Comic Title: Secret Origins #22
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: January 1988
On Sale Date: September 22, 1987 Shipping Date September 22, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #44

Shipping Date September 22, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #125

Shipping Date September 22, 1987
Source: Capital City Distributors, Orderpak September 1987

Newsstand Date October 13, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #125

Copyright Date September 22, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: (No Man Escapes the Manhunters)
Pages: 38

Crossover Event:
Millennium

Writer: Roy Thomas
Writer: Danette Thomas
Artist: Howard Simpson
Inker: Robert Downs
Inker: Damon Willis
Letterer: Jean Simek (Izzo)
Colorist: Shelly Eiber

Feature Character(s)

• Manhunters (last appearance in Action Comics #595; next appearance in Millennium #1)
• Manhunter (Dan Richards; in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Young All-Stars #8)
• Manhunter (Paul Kirk; in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Young All-Stars #3)
• Manhunter (Mark Shaw; in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Suicide Squad #8)

Villain(s)

• Grandmaster (last appearance in Young All-Stars #8; next appearance in Millennium #1)
• Rocket Red #7 (last appearance in Justice League International #8; next appearance in Millennium #1)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Action Comics #595; next appearance in Millennium #1)
• Dirk Davis (last appearance in Booster Gold #23; next appearance in Millennium #1)
• Pan (last appearance in Wonder Woman #7; next appearance in Wonder Woman #10)
• Smith (last appearance in Green Lantern Corps #217; next appearance in Millennium #1)
• An Atlantean Manhunter (next appearance in Millennium #1)
• Thor (Dan Hunter's dog; revealed to be a Manhunter; next appearance in Young All-Stars #8)
• Johnny and his gang (a gang of criminals; in flashback; no further appearances)
• The Buzzard (a costumed villain; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Donavan (a police inspector; revealed as a Manhunter agent; in flashback; no further appearances)
• The Chopper (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Bradford Shaw (Mark Shaw's uncle; a Manhunter agent; in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gloria (Paul Kirk's girlfriend; in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Manhunters (earliest chronological appearance; origin revealed; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #436)
• Grandmaster (during World War II; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Young All-Stars #8)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Guardians of the Universe (in flashback)
• Krona (in flashback)
• Green Lantern (Alan Scott; in flashback)
• William the Conqueror (in flashback)
• Napoleon (in flashback)
• Adolf Hitler (in flashback)
• Harlequin (in flashback)
• Justice League (in flashback)
• Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; in flashback)
• Batman (in flashback)
• Superman (in flashback)
• Green Arrow (in flashback)
• Black Canary (in flashback)
• Flash (Barry Allen; in flashback)
• Red Tornado (in flashback)
• Elongated Man (in flashback)
• Aquaman (in flashback)
• Hawkman (in flashback)
• Hawkgirl (in flashback)
• Overthrow (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Helga Jace (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Chief Ferguson (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Rudolph West (depicted as a Manhunter agent; first name given as Robert in this story)
• Miss Hunter (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Mary Frances Cassidy (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Commissioner Gordon's Manhunter replacement (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Harlequin (as Marcie Cooper; depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Harry Hadley (depicted as a Manhunter agent)
• Captain Atom (in flashback)
• Northwind (in flashback)

Comments:
This issue is labeled:"Millennium Week 2".

Chapter II:"Revolt and Exile"
Chapter III:"Dan Richards, Manhunter"
Chapter IV:"Paul Kirk, Manhunter"
Chapter V:"Mark Shaw, Manhunter"
Chapter VI:"Rebirth -- and Revenge"

The Manhunter meeting depicted in the framing sequence of this story occurs immediately before Millennium #1.

Synopsis:
The Grandmaster holds a secret meeting of the Manhunters. Several of the sleeper agents placed in the lives of Earth's super heroes are present. The Grandmaster explains how the original Manhunters were created by the Guardians of the Universe. They later rebelled, but the rebellion was defeated. The Manhunters were separated and exiled.

Slowly the Manhunter began meeting again and eventually discovered Earth. Over the next 1000 years, the Manhunters began planting sleeper agents across the globe. During the 1940s, they became aware of Alan Scott, Earth's first Green Lantern. This caused them to launch new plots including influencing two men, Dan Richards and Paul Kirk, to become heroes named Manhunter.

Decades later, Hal Jordan became the first Green Lantern on Earth directly answerable to the Guardians, the enemies of the Manhunters. A third Manhunter, Mark Shaw, briefly encountered this Green Lantern and the Justice League and brought awareness of the Manhunter presence on Earth to the Guardians.

Now with the Guardians advancing their plans for the Millennium Project on Earth, the Manhunter sleeper agents have become active. The Manhunters dedicate themselves to stopping the Guardians plan.