Talk:Legion Publication History/Series/Secret Origins

Re: v1/v2

Know nothing about this, but noticing Mgrabois' v2-->v1 change, if the series that Craigopher had listed as v2 is actually v1, IS there a v2? (Similarly, Gopher, what do/did you have down as v1?) - Reboot (SoM) talk page 01:47, 27 September 2006 (PDT)

• Secret Origins v1 #1 was published in 1961. There was only one issue of 80 pages, so it wasn't really a series. In 1998, DC released a replica edition of the same magazine. Overstreet lists another issue with it, but that had Even More Secret Origins on the cover and was really #8 of the Eighty Page Giant series.
• Secret Origins v2 #1 was published in 1973, and there were a total of seven issues in the series, of which the issue we're discussing is #6 published in 1974. This series used the same logo as the issue in 1961, but since it started with a new #1, you need the v2 to distinguish between them.
• Secret Origins v3 #1 was published in 1986. It was followed by another 49 issues through 1990. This series also had a few Annuals and a Special. It used a different logo than the other two series.

Given the various details involved, the version numbers can be debated. However, since there are three different #1's, to me it seems that my original numbering is correct. I really don't care what we call it, as its the only issue #6 that has anything to do with the Legion. There are Legion stories in the v3 series, but none of them are #6. --Gopher 05:15, 27 September 2006 (PDT)

Crap. I thought that original issue was officially titled "Secret Origins 80-Page Giant" or was an issue of the "80-Page Giant" series, but my personal official arbiter (Overstreet) says otherwise. The GCD is down at the moment but I'm sure they'd say the same thing. In my own comics tracking database I have the 1973 series as v1, that must be why I entered it here. I'll revert the changes. Dang. -- Omnicom 09:03, 27 September 2006 (PDT)

Indicia of v1

Saw a water-damaged copy of this on sale for 20p when I dropped into the comic shop while Xmas shopping the other day. As the bottom front isn't affected, I belatedly picked it up to try and settle this.

The indicia reads, and I quote:

© Superman, Inc., 1961

If need be, I can scan this.

I'd go with the cover "DC presents Secret Origins". - Reboot (SoM) talk page 07:07, 26 December 2006 (PST)

The 1961 #1 wont be in the Wiki, since it has no Legion content (that I am aware of, you would now be a better judge of that than me), so basically it just means switching what we currently call v2/v3 to v1/v2. This agrees with a couple of sources and disagrees with a couple of others, so there's going to be confusion whichever path we choose. I'll take care of re-naming them within the LPH (probably tomorrow). --Gopher 07:47, 26 December 2006 (PST)

Well, turns out I was right after all but for the wrong reason, from your perspective, when I renamed this. I would still have called the 1961 issue "volume 1" (or "1st series") as Overstreet and the GCD [1] do. So are you renaming the 1973 series as v1 and the 1986 series as v2? -- Omnicom 23:36, 27 December 2006 (PST)