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Secret Origins

#31

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October 1988 · 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP · 52 pages

On sale 1988-06-30

Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority


Synopsis

This is a post-Crisis retelling of the JSA's origin, omitting the Earth-2 Batman and Superman appearances from the story itself. Although Batman was easily eliminated, Superman wasn't, because of his last minute rescue of FDR from the Valkyries' attack pre-Crisis. As a result, FDR was killed, but the Spectre was able to return him to life with the stipulation that FDR wouldn't live long enough to see the end of World War 2, known only to the Spectre himself. Things returned to normal, with nobody the wiser of FDR's "death" save one.

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Credits

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Michael Bair
Inks
Michael Bair, Bob Downs
Colours
Carl Gafford
Letters
Jean Simek
Editor
Mark Waid

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