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Secret Origins#1
Cover: Jerry Ordway & Wayne Boring
Secret Origins #1
“The Secret Origin of the Golden-Age Superman”
writer Roy Thomas · artist Wayne Boring · inker Jerry Ordway · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer David Cody Weiss · cover Jerry Ordway, Wayne Boring
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Full credits
writer Roy Thomas
artist Wayne Boring
inker Jerry Ordway
colorist Gene D'Angelo
letterer David Cody Weiss
cover pencils, inks Jerry Ordway
cover pencils Wayne Boring
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Rocketed to Earth-Two from the exploding planet Krypton, Kal-L grows up to become Superman. He makes his public debut in 1938, trying to prevent the execution of an innocent woman.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).