Secret Origins #40 Direct ed. - back issue - $3.00
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.
Retells the origin of Congo Bill receiving and first using the Congorilla ring, from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #248.
Two aliens give a chimpanzee the power of human thought, and the chimpanzee solves a local murder mystery.
Includes 4 explanatory articles: Secrets Behind The Goofy Cover; Secrets Behind The Origins Gorilla City; Secrets Behind The Origins Congorilla; Secrets Behind The Origins Detective Chimp.
- 3 Apes 3 - Cover art credits given on the letters page.
- The Legend of Congorilla - A darker slant to the Congorilla character.
- IF U CN RD THS - A humorous approach to why Detective Chimp was so intelligent.
- - Letters from: Mark Lucas; Charles J. Sperling. Also includes information on the next 3 issues of Secret Origins.
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