No man escapes the Manhunters! 
Secret Origins (Volume 2) #22 is an issue of the series Secret Origins (Volume 2) with a cover date of January, 1988.
Synopsis for "No Man Escapes the Manhunters!"
The Manhunters gather for a meeting that brings together both the androids and their sleeper agents. The Grandmaster stands before them and orates the full history of their order, beginning with their creation at the hands of the Guardians of the Universe. Eventually, the Manhunters, once champions, rebelled against their creators and were cast out after their defeat following a thousand years long war. While the Manhunters regrouped across the cosmos, the Guardians created an agency of sentient peace-keeping officers to replace them who came to be known as the Green Lantern Corps.
Nearly a thousand years ago, the Manhunters came upon a primitive Earth, a planet left ignored by the Green Lanterns. Sensing a valuable resource in their future war with the Guardians, Manhunters flocked to backwater planet. Through the centuries, the Manhunters then recruited sympathetic humans and used them as sleeper agents to influence every major historical moment that followed.
Sensing the magnitude of World War II and witnessing the Guardians power on Earth for the first time, the Grandmaster enacted a plan to equip humans with the powers of a Manhunter. Thus, in the following decades Dan Richards, Paul Kirk, and Mark Shaw don the costume and name of Manhunter.
The Grandmaster finishes his retelling of their history and declares a call-to-arms for all of the Manhunters, both android and sleeper agents, to rise up.
Appearing in "No Man Escapes the Manhunters!"
- Manhunter (Dan Richards) (Flashback only) (Origin)
- Manhunter (Mark Shaw) (Flashback only) (Origin) (Also appears as the Privateer and Star-Tsar I)
- Manhunter (Paul Kirk) (Dies in flashback) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Asano Nitobe (Flashback only)
- Batman (Flashback only)
- Christine St. Clair (Flashback only)
- Thor the Thunder Dog (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- The Buzzard (Flashback only)
- The Chopper (Dies in flashback)
- The Council (Flashback only)
- Anatol Mykros (Flashback only)
- Johnny Consentino (Flashback only)
- Manhunter Cult (Flashback and main story)
- Grandmaster (Flashback and main story)
- Manhunters (Flashback and main story)
- Sleeper Agents
- An Atlantean sleeper agent
- Bernard Ferguson (Cameo)
- Dirk Davis (Cameo)
- Harlequin (Marcie Cooper) (Flashback only)
- Harry Hadley (Flashback only)
- Helga Jace (Cameo)
- Jim Gordon Impostor (Cameo)
- Lana Lang
- Mary Frances Cassidy (Cameo)
- Mister Smith
- Ms. Hunter (Cameo)
- Overthrow (Cameo)
- Pan Impostor
- Rocket Red #7
- Rudy West
- Laurel Kent (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- Adolf Hitler (Flashback only)
- Benito Mussolini (Flashback only)
- Bradford Shaw (Flashback only)
- Captain Atom (Flashback only)
- Captain Atom Project (Flashback only)
- Charles Cornwallis (Flashback only)
- Christopher Columbus (Flashback only)
- George Washington (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Corps (Flashback only)
- Guardians of the Universe (Flashback only)
- Harlequin (Molly Mayne) (Flashback only)
- Hideki Tojo (Flashback only)
- Infinity, Inc. (Flashback only)
- Inspector Donovan (Dies in flashback)
- Justice League of America (Flashback only)
- Aquaman (Flashback only)
- Black Canary (Flashback only)
- Elongated Man (Flashback only)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback only)
- Green Arrow (Flashback only)
- Hawkgirl (Flashback only)
- Hawkman (Flashback only)
- Red Tornado (Flashback only)
- Superman (Flashback only)
- Krona (Flashback only)
- Mark Shaw's predecessor (Dies in flashback)
- Napoleon (Flashback only)
- Saxons (Flashback only)
- Star-Tsar II (Snapper Carr) (Flashback only)
- William the Conqueror (Flashback only)
- Aqualad (Mentioned only)
- Blue Beetle (Mentioned only)
- Blue Devil (Mentioned only)
- Booster Gold (Mentioned only)
- The Chosen (Mentioned only)
- Ferris Aircraft (Mentioned only)
- Firestorm (Mentioned only)
- The Flash (Wally West) (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern (Abin Sur) (Mentioned only)
- Harbinger (Mentioned only)
- Jerry Armand (Mentioned only)
- Jim Kelley (Mentioned only)
- Justice League International (Mentioned only)
- Kaiser Wilhelm (Mentioned only)
- Kit Kelley (Mentioned only)
- The Outsiders (Mentioned only)
- Teen Titans (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
- Oa (Flashback only)
- Oan Citadel (Flashback only)
- Orinda (Flashback only)
Items:
- Central Power Battery of Oa (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Power Battery (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Rings (Flashback only)
- Starheart/Starheart Ring (Flashback only)
- Universe Orb (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
Events
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (Mentioned only)
Notes
- This issue is a "Millennium" Week Two tie-in issue.
- This issue is divided into six parts:
- Chapter I: No Man Escapes the Manhunters
- 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
- A flashback to Justice League of America #150 includes Katar and Shayera Hol, the Hawkman and Hawkgirl of Earth-One. The Hawkworld ongoing series later established that Carter and Shiera Hall, the original Hawkman and Hawkgirl, had taken the Hols' place on the Justice League of America in Post-Crisis continuity.[1]
See Also
Recommended Reading
  The events from this issue are related to Millennium, a 1988 crossover event spanning through all DC Titles, in which the Guardians of the Universe left and Earth was put in danger by the robotic Manhunter Cult. Week One
Week Two
Millennium #2 · Batman #415 · Blue Beetle (Volume 6) #20 · Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3) #42 · Secret Origins (Volume 2) #22 · Superman (Volume 2) #13 · Young All-Stars #8 Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
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