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DC Comics   ·   Released Apr 1st, 1990

Secret Origins #48

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THE SECRT ORIGIN OF AMBUSH BUG - WE THOUGHT HIM UP!

The National Bureau of Origins has been assigned to learn the secret origin of Ambush Bug and sends some of their agents out to learn of the Bug's true origins, threatening Cheeks' safety to ensure co-operation. Ambush Bug tries to feed them the typical costume-from-outer-space-bitten-by-a-radioactive-spider origin from previous Ambush Bug stories, but they don't buy it.  In order to try and get Cheeks back, Ambush Bug tries to appeal to Lord Order and finds himself turned into a burned pile of flesh and bones. What follows are a series of completely false origin stories: How Ambush Bug saved his classroom from dinosaurs, to a futuristic city origin, to a origin similar to that of Batman -- the whole time Ambush Bug is nothing more than a pile of burnt flesh and bones. His soul arriving in heaven, Ambush Bug learns that Cheeks is not there and is summarily booted out.  Without a true origin story, Ambush Bug attempts to be put in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rip-off, however this fails as well and Ambush Bug is put back in his jail cell. As it turns out the head of the N.B.O. is Cheeks himself.

STANLEY AND HIS MONSTER

The Beast With No Name is banished by Lucifer to Earth for being "contaminated by goodness," where he befriends the young Stanley Dover and is allowed to live in his house by his parents (who assume the monster Stanley describes in an imaginary pet.)

THE BIRTH OF REX THE WONDER DOG

THE TRIGGER TWINS

Format
Comic
Page Count
48 pages
Cover Price
$1.75
Secret Origins #48
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Creators

Gil Kane
Creator
Gil Kane
John Broome
Creator
John Broome
Keith Giffen
Creator, Writer, Penciller
Keith Giffen
Robert Loren Fleming
Writer
Robert Loren Fleming
Gerard Jones
Writer
Gerard Jones
William Messner-Loebs
Writer
William Messner-Loebs
Phil Foglio
Writer, Penciller
Phil Foglio
Mark Waid
Writer, Editor
Mark Waid
Trevor Von Eeden
Artist
Trevor Von Eeden
Paris Cullins
Penciller
Paris Cullins
Inker
Gary Martin
Inker
Bob Lewis
Keith Wilson
Inker
Keith Wilson
Anthony Tollin
Colorist
Anthony Tollin
Tom Ziuko
Colorist
Tom Ziuko
Tom McCraw
Colorist
Tom McCraw
Colorist
Julianna Ferriter
Tim Harkins
Letterer
Tim Harkins
John Costanza
Letterer
John Costanza
John Workman
Letterer
John Workman
Kevin Maguire
Cover Artist
Kevin Maguire
Al Gordon
Cover Artist
Al Gordon
Editor
Michael Eury
Jenette Kahn
Editor-in-Chief
Jenette Kahn

Characters

Ambush Bug
Irwin Schwab
Ambush Bug
Prime Earth
Azazel
Azazel
Prime Earth
Beelzebub
Beelzebub
Prime Earth
Cheeks
Prime Earth
Danny Dennis
Prime Earth
Lucifer Morningstar
Samael
Lucifer Morningstar
Prime Earth
Mitchell Dover
Mitchell Dover
Prime Earth
Sheila Dover
Sheila Dover
Prime Earth
Spot
Beast With No Name
Spot
Prime Earth
Stanley Dover (& His Monster)
Stanley Dover (& His Monster)
Prime Earth
Vril Dox II
Vril Dox II
Prime Earth
Walt Trigger
Walt Trigger
Prime Earth
Wayne Trigger
Wayne Trigger
Prime Earth
Wonder Dog
Rex the Wonder Dog
Wonder Dog
Prime Earth

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  • DC Through the '80s: The Experiments HC
    DC Through the '80s: The Experiments HC
    DC Through the '80s

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