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| Issue |
52
week 1 |
| Subtitle |
Golden
Lads & Lasses Must... |
| Date |
May
10, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose |
| storyline |
All
over the world, people began trying to start
putting their lives back together after the
Crisis. Detective Renee Montoya spent her time
at a bar. Steel was in Paris at the site of
a destroyed school. Ralph Dibney spoke with
Bea about old times while playing with a pistol.
Booster Gold, now with corporate sponsors on
his costume, did some cleaning up in Metropolis.
After stopping Mammoth from a simple jewelry
store robbery, he stopped for a photo op. He
and Skeets flew off, the robot told him his
next spot as Booster rambled on about the speech
Superman would be making the next day about
the new Justice League.
Ralph was startled out of a suicide attempt
when he listened to a phone message: his wife's
grave had been vandalized. John Henry Irons
(Steel) took his niece's armor away from her
when she refused to help so she could try out
for the Teen Titans. Black Adam found a new
purpose as leader of Kahndaq. Dr. Sivana was
abducted from his lab by what appeared to be
a reptilian creature and a creature with fur.
Heroes from all over gathered in Metropolis
for a memorial service. Skeets had a malfunction
- Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman were nowhere
to be found. A statue of Superboy was unveiled.
Martian Manhunter had to restrain Booster when
he flipped out.
The Question peeled the bat from the signal
light atop Gotham City PD HQ. He replaced it
with spray paint in the form of a question mark.
When he turned it on, it shone directly on Montoya's
apartment wall. |
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| Issue |
52
week 2 |
| Subtitle |
Looking
back at Tomorrow |
| Date |
May
17, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Joe Bennett, Jack Jadson |
| storyline |
Ralph
visited his wife's grave and took pictures of
the markings. There, a young man (the groundskeeper
who found it) spoke to him. Ralph had saved
his brother from a kidnapping years before.
Booster took Skeets to Dr. Will Magnus, who
fixed the little robot up. It believed the problem
was either a glitch or that someone was altering
the fabric of time. Afterwards, Booster took
Magnus to visit Professor T.O. Morrow, who was
locked up in Haven. Morrow noted (and warned)
him that "mad" scientists were disappearing
across the globe.
The Question broke in on Montoya, who was in
bed with a girlfriend. When she saw him, she
grabbed her gun and opened fire. Her companion
flipped out that he didn't have a face. He disappeared,
but left her an address: 520 Kane St.
Booster and Skeets saved a jetliner from crashing,
but Skeets' glitch returned - it had some of
the details wrong. Montoya visited the address
and the Question appeared. He offered to hire
her for $200 per day. He then vanished after
giving her a clue about the run-down building
he'd led her to.
Dibney found Cassie Sandsmark - Wonder Girl
- in Titans Tower. She'd just given a webcast
to the followers of Superboy. Ralph told her
the S symbol was Kryptonian for "hope." Inverted,
as it was in the photo of his wife's grave,
it meant "resurrection."
This issue
contains part 1 of the History of the DCU backup
feature. |
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| Issue |
52
week 3 |
| Subtitle |
New
World Order |
| Date |
May
24, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose |
| storyline |
Maggie
Sawyer was called in on a homicide in Gotham
City. The victim appeared to be former President
Lex Luthor. Elsewhere, Black Adam stopped Power
Girl in her pursuit of Terra-Man. He warned
her out of Kahndaq's airspace and told her to
pass it on to her "friends."
John Henry Irons and his niece, Natasha, had
it out again. This time about her D in English
and her upcoming summer school. He received
a call from STAR Labs wanting him to come in
and identify a body.
Some men from Intergang approached Black Adam
with gifts - $2million in gold and the most
beautiful virgin in Egypt. He killed one of
the men and refused their offer.
Booster Gold took down Shockwave in the streets
of Metropolis before heading to a meeting with
a pharmaceutical company. He signed on as their
spokesman. Skeets had tipped him off on them,
but apparently suffered another malfunction.
One of the partners was arrested by the Secret
Service during the event. Booster and Skeets
sought out Rip Hunter.
Irons found that the Luthor body was not "their"
Lex Luthor, but some sort of dopplegangar from
the recent multiple earths event. Though their
DNA matched well, the victim's eyes were blue
- not green. The real Lex Luthor arrived with
press in tow. He told them all the bad things
he'd been blamed for were the doings of the
Lex Luthor from another dimension.
Black Adam gave a press conference - he said
the time was for people who change the world,
not patrol it. He ripped Terra-Man in half and
flew away.
contains History
of the DCU part 2. |
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| Issue |
52
week 4 |
| Subtitle |
Dances
with Monsters |
| Date |
May
31, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Joe Bennett, Jack Jadson |
| storyline |
Montoya
continued her surveillance on the 520 Kane St.
building. In two weeks, nothing had happened.
Halo was helping a group of astronauts look
for the missing heroes from the Rann - Thanagar
War. They believed they picked up something
from Adam Strange. Bea (Fire) visited Booster,
but walked out when he would rather meet with
sponsors than help find the missing space heroes.
The Question checked in on Montoya and warned
her of the ills of cigarette smoking. John Henry
Irons hallucinated about Steel and realized
he's been poisoned. He fell in his lab and liquid
metal began to cover him. Ralph visited with
the Kryptonian Cult. They immersed him in water,
but he experienced no visions. When he got out
of the water, his wedding ring was gone.
Montoya saw someone enter the building. She
followed, and the Question came in behind her.
They found a trap door and a monster below.
She blasted it with one of the alien (?) guns
that fell out of a crate she was thrown through.
In northern Australia, the Zeta Beam brought
back some of the space heroes, but they had
been damaged - Hawkgirl was huge, Alan Scott
was bleeding from the eyes. All appeared to
be in terrific pain.
contains History
of the DCU part 3. |
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| Issue |
52
week 5 |
| Subtitle |
Stars
in their Courses |
| Date |
June
7, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Chris Batista, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| storyline |
Alan
Scott visited Animal Man's wife. He was still
missing. She refused to give up hope. Luthor
broadcast that he'd found a way to synthesize
the metagene - anyone could be a super-man now.
Steel met Dr. Mid-Nite and Alan Scott at St.
Camillus, a metahuman care facility. Hawkgirl
was 25 feet tall. Cyborg and Firestorm had been
fused together. Mal Duncan had a piece of the
Red Tornado attached to his chest. Alan Scott
lost an eye, and the one he had wasn't his own.
Scott told them about the telepathic communication
they'd had. He had no explanation as to where
they'd been for the last month. He'd lost his
daughter and wasn't taking things well. Adam
Strange, Animal Man, Starfire, Supergirl, and
others were still missing.
Captain Sawyer visited with Montoya. She was
still recovering from her injuries from the
monster fight. The location of the fight was
clean. No alien weapons, no monster corpse,
nothing. Sawyer told her to be careful; Montoya
still had her alien weapon.
Mal Duncan went into arrest. Steel stabilized
him, but he sat up and screamed "It's coming!
52! 52!" He then fell back into his slumber.
Alan told them those were Red Tornado's last
words.
Buddy Baker (Animal Man), Starfire, and Adam
Strange were on a paradise of a world. Only
Strange seemed to be injured - he had no eyes.
He attempted to get a space ship back into working
order as Buddy warned them of a predator nearby.
contains History
of the DCU part 4. |
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| Issue |
52
week 6 |
| Subtitle |
China
Syndrome |
| Date |
June
14, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose |
| storyline |
As
the news reported his victory over Manthrax,
Booster paid off the actor he'd hired to wear
the armor in the staged event. His publicity
soared. Two Green Lanterns (Hal Jordan and John
Stewart) were ordered to leave China by their
superhero team, the Great Ten. The two teams
fought over who's jurisdiction (Earth or China)
it was. As the GLs secured their target (Evil
Star) and prepared their escape, Black Adam
joined the battle - China had joined his country's
coalition. The Russian Rocket Red team arrived
with orders to escort the Green Lanterns into
their airspace.
Magnus met with Morrow again. Cameras had been
placed in Morrow's cell.
Skeets and Booster Gold found Rip Hunter's old
hideout. Skeets was able to get him in, but
had to stay behind with the lock mechanism.
Inside, Booster found a room full of notes,
including a blackboard documenting "TIME IS
BROKEN." Another note fingered Booster as the
cause of the time problems.
Contains
History of the DCU part 5. |
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| Issue |
52
week 7 |
| Subtitle |
Going
Down |
| Date |
June
21, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Lashley, Draxhall |
| storyline |
Adam
Strange sent Starfire out to look for a power
source. They hoped to blast off before sundown
(whenever that would be).
Montoya felt she was on the brink of a breakthrough,
but hadn't see "the no-face guy" in three weeks.
She saw an old friend's picture in the paper
- Kate Kane.
Ralph visited Booster about the Cult of Conner.
Ralph realized that with them being from the
future, everything of this era was simply "data"
to them. He attacked Booster for not telling
him that his wife was going to die.
Renee showed up at the Kane estate. It had been
ten years since she'd seen Kate, but her ex-lover
granted her entrance. Inside, the two met. Renee,
after taking a punch from Kate, asked about
520 Kane Street.
Booster put out a fire on a tanker truck. While
he was being interviewed by Lois Lane, Manthrax
stepped forward. He spilled the beans on his
deal with Gold (since his check bounced). Ralph
Dibney confirmed that he was only in it for
himself and his marketability.
Starfire encountered a giant on the paradise
planet in which they were stranded.
Contains History
of the DCU part 6. |
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| Issue |
52
week 8 |
| Subtitle |
Thief |
| Date |
June
28, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Rob Stull |
| storyline |
Natasha
Irons continued work on her new armored suit.
Ralph visited Green Arrow. Star City had been
turned into a disaster area during the Crisis.
A Cult of Conner church had popped up there.
Inside, they found it deserted, but that's what
Dibney expected.
John Henry visited STAR Labs to get tested.
He knew Luthor had done something to him when
they'd met there earlier.
A new "super" appeared in Metropolis (Supernova).
He appeared to be able to teleport or travel
in light. Clark Kent interviewed Booster Gold
about him.
Natasha took a phone message for her uncle -
STAR Labs confirmed that the Luthor metagene
project was the cause of his transformation
into steel. John denied he wanted the powers,
but Nat wouldn't listen.
Adam and Buddy found Starfire and fell into
the Giant's trap.
Natasha was picked by Luthor himself to be the
first of his metagene recipients.
Contains History
of the DCU part 7. |
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| Issue |
52
week 9 |
| Subtitle |
Dream
of America |
| Date |
July
6, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Shawn Moll, Tom Nguyen |
| storyline |
John
attacked Luthor wanting his niece back. Luthor
unveiled his new team (including Natasha). She
fought her uncle through the streets of Metropolis.
The space heroes were still captives of Devilance
the Pursuer. He told them they'd seen too much
in the Crisis - things only gods should see.
The three worked together and overtook him.
They grabbed his staff to be their power source
and headed back to their ship.
Oliver Queen threw his hat into the race for
mayor of Star City.
The Question found Renee again and they talked.
He introduced himself as Vic, but told her his
friends called him Charlie. As a woman in a
bat costume watched, he told her Intergang was
moving in on Gotham City.
Contains History
of the DCU part 8. |
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| Issue |
52
week 10 |
| Subtitle |
Stop
the Press |
| Date |
September
12, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Chris Batista, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jack
Jadson |
| storyline |
Black
Adam met with delegates from each country in
his coalition. The meeting was interrupted by
a woman named Adrianna Tomaz. She claimed he
was nothing but a terrorist and spit in his
face.
Perry White griped Clark Kent out for letting
the Daily Star scoop them on Supernova, Metropolis'
new superhero. White fired Kent. Clark saw Supernova
from Perry's window and leapt. As Supernova
saved him, Kent pulled out his recorder and
started an interview.
Tomaz, the woman offered to Black Adam by Intergang,
was released by him. He had kept her as a refugee
- her entire family, save for her brother, had
been killed when she was taken. He told her
she was not a prisoner and free to leave at
any time.
Lois threw a newspaper at her husband and barked
at him for jumping out a window. He told her
Superman would be back, he just needed some
time to recharge after flying through a red
son. Kent had been rehired with a raise. He
believed Supernova was "on the level" and acted
with experience.
Booster lashed out at Skeets about Supernova.
Magnus visited Morrow again. He told the man
he'd been allowed into Dr. Sivana's lab. He
found a cocoon and a robot he was trying to
rehabilitate. Morrow spoke as though they wouldn't
be seeing each other again.
Contains History
of the DCU part 9. |
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| Issue |
52
week 11 |
| Subtitle |
-- |
| Date |
July
19, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Joe Bennett, Todd Nauck, Jack Jadson,
Marlo Alquiza |
| storyline |
Ralph
Dibney attacked some kids who were wearing the
Cult of Conner logo. After realizing they were
just kids, he let them go. His phone rang -
there'd been a burglary at his ministorage unit.
Charlie again warned Renee about smoking. Kate
Kane met them with information: Her family indirectly
owned it, but it had not been rented to anyone
for the last six weeks (timing it right for
the night of the monster). Renee thanked her
and they parted ways once more. Charlie connected
the previous renters to Intergang. He then connected
them to Whisper A'Daire and Abbot, who worked
for the late Ra's al Ghul. Batman (or woman?)
watched and listened to them from across the
street.
They headed out to gather more information and
were attacked by monsters. One was Whisper,
the other was Abbot. As Whisper gave the order
for them to be killed, Batwoman broke in. Renee
knew almost immediately that it was Kate. Together,
the three escaped without harm; Batwoman left
before the cops arrived.
The Cult of Conner appeared to make a voodoo
doll of Sue Dibney.
Contains History
of the DCU part 10. |
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| Issue |
52
week 12 |
| Subtitle |
Mighty |
| Date |
July
26, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Rob Stull |
| storyline |
Montoya
clued Maggie Sawyer in on the Ridge-Ferrick
/ Intergang issue. She knew and accused the
former detective of blowing some of their cover.
Back at her apartment, Charlie decided they'd
go to Kahndaq.
Adrianna showed Black Adam that he could help
people, not just bully and rule them. He took
her back to his palace. There, he showed her
the shrine to his wife and sons. He opened it
up and took her into the tunnels below. Billy
and the Rock of Eternity were there. He was
still holding it all together and keeping the
Seven Deadly Sins in check. Black Adam wanted
to bestow powers upon Adrianna and invite her
into the Marvel Family.
Cassie, masquerading as "Donna Prince," came
home to find Ralph Dibney waiting for her. So
blinded by his love for his wife, he offered
his help in resurrecting her.
Adrianna reluctantly took the amulet and became
the goddess Isis. She promised to join his crusade
after she found her brother.
Contains the
Origin of Wonder Woman. |
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| Issue |
52
week 13 |
| Subtitle |
Haystack |
| Date |
August
2, 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Geoff
Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Todd Nauck, Marlo Alquiza |
| storyline |
Ralph
brought Green Lantern (Hal), Green Arrow, Zauriel,
and Metamorpho to the resurrection ceremony.
He wanted them to tell him if this was legit
(each had died at least once save for Zauriel,
who was an angel). They all thought it was a
sham.
Black Adam and Isis continued to break up slavery
rings and she continued to be his conscious.
He vowed to save every child in the world en
route to finding her brother.
Ralph came to his senses and had his friends
show themselves. They broke up the ceremony.
As things began to get rough, Ralph believed
he saw life coming into the likeness of Sue.
He tried to stop everyone, but it was too late.
The church burned to the ground with him holding
his would-be wife.
GL's ring showed him that Ralph's body was not
in the rubble, and they feared he'd finally
lost his mind.
Contains the
Origin of Elongated Man. |
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references to time, and chronology: |
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This
was the weekly monster that explained the time between
Infinite Crisis and One Year Later. It appears the way
the issues were dated got out of synch at week 10. |
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Booster,
issue 6 (about Rip Hunter): "What's he preparing
for? World War III?" |
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Skeets,
issue 7: "Sue Dearbon Dibny. Murdered eight months
ago by Jean Loring. A pivotal event in the 21st century
super-hero community." |
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