Unofficial JSA Secret Files Index

JSA SECRET FILES #1

Cover Date: August 1999
Cover Price: $4.95

Cover Credits:
Pencils: Stephen Sadowski
Inks: Michael Bair
Colors: John Kalisz

Story: "Gathering Storms" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	James Robinson, David S. Goyer
Pencils	Scott Benefiel
Inks	Mark Probst
Lettering	Ken Lopez
Colors	John Kalisz
Editing	Maureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Justice Society of America:

Sandman (Wesley Dodds; last in flashback in Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason #5; dies)

Sentinel (last in ???; next in third story in this issue)

Flash I (last in Flash Vol. 2 #151; next in JSA #1)

Wildcat II (last in JLA #31; next in JSA #1)

Wonder Woman III (next in JSA #1)

Ted Knight (last in Starman Vol. 2 #61; next in JSA #1)

Guest Star(s):

Starman VII (next in JSA #1)

Hourman III (last in Hourman #2; next in JSA #1)

Atom Smasher II (Albert Rothstein; formerly known as Nuklon; last in JLA #1; next in JSA #1)

Sandy Hawkins (last in Armageddon: Inferno #4; next in JSA #1)

Hawkgirl II (Kendra Sanders; first appearance; Speed Saunders granddaughter and Shiera Hall's third cousin; next in JSA #2)

Black Canary II (last in Body Doubles #2; next in second story in this issue)

Star-Spangled Kid II (last in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #3; next in third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Pat Dugan (in between Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #3 and #4; behind the scenes)

Speed Saunders (next in JSA #1)

Villain(s):

Sportsmaster clones (first appearance; agents of The Council)

Mordru (last in ???; next in second story in this issue)

Synopsis:

Sandman and Speed Saunders rendezvous with the Gray Man in Tibet. They are given details of three unborn children, one of whom is destined to be the next incarnation of Doctor Fate. Saunders and the Gray Man will contact various people for help while Sandman remains. He is discovered by the Dark Lord, who attempts to gain the information about the fate child from him. In order to prevent this happening, the hero throws himself from the mountain.

The surviving members of the Justice Society - Sentinel, Flash, Wildcat and Hippolyta (the Golden Age Wonder Woman) - learn of the Sandman's death, and gather those heroes related to the Society for his funeral: the Star-Spangled Kid and Starman, the android Hourman, Nuklon (now going by the name of Atom Smasher) and Black Canary. Meanwhile, Kendra Saunders dons the wings of Hawkgirl for the first time, and Sanderson Hawkins awakes from an unusually disturbed sleep.

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Feature: "The Flash" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Aaron Lopresti (art)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Flash (Jay Garrick.)

Feature: "Hawkgirl" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Louis Small Jr. (pencils)

Michael Bair (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Hawkgirl (Kendra Sanders.)

Feature: "Starman VII" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

N. Steven Harris (pencils)

Jordi Ensign (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Starman (Jack Knight.)

Feature: "Wildcat" (1 Pages)

Credits:

Dwayne McDuffie (script)

Sergio Cariello (art)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Wildcat (Ted Grant.)

Feature: "Hourman" (1 Pages)

Credits:

Tom Peyer (script)

Roger Robinson (pencils)

Kevin Nowlan (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Hourman (Tyler.)

Feature: "Doctor Mid-Nite" (1 Pages)

Credits:

Dwayne McDuffie (script)

Temujin (art)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross.)

Feature: "Black Canary" (1 Pages)

Credits:

Dwayne McDuffie (script)

Scott Benefiel (pencils)

Jasen Rodriguez (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Black Canary (Dinah Lance.)

Feature: "Fate's Legacy" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Enrique Alcatena (art)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile entry for Fate's Legacy - Nabu, Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Doctor Fate (Linda Strauss) and Fate (Jared Stevens.)

Second Story: "Dead Ends" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Steven Grant
Art	Eddie Newell
Lettering	Janice Chiang
Colors	Gloria Vasquez
Editing	Maureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Black Canary II (next in JSA #1)

Fate (last in L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) #1; next in JSA #1)

Villain(s):

Mordru (next in JSA #1)

Synopsis:

Black Canary asks Fate to attend Wesley Dodds' funeral in honor of his predecessors as Doctor Fate. He is uninterested as he feels no connection to the Golden Age heroes, or to any others for that matter. He explains how he spends his time - finding and fighting demons - saying that this makes him different from the other heroes. Canary reluctantly agrees to let him do as he wishes.

The Dark Lord discovers Fate's location.

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Feature: "The Dark Lord" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Stephen Sadowski (pencils)

Michael Bair (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for The Dark Lord.

Feature: "Obsidian" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Alex Maleev (pencils)

Mick Gray (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Obsidian (Todd Rice.)

Feature: "JSA Timeline" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (script)

typset (letters)

Feature: "Sand" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Michael Bair (art)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Sand.

Feature: "Wonder Woman" (1 Pages)

Credits:

Phil Jimenez (script)

Frank Cho (pencils)

Wayne Faucher (inks)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Wonder Woman (Hippolyta.)

Feature: "Sentinel" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Darryl Banks (pencils)

Ray McCarthy (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Sentinel (Alan Scott.)

Third Story: "History 101" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ron Marz
Art	Chris Weston
Lettering	Janice Chiang
Colors	Tom McCraw
Editing	Maureen McTigue, Tony Bedard

Feature Character(s):

Sentinel (last in first story in this issue; next in JSA #1)

Star-Spangled Kid II (last in first story in this issue; next in JSA #1)

Synopsis:

Acting on a suggestion from Ted Knight, Sentinel shows the new Star-Spangled Kid various trophies from the Justice Society's long heroic career. She is generally disinterested until the subject of her predecessor comes up.

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Feature: "The Star-Spangled Kid" (1 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)

Jason Pearson (art)

Jason Pearson (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore.)

Feature: "Justice Society of America's Headquarters" (3 Pages)

Credits:

Elliot R. Brown (script)

Elliot R. Brown (art)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for the Justice Society of America's Headquarters.

Feature: "Atom Smasher" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Stephen Sadowski (pencils)

Michael Bair (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile entry for Atom Smasher.

Feature: "Extant" (1 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (script)

Eric Battle (pencils)

Danny Miki (inks)

Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Extant.

Feature: "Spectre" (1 Pages)

Credits:

John Ostrander (script)

Tom Mandrake (art)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Spectre (Jim Corrigan.)

Feature: "Mr. Terrific" (1 Pages)

Credits:

John Ostrander (script)

Grey (pencils)

Vince Russell (inks)

Carla Feeny (colors)

Comment(s):

This feature is a profile for Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt.)