Before Weekly Shonen Jump became the home of Dragon Ball, Naruto, and One Piece, its very first issues laid the foundation of that legacy. In Issue #1, Go Nagai’s Harenchi Gakuen appeared as a one-shot that pushed the boundaries of what was considered appropriate for manga and stirred controversy. Later serialized in Issue #11, it became Nagai’s first major success. Issue #1 also introduced Chichi no Tamashii, one of Shueisha’s earliest long-running series, while both early volumes drew readers in with American classics like Flash Gordon and Mandrake the Magician.

Before Weekly Shonen Jump became the home of Dragon Ball, Naruto, and One Piece, its very first issues laid the foundation of that legacy. In Issue #1, Go Nagai’s Harenchi Gakuen appeared as a one-shot that pushed the boundaries of what was considered appropriate for manga and stirred controversy. Later serialized in Issue #11, it became Nagai’s first major success. Issue #1 also introduced Chichi no Tamashii, one of Shueisha’s earliest long-running series, while both early volumes drew readers in with American classics like Flash Gordon and Mandrake the Magician.

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