Comic Title: Secret Origins Special #1
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: August 15, 1989 Shipping Date August 15, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #169

Shipping Date August 15, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 17, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Direct Market Date August 17, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112

Shipping Date August 15, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #167, Page 14

Copyright Date August 15, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Annually
Cover Price: $2.00
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "When Is a Door"
Pages: 10

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Penciller: Bernie E. Mireault
Inker: Matt Wagner
Colorist: Joe Matt

Reprinted In:
Batman:Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler TPB (1995)
Batman:Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?:The Deluxe Edition HC (2009)
Batman:Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? TPB (2010)
DC Universe by Neil Gaiman:The Deluxe Edition HC (2016)
DC Universe by Neil Gaiman TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Riddler (last appearance in Question #26; next appearance in Black Orchid #2)

Other Character(s)

• Steve Jones (last appearance in Secret Origins Special #1; next appearance in Secret Origins Special #1)
• Helene, Kathy, and Nat (last appearance in Secret Origins Special #1; next appearance in Secret Origins Special #1)

Comments:
The Riddler claims that his last name might be Nashton in this story.

Synopsis:
Steve Jones and his crew pay a visit to Finger Yard, a junk yard run by the Riddler. The yard is used to store giant props which used to be used around Gotham City in earlier decades. Now they, like the Riddler, are discarded and forgotten. The Riddler grants the visitors an interview filled with conundrums while playing with the giant, mostly broken props. At the conclusion of the interview, the guests leave with more questions than answers.