Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of December, 1999.
Synopsis for Sinestro: "Random Choice"
Appearing in Sinestro: "Random Choice"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Green Lantern Corps (Flashback only)
- Kilowog (Flashback only)
- Prohl Gosgotha (Dies in flashback)
- Tomar-Re (Flashback only)
- Guardians of the Universe (Mentioned only)
- Ganthet (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- A Weaponer of Qward (Dies in flashback)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Korugar (Flashback only)
- Antimatter Universe (Mentioned only)
- Qward (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
- Qwa-Bolts (Flashback only)
- Yellow Power Ring (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Tartarus: "The Rise of Tartarus"
Appearing in Tartarus: "The Rise of Tartarus"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Tartarus (First appearance)
- Cheshire
- Gorilla Grodd (Flashback and main story)
- Lady Vic
- Red Panzer III (Origin)
- Siren (Origin)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Abra Kadabra (Mentioned only)
- D.E.O. (Mentioned only)
- Green Arrow (Mentioned only)
- The Joker (Mentioned only)
- Lian Harper (Cameo)
- Mirror Master (Mentioned only)
- Omen
- Red Panzer I (Mentioned only)
- Red Panzer II (Mentioned only)
- Titans of Myth (Mentioned only)
- The Trickster (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Africa (Flashback and main story)
- Bight of Benin (Mentioned only)
- Qurac (Mentioned only)
- Scotland
- Tartarus (realm) (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Echo: "Echoes Past"
Appearing in Echo: "Echoes Past"
Featured Characters:
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Fawn (Dies)
- Lindsey (Dies)
- Sir Donald (Dies)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Echo (Origin)
Other Characters:
- Batman (On a TV or computer screen)
Locations:
- Afghanistan (On a TV or computer screen)
- Prague (Mentioned only)
- Vienna (Mentioned only)
- Russia (On a TV or computer screen)
- United States of America (On a TV or computer screen)
- Gotham City (On a TV or computer screen)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Encantadora: "Dreams in Smoke"
Appearing in Encantadora: "Dreams in Smoke"
Featured Characters:
- La Encantadora (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Boom-Boom Moretti
- Boom-Boom Moretti's family
- Doomsday (Appears only as a toy in this story)
- Superman (Appears only on a poster, action figures and other merchandise in this story)
- Victor Lucero (First appearance)
Locations:
- Bludhaven
- Metropolis (Mentioned only)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Granny Goodness: "Goodness and Mercy"
Appearing in Granny Goodness: "Goodness and Mercy"
Featured Characters:
- Granny Goodness (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Johnny Sorrow: "Sorrow Ever More!"
Appearing in Johnny Sorrow: "Sorrow Ever More!"
Featured Characters:
- Johnny Sorrow (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Icicle II (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Antagonists:
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- The Flash (Wally West) (Mentioned only)
- Icicle I (Flashback only)
- Justice Society of America (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Gotham City (Flashback only)
- Gotham River (Flashback only)
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- The Slab
Items:
- Icicle's Cold Gun (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Amazo: "Original Sin: The Secret Origin of Amazo!"
Appearing in Amazo: "Original Sin: The Secret Origin of Amazo!"
Featured Characters:
- Amazo (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Hourman (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Justice League of America (Flashback only)
- Aquaman (Flashback only)
- Black Canary (Flashback only)
- The Flash (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern (Flashback only)
- Martian Manhunter (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Helmut Schultz (A professional beach volleyball player who provided the template for Amazo's body) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
- Ice (Mentioned only)
- Leo Ives (Professor Ivo's father) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
- Michael Jordan (Mentioned only)
- Professor Ivo (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Locations:
- 853rd Century (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
Notes
- "Goodness and Mercy" was reprinted in Orion: The Gates of Apokolips and Orion by Walter Simonson Omnibus.
- "Sorrow Ever More!" was reprinted in JSA Omnibus Vol. 1. Johnny Sorrow appears here for the first time, though he was first mentioned years earlier in Starman (Volume 2) #8 by James Robinson.
- The Tartarus story is told in chapters and interspersed between other stories in this comic.
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