
Credits:
| Plot | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas |
| Story | Roy Thomas |
| Pencils | George Tuska |
| Inks | Jerry Acerno |
| Lettering | David Cody Weiss |
| Colors | Carl Gafford |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash I (last in All-Star Squadron #60; relates origin to Jonathan Law in flashbacks in between panels of Flash Comics #1; see Comment)
Supporting Character(s):
- Joan Williams (in flashback; Jay's girlfriend; appears in flashback in Flash Comics #104 during this story; next in Flash Comics #2)
- Major Arthur Williams (in flashback; Joan's father; next in Flash Comics #3)
Villain(s):
- The Faultless Four :
- Sieur Satan (in flashback; next in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #3)
- Serge Orloff (a spy, dies in flashback)
- Smythe (a spy, dies in flashback)
- Duriel (a spy, dies in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- Coach Russell (one of Jay's football coaches; first and only appearance; in flashback)
- Professor Hughes (one of Jay's Professors; in flashback)
- Johnny (a doctor; first and only appearance; in flashback)
- Bull Tryon (the captain of the Midwestern University football team; in flashback)
- Tom Robert (a Midwestern University football player; first and only appearance; in flashback)
- Dash Dixon (a football quarterback; first and only appearance; in flashback)
- Carol (a friend of Joan's; first and only appearance; in flashback)
- Elliot Sherman (one of Jay's classmates; pull him to safety after finding him unconscious; behind the scenes; next in Flash Special #1)
Location(s):
- Midwestern University (in flashback)
Comment(s):
- The Flash's origin takes place in late 1938, during football season. Jay begins his Flash career during early 1939. It is warm enough for people to be at the beach. The narration takes place in April, 1942 for Jonathan Law's book about Mystery Men.
- The origin flashback in this story is a retelling of Flash Comics #1 with added details.