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DC Comics   ยท   Released May 9th, 1973

Secret Origins #2

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Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Supergirl from Krypton!", script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl; She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning; reprinted from Action Comics #252. "SOS Green Lantern!", script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern; reprinted from Showcase #22. "Birth of the Atom!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; Scientist Palmer is experimenting with his reducer lens to try and reduce objects in size without blowing them up, all without success; However, when he, Jean and students are trapped in a cave-in, he decides to use the lens on himself and save the others before he is destroyed; He becomes a human atom; reprinted from Showcase #34.

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Page Count
36 pages
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$0.20
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Creators

Gardner Fox
Writer
Gardner Fox
Writer
John Broome
Writer
Otto Binder
Gil Kane
Penciller
Gil Kane
Artist
Al Plastino
Inker
Joe Giella
Inker
Murphy Anderson
Cover Artist
Nick Cardy

Collects/Reprints 3 Issues

  • Action Comics #252
    Action Comics #252
    Action Comics Vol. 1 (1938 - 2011)
    Superman - The Menace of Metallo!Through the years you have seen Superman locked in titanic battles with the most bizarre villains in history! But now he meets his newest foe... the most incredible and dangerous of them all... The Menace of Metallo!Congorilla...
  • Showcase #22
    Showcase #22
    Showcase Vol. 1 (1956 - 1978)
    Abin Sur lay dying in the desert next to his crashed ship. He uses the Power Battery to send the ring out to find help. The ring finds Hal Jordan, a test pilot, who is sitting in a trainer. The ring takes him to Abin Sur. He tells the story of how he...
  • Showcase #34
    Showcase #34
    Showcase Vol. 1 (1956 - 1978)
    When scientist Ray Palmer finds a dwarf star fragment, he creates lenses out of it to create a shrinking device. However, all of his tests finds that every object he shrinks with the lenses explodes after an hours work.One day while taking out his fiance...

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