Secret Origins (2nd Series)

    (DC, 1973-1974)
™ and ©1988 DC Comics, Inc.

This short-lived series reprinted origin stories for DC’s most popular and enduring super-heroes, including Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman.

Although many of the super-heroes had already, by the mid-seventies, had a variety of origin stories, this series always reprinted the “secret” origin story for a character, rather than the current, or most popular one. Readers may have been delighted at being able to enjoy the first origins of their heroes, or may have been dismayed at the sketchy quality of comic book art for early issues. If so, these qualms seem to have been addressed in 1986 when DC launched its expanded second series of Secret Origins.
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#1

March, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
12 copies available from $9.00 		Robert Kanigher, E. Nelson Bridwell, Jerry SiegelJoe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Joe Shuster
#2

May, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $2.99 		Otto Binder, John Broome, Gardner FoxAl Plastino, Gil Kane
#3

August, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
4 copies available from $4.98 		William Moulton Marston, Bill FingerHarry G. Peter, Irwin Hasen
#4

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $4.50 		Mort Weisinger, Otto BinderMort Meskin, Sheldon Moldoff
#5

December, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
11 copies available from $4.32 		Jerry SiegelBernard Baily
#6

February, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
6 copies available from $2.13 		E. Nelson Bridwell, Will EisnerPete Costanza, Chuck Cuidera
#7

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
4 copies available from $2.14 		Bill Finger, Mort WeisingerBob Kane, Paul Norris