Secret Origins#1

Cover: Dick Sprang & Jack Kirby & Gil Kane & Joe Certa & Lee Elias & Carmine Infantino & Ross Andru & Stan Kaye & Bernard Sachs & Joe Giella & Joe Kubert & Mike Esposito

Secret Origins #1

Name: Secret Origins #1
Brand: DC

Jul 1961 · DC · 0.25 USD

“The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team”

writer Jack Schiff · artist, inker Lee Elias · cover Dick Sprang, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Joe Certa, Lee Elias, Carmine Infantino, Ross Andru, Stan Kaye, Bernard Sachs, Joe Giella, Joe Kubert, Mike Esposito

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Cast · 40 characters

Full credits

writer Jack Schiff

artist, inker Lee Elias

cover pencils Dick Sprang

cover pencils, inks Jack Kirby

cover pencils Gil Kane

cover pencils, inks Joe Certa

cover pencils, inks Lee Elias

cover pencils Carmine Infantino

cover pencils Ross Andru

cover inks Stan Kaye

cover inks Bernard Sachs

cover inks Joe Giella

cover inks Joe Kubert

cover inks Mike Esposito

Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers

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Thrown off a cruise ship, Oliver Queen lands on a deserted Shore. Looking to survive, he fashions a crude bow and arrow to hunt food. Seeing an anchored freighter, he swims out only to find a mutiny in progress. Using trick arrows he subdues the mutiny. The captain asks who he is, he declares himself as Green Arrow and dedicates himself as a crime-fighter. Roy Harper, a young orphan, already an expert bowman, wants to become Green Arrow's junior partner. Green Arrow is reluctant at first, however when Roy helps him capture a gang fleeing robbers, G.A. realizes his value as a partner.

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