Dates
- Cover date
- May 1989
- On sale
- March 23, 1989
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #40 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931766605
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Creators
script: Mark Waid, Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, Tom Joyner, Andy Helfer, Dan Rasplerpencils: Bill Wray, Carmine Infantino, Fred Butler, Mark Badgerinks: Bill Wray, Mike DeCarlo, Keith Wilson, Mark Badgercolors: Bob LeRose, Shelley Eiber, Tatjana Wood, Robbie Buschletters: Agustin Más, Janice Chiang, John Costanza
Stories
- Gorillas in Our Midst: The Secret Origin of Gorilla City · Gorilla City · 19 pages
A retelling of the origin of Gorilla City, beginning with a space traveler who enhances the gorillas' intelligence and who dies by the actions of Grodd.
- The Legend of Congorilla · 10 pages
Retells the origin of Congo Bill receiving and first using the Congorilla ring, from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #248.
- IF U CN RD THS · 9 pages
Two aliens give a chimpanzee the power of human thought, and the chimpanzee solves a local murder mystery.
Characters
Gorilla GroddCongo BillBobo T. ChimpanzeeDetective ChimpThe Congorilla
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