Comic Title: Secret Origins #47
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1990
On Sale Date: December 19, 1989 Shipping Date December 19, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #174

Shipping Date December 19, 1989
Source: Previews, #10

Shipping Date December 21, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #12

Direct Market Date December 21, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #128, #129, #130

Copyright Date December 19, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "The Unique Properties of Condo Arlik"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Robert Loren Fleming
Penciller: Chris Sprouse
Inker: Alan Gordon
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tom J. McCraw

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Secret Origins #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Chemical King (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #61)
• Invisible Kid (during the training of Chemical King; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #31; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Secret Origins #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Secret Origins #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Secret Origins #42; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Dream Girl (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #35)
• Light Lass (last appearance in Secret Origins #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #29)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Secret Origins #42; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #29)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #32)
• Shadow Lass (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #29)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Secret Origins #42; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #30)
• Star Boy (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Timber Wolf (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #30)
• Wildfire (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #29)

Villain(s)

• Deregon (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Darvon Arlik and her husband (Condo's parents; no further appearances)
• Several chemists (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Chemical King (during his training; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59)

Comments:
This story takes place over a period of a number of years beginning with the birth of Condo Arlik. However, the story focuses on two major turning points. One in which Invisible Kid trains Condo and convinces him to join the Legion Academy. The second time period takes place following the death of Invisible Kid up until Chemical King's death.

Synopsis:
Condo Arlik was born with the ability to affect chemical reactions. When he was a baby scientists sought to teach him control of his powers lest they harm others. However, he grew up sheltered in a lab environment. When Condo reached his teenage years he met Invisible Kid, Lyle Norg. Lyle taught Condo to leave the lab, experience the real world, and how to use his powers. Condo was an early entrant in the Legion Academy and eventually joined the Legion itself.

Some time later after the death of Invisible Kid, Chemical King became despondent. Without his friend Condo was lost. He was thinking of quitting the Legion when a case came up involving Deregon. Condo sacrificed his own life to stop a bomb and save the rest of the Legion. A statue honoring the fallen Legionnaire was then placed next to that honoring his friend Invisible Kid.