Secret Origins #10

Dates

Cover date

January 1987

On sale

September 16, 1986

Pages

52

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #10 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.25 cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893176601 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition1.75 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.75 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893176601 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Legends

This is part 9 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Batman (1940) #401
2. Detective Comics (1937) #568
3. Legends (1986) #1
4. Legends (1986) #2
5. The Green Lantern Corps (1986) #207
6. Cosmic Boy (1986) #1
7. Justice League of America (1960) #258
8. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #55
9. Secret Origins (1986) #10
10. Cosmic Boy (1986) #2
11. Legends (1986) #3
12. Justice League of America (1960) #259
13. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #56
14. Blue Beetle (1986) #9
15. Warlord (1976) #114
16. Cosmic Boy (1986) #3
17. Legends (1986) #4
18. Justice League of America (1960) #260
19. Blue Beetle (1986) #10
20. Superman (1987) #3
21. Adventures of Superman (1987) #426
22. Warlord (1976) #115
23. Action Comics (1938) #586
24. Cosmic Boy (1986) #4
25. Legends (1986) #5
26. Justice League of America (1960) #261
27. Legends (1986) #6
28. Secret Origins (1986) #14
29. DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
30. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Tarry Till I Come Again · 10 pages

  The Phantom Stranger was originally the Wandering Jew in the time of Jesus Christ.

• ...And Men Shall Call Him Stranger · 10 pages

  In ancient times, the lone survivor of his town's destruction commits suicide, but is sent back to Earth by angels to aid others with no memories of his past.

• Revelations · 10 pages

  In the future, the Phantom Stranger tries to stop scientist from seeking the creation of the universe. When the universe is destroyed, the scientist becomes the Phantom Stranger at the beginning of creation.

• Footsteps · 10 pages

  The Phantom Stranger is a fallen, wingless angel.

Characters

Reprinted in

Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (2003), DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (2006), DC Universe by Alan Moore (2012), DC Universe by Alan Moore (2013)