Secret Origins Vol 2 45

"Citizen Jan": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Citizen Jan"
Cover
Secret Origins Vol 2 #45
October, 1989
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Murphy Anderson
Citizen Jan
Writers	Martin Pasko
Pencilers	Grant Miehm
Inkers	Terry Beatty
Letterers	Janice Chiang
Editors	Mark Waid Brian Augustyn
Folk Tales
Writers	Gerard Jones
Pencilers	Mike Parobeck
Inkers	John Nyberg
Letterers	Tim Harkins
Editors	Mark Waid Brian Augustyn
Previous Issue	Secret Origins Vol 2 # 44
Next Issue	Secret Origins Vol 2 # 46

Secret Origins (Volume 2) #45 is an issue of the series Secret Origins (Volume 2) with a cover date of October, 1989.

Appearing in "Citizen Jan"

Featured Characters:

• Janos Prohaska

Supporting Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre Blanc-Dumont
  • Boris Zinoviev (Flashback only)
  • Chuck Sirianni
  • Ian Holcomb-Baker (Flashback only)
  • Kazimierc "Zeg" Zegota-Januszajtis (Flashback only)
  • Olaf Friedriksen
  • Ritter Hendricksen
  • Stanislaus Drozdowski (Flashback only)
  • Weng "Chop-Chop" Chan

Villains:

• Shadrack Hightower (Flashback only)
• Wolfgang Teppel (Cameo) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• William Randolph Hearst
• Jozek Prohaska (Flashback only)
• Kazimiera Prohaska (Flashback only)
• Reba MacMahon (Final appearance)
• Stalin (In a photograph only)
• Wladyslaw Prohaska (Flashback only)

Locations:

• Poland
  • Krakow
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Moscow
• United States of America
  • California
    • Los Angeles
  • New York
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
• Washington, D.C.
  • Capitol Building

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• Grumman XF5F Skyrocket
• PZL P.50a Jastrzab
  

Appearing in "Folk Tales"

Featured Characters:

• El Diablo (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Austin Bowie (Flashback only)
• Chuy Salinas
• Father Francisco Guzman (Flashback only)
• Tommy Longstreet (Flashback only)

Villains:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• Andy Villareal (Dies in flashback)

Locations:

• Texas
  • Dos Rios
    • Taqueria Obregon

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  

Notes

• The events from "Citizen Jan" take place after the events of the three-issue 1988 Blackhawk limited series.

• Earliest chronological appearance of Janos Prohaska. Prohaska's origin as presented in this issue, differs greatly from the one originally presented in Military Comics #1.

• First Post-Crisis references to former Blackhawk pilots Boris Zinoviev, Ian Holcomb-Baker and Kazimierc "Zeg" Zegota-Januszajtis. In Golden Age continuity, these pilots were referred to only as Boris, Baker and Zeg. Baker made his first appearance in Military Comics #1. Boris and Zeg made their first appearance in Military Comics #2.

• In Golden Age continuity, Wolfgang Teppel was known as Captain Von Tepp.

Trivia

• The story title "Citizen Jan" is a reference to the 1941 Orson Welles film Citizen Kane. The movie was loosely based on the life of media magnate William Randolph Hearst. Ironically, Hearst makes a guest appearance in this issue.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Secret Origins series
• Images from Secret Origins Vol 2 45

Links and References

• Secret Origins series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Secret Origins series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Scale model of Blackhawk's PZL P.50a Jastrzab

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