Comic Title: Secret Origins #50
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1990
On Sale Date: June 19, 1990 Shipping Date June 19, 1990
Source: Previews, #16

Shipping Date June 19, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #180

Copyright Date June 19, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Shipping Date June 21, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #18

Direct Market Date June 21, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #150, 153, #155

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $3.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Michael Eury

Title: "The Glimpse"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)
Nightwing (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Artist: George Perez
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)
• Dick Grayson (age 10; last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tim Drake (last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)
• John and Mary Grayson (both die in this story; last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)

Villain(s)

• Anthony Zucco (last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)
• Zucco's henchman (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Haly (last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)
• Jumbolina (Mary Ann Carson; a circus fat lady; no further appearances)
• Magnificent Marco (Harry Winkler; an animal trainer; no further appearances)
• Billy Blessington (a roustabout; no further appearances)
• Marie (a fortune teller; no further appearances)
• Mystic Jimmu (Jimmy Kennedy; a circus magician; no further appearances)
• Janet Drake (last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Batman #436)
• The circus ringmaster and some clowns (no further appearances)

Comments:
This is a prose story with illustrations.

The story is a retelling of the murder of the Flying Grayson. These events were also shown in flashback on pages 5-6 of Secret Origins #13 and in detail in flashback in Batman #436. The story takes place the week of Halloween. Dick Grayson turned 10 years old the previous week.

Synopsis:
Young Dick Grayson prowls the circus grounds one evening while the show is stopped outside Gotham City. He overhears part of a conversation between circus owner Mr. Haly and a man named Zucco. The following day, Dick and his parents perform their trapeze act. The ropes snap while in motion causing John and Mary Grayson to plummet to their death. Dick is shocked and heartbroken. He then meets Batman.