Comic Title: Secret Origins #38
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: March 1989
On Sale Date: January 24, 1989 Shipping Date January 24, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #12

Shipping Date January 26, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #156

Shipping Date January 26, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #1

Direct Market Date January 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #82

Copyright Date January 24, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date January 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #76, Page 3

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "The Kid That Couldn't Shoot Straight"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Speedy (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Elliot S. Maggin
Penciller: John Koch
Inker: John Nyberg
Letterer: Timothy Harkins
Colorist: Helen Vesik

Feature Character(s)

• Speedy (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #640; next appearance in New Titans #60)

Supporting Character(s)

• Green Arrow (in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #38; next appearance in Green Arrow:The Longbow Hunters #1)
• Lian Harper (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #639; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• A gang of crooks (in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Brave Bow (Roy's former guardian; no further appearances)
• Roy Harper, Sr. (Roy's father; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Speedy (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #13)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Black Canary (in flashback)
• Green Lantern (in flashback)
• Teen Titans (in flashback)
• Robin/Nightwing (in flashback)
• Wonder Girl (in flashback)
• Kid Flash (in flashback)
• Aqualad (in flashback)
• Beast Boy (in flashback)
• Bumblebee (in flashback)
• Cheshire (in flashback)

Comments:
This story retells the origin of Speedy.

Synopsis:
Roy Harper is the subject of a Newsmakers article. In an interview, Roy tells the story of his childhood. His father, Roy Sr., died while saving men from a fire on an indian reservation. The two-year-old Roy was then raised by Brave Bow, the indian whom his father had saved. While growing up on the reservation, Roy learned to shoot a bow and became an expert.

As a teen, Roy entered an archery competition hosted by Green Arrow. Roy's arrows were accidentally magnetized causing him to misfire. Despite his errors, Green Arrow took Roy in as his ward because Brave Bow was dying. Roy became Speedy.

After sharing many adventures together with Green Arrow, Roy was left on his own while Ollie crossed the country with Green Lantern and Black Canary. During this time, Roy became a drug addict. He eventually got clean. Then he met and fell in love with the villain Cheshire. Together they conceived a baby, Lian, whom Roy now raises alone.