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32-677: Secret Origins was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and contained only reprinted material. The title became an ongoing reprint series in February–;March 1973 which ran for seven issues and ended in October–November 1974. The title was used on various compilations of origin stories, including Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39: Secret Origins Super-Villains (October–November 1975) and #C-45: More Secret Origins Super-Villains (June–July 1976) as well as DC Special Series #10 (1978) and 19 (Fall 1979). Its most well-known incarnation

64-464: A character or concept will appear in a series of one-shots, in cases where the subject matter is not financially lucrative enough to merit an ongoing or limited series , but still popular enough to be published on a regular basis, often annually or quarterly. A current example of a series of one-shots would be Marvel Comics ' Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius publications. This type of one-shot

96-510: A term which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga are often written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length series, much like a television pilot . Many popular manga series began as one-shots, such as Dragon Ball , Fist of the North Star , Naruto , Bleach , One Piece , Berserk , Kinnikuman , Attack on Titan and Death Note . Rising Stars of Manga

128-400: Is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau , which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence . It is best known for the sprawling resort Atlantis with its extensive water park rides, pools, beach, restaurants, walk-in aquarium and casinos. Paradise Island is connected to the island of New Providence by two bridges that cross Nassau Harbour. The first

160-489: Is not to be confused with a comic book annual , which is typically a companion publication to an established ongoing series. The term has also been borrowed into the Franco-Belgian comics industry, with basically the same meaning, although there it mostly refers to comic albums . The comic art histories of different countries and regions are following divergent paths. Japanese early comic art or manga took its rise from

192-427: Is still the majority of American comic market. Around the late 1960s- mid-1970s, due to the dislocations of social developments, alternative comic art traditions were developing under the era. This alternative underground comix movement used the medium as a method for radical changes. In more recent years, European albums are still the dominant comic format in their own markets, while superhero comic books dominate

224-580: The Grumman G-73 Mallard amphibian aircraft flown by Chalk's International Airlines both served the airstrip which closed in 1999. The airfield and runway have since been removed and replaced with an 18-hole luxury golf course surrounded by one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods on the island. The area goes by the name "Ocean Club" with property prices as high as 40 million dollars or more. Huntington Hartford met James M. Crosby (1927–1986) through Huntington's bodyguard Sy Alter. Sy Alter met Jim Crosby at

256-594: The "Green Luthor". As for Superman, the Hall of Doom knocked the Kryptonian Rocket off course, so that it didn't land on Earth , but rather another planet that was under a red sun , thereby preventing him from getting super powers and growing up to become Superman. However, the other Justice League members learn of the Legion's scheme, and they go back in time to set history straight. The episode "History of Doom" showcased

288-400: The 12th century and developed from Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures"), went so far as to ukiyo-e ("floating world") in the 17th century. Western-style humour comics and caricatures had been introduced into Japan in the late 19th century and impacted on the styles of comic art. On the other hand, the significant development of modern era Japanese comic art was arising in

320-482: The 1930s, a specific form of comic, the superhero comic , has been causing a feeding frenzy in America and further impacted on other countries' comic markets. It dominated the publishing industry on comic art, and most of the published comic books were contained one-shot stories rather than serialized stories. A single popular protagonist always centered all the highlights in a superhero comic story. This best-selling model

352-461: The 20th century, Western alternative comic art was quickly developed as well as 1970s and 1980s' America. Also, America has stirred up a spree of superhero comics since 1930s, and this comic form is still dominating the comic market. In this period, comic strips and magazines were the major reading formats that had been leading the markets. Divergent genres such as humour , caricature , and horror were dominant forms of comics in that time. In

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384-625: The American market rather than continued stories. Several large comic book publishers , Entertainments and animation production companies were established such as DC Comics and Marvel Comics . On another note, Japanese comics are increasing in popularity as Japanese-style anthologies are published in America in recent decades. Paradise Island Paradise Island is an island in The Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island . The island, with an area of 277 hectares (685 acres) (2.8 km /1.1 sq mi),

416-556: The Cloisters, a 14th-century French Augustinian monastery originally purchased in Montréjeau and dismantled by William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s. He hired Gary Player to be the golf pro and Pancho Gonzales to be the tennis pro. His opening of Paradise Island in 1962 was covered in Newsweek and Time magazines. He hired the staff from Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc to work off season at

448-516: The Colony Club in Palm Beach. Huntington Hartford obtained the gambling licence for Paradise Island and included Jim Crosby as an extra investor. Jim Crosby and Jack Davis then formed a company, Resorts International , to continue developing Paradise Island. Paradise Island was purchased in the 1980s for $ 79 million, then sold to Merv Griffin for $ 400 million. It was last sold for $ 125 million to

480-557: The Ocean Club. He had the fireworks for the opening party flown in from the South of France. He had a flag and Paradise Beach was featured on Bahamian three-dollar notes in 1966 (introduced as a close equivalent to the Bahamian Pound, which was replaced at the rate of $ 1 = £7, so $ 3 = £21). A small airstrip existed on the island from 1989 to 1999 to serve the resort. Prior to 1989 the airport

512-669: The Secret Origin of Lex Luthor , which depicts Luthor as a farm boy in Smallville and a friend of Superboy , just as it was in the Pre-Crisis comic books at that time that were set on Earth-One . The same episode also shows the Secret Origins of Apache Chief and Giganta , whose origins apparently tied together. Batman 's Secret Origin wasn't revealed until The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians episode The Fear , which tells

544-501: The aftermath of World War II and further developed into diversified genres. Nowadays, almost a quarter of all printed materials in Japan are in forms of manga, while the audiences are from all ages. Most modern era one-shot manga ( yomikiri 読み切り ) have independent settings, characters, and storylines, rather than sharing them with existing works. In Japan and other Asian countries, some one-shot manga are more like takeoff boards to determine

576-744: The all-reprint format with a Weird Secret Origins special featuring Doctor Fate , the Spectre , Animal Man , the Enchantress , Metamorpho , Congorilla , El Diablo , and the Bizarro World . A new monthly incarnation focusing on characters in The New 52 , launched in April 2014 with a June cover date . The first issue featured the origins of Superman , Supergirl and the Dick Grayson version of Robin . This series

608-573: The book's indicia , is given as Secret Origins of The World's Greatest Super-Heroes ( ISBN   0930289501 ). The focus was on DC's major characters: the origins of the Justice League of America (from #32), the Flash (Barry Allen, from Secret Origins Annual #2); Green Lantern (Hal Jordan, from #36); J'onn J'onnz, the Martian Manhunter (from #35); and Superman (from The Man of Steel #6). There

640-469: The early 19th century, published in newspapers, and today may be in the form of single published comic books , parts of comic magazines / anthologies or published online in websites. In the marketing industry, some one-shots are used as promotion tools that tie in with existing productions, films, video games or television shows. In the Japanese manga industry, one-shots are called yomikiri ( 読み切り ) ,

672-596: The early market, for example, during the Depression comics were used to increase the sales of newspapers and some other products in the United States. Most of the comics were one-shot comics before the rise of long continuities in newspaper strips . After some early developments, weekly comic magazines became the major way of dissemination in European comic markets. Influenced by the chaos of social revolutions and changings in

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704-665: The origins of a supervillain, written by Scott Beatty . The origins are: In the Challenge of the Superfriends episode "Secret Origins of the Super Friends", the Legion of Doom learn of the Secret Origins of Superman , Wonder Woman and Green Lantern . This was the second of three times during the course of the Super Friends animated series in which Superman's secret origin

736-591: The popularity among the audience. The format of a one-shot manga could be changed if it has a broad market prospect, so that: The prototype comic works in Western countries were pamphlets , giveaways, or Sunday newspaper comic sections in the 19th century. These were then developed and published as comic magazines which were distributed with the newspapers sales on newsstands . On the other hand, graphic books in America were also viewed as developing from pamphlets that sold on newsstands. Comics were not highly regarded in

768-491: The tale of how Joe Chill killed his par ents and how as a result, he became Batman, but he had yet to overcome his fear of Crime Alley , a fear that his enemy the Scarecrow would exploit. One-shot (comics) In comics , a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a limited series or ongoing series , which are composed of multiple issues or chapters. One-shots date back to

800-515: The very beginning, magazines were divided from the comic supplements of newspapers within a decade of their first appearance in America. On the other side of the coin, in Europe, magazine format was developed as a comic supplement of newspapers along European features and never lost the identification. It is worth mentioning that comic art is developing more rapidly during social revolutions, while comic strips were very topical and aimed at all ages. Since

832-499: Was a 50-issue series that ran from April 1986 to August 1990, plus three Annual s and one Special . Typically, an issue would clarify the Post- Crisis origins of a number of characters, usually two as most of the issues were double-sized, i.e. 48 pages. Roy Thomas was the initial writer/editorial consultant on the series; later issues were overseen by Mark Waid . Two more Special s followed in 1998 and 1999. In 2004, it returned to

864-502: Was a seaplane base with a ramp for aircraft to leave the water. In 1989 a 910-metre (3,000 ft) runway was added to the airport. The airport's codes were: IATA: PID ICAO: MYPI. Both Paradise Island Airlines and Chalk's International Airlines were the main tenants of the airport. US Airways Express also served the airport from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport . The STOL capable de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprop operated by Paradise Island Airlines as well

896-410: Was also an all-new retelling of Batman's origins, Batman: The Man Who Falls , by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano ; this story later served as a cited inspiration for the 2005 film Batman Begins . During 52 , Weeks 12 through 51 featured two-page origins of various superheroes, written by Mark Waid . The origins featured were: Beginning with #37, each issue of Countdown featured

928-514: Was an annual competition for original English-language one-shot manga, many of which have gone on to become full-length manga series. Some noted manga authors, such as Akira Toriyama and Rumiko Takahashi , have worked on numerous one-shot stories in addition to their serialized works. In the United States , one-shots are usually labeled with a "#1" despite there being no following issues, and are sometimes subtitled as "specials". On occasion,

960-604: Was built in 1966 by Resorts International , and the second in the late 1990s. Huntington Hartford , the A&;P supermarket heir, arrived on Hog Island in 1959. Hartford bought Hog Island from Axel Wenner-Gren and changed the name to Paradise Island in 1962. He hired the Palm Beach architect John Volk and built the Ocean Club, Cafe Martinique, Hurricane Hole, the Golf Course, among other island landmarks. He also acquired and installed

992-467: Was cancelled as of issue #11 (May 2015) on sale in March 2015. Additionally, there was a belated Secret Origins 80-Page Giant issued in 1998 ( ISBN   1-56389-440-8 ), that focused on the members of Young Justice . Some issues of the second series were collected in a trade paperback along with other material and some original work in 1989 called Secret Origins , but the official title, as stated in

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1024-532: Was shown. In this episode, the Legion of Doom attempt to undo their Secret Origins by travelling backward through time to change the outcome of events. Cheetah competed in the tournament on Paradise Island , and she defeated Princess Diana, and therefore she became Wonder Woman instead. Lex Luthor prevented Hal Jordan from getting the Green Lantern Ring from Abin Sur by stealing it himself, thereby becoming

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