''Secret Files and Origins'' (abbreviated ''SF&O'') is a series of

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comic books and

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produced by DC Comics during the late 1990s and 2000s.

Publication history

The books are a combination of origin stories (similar to the earlier ''

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'' series produced by DC), profile pages (like DC's ''Who's Who'' series from the 1980s), and short stories which sometimes serve as prologues to upcoming DC Comics storylines. Many early issues also featured timelines of significant events in the characters' histories, but this stopped after the release of ''Guide to the DC Universe 2000 Secret Files and Origins'' #1 (with the exception of the two Vertigo ''Secret Files and Origins'' issues). Some of these one-shots are released to coincide with a new series (such as the first '' JSA'' issue), or with a special event (such as the '' Infinite Crisis'' issue). Originally the books featured sequential numbering, but from 2003-2006 this was dropped in favor of putting the year of publication in the title (so for example, '' Aquaman Secret Files and Origins 2003'' is the equivalent of ''Aquaman Secret Files and Origins'' #2); sequential numbering returned with the release of '' Green Lantern/

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Publication history

Bibliography of ''Secret Files and Origins'' issues

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