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Secret Origins #40

DC · Series began 1986 · May 1989

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Dates

Cover date: May 1989
On sale: March 23, 1989
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #40 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

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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.

Publisher’s description

This issue is bananas! Featuring the secret origins of Gorilla Grodd, Congorilla and Detective Chimp!

Characters

Gorilla GroddCongo BillBobo T. ChimpanzeeDetective ChimpThe Congorilla

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