Issue Description

Week 10, Day 1.

Kahndaq.

Black Adam holds a meeting of his coalition, when he is interrupted by the lovely slave girl he was presented in Week 3. The girl runs up to Black Adam, revealing that her name is Adrianna Tomaz and that she thinks that he is nothing but a terrorist. Adrianna spits in Black Adam's face - "Not Wise."

Week 10, Day 2.

Metropolis.

Perry White is chastising Clark Kent for not being able to get an interview with Supernova and letting the Daily Planet get scooped by the Star. White fires Clark for missing out on the Supernova story and for letting things slide for four weeks. Clark decides to fight for his job, and jumps out of the window in order to get an interview with Supernova - who teleports in and catches him seconds later.

Kahndaq.

Black Adam has a talk with Adrianna, and asks her why she is always running away. Adrianna says she refuses to be a prisoner, but Black Adam reveals that she is, instead a refugee. According to Black Adam, Adrianna's family was brutally slaughtered when she was taken, and her brother was sold into slavery. Black Adam tells Adrianna that she is free to leave, but instead of going she lectures him on the insanity of his ways. She says his coalition is psychotic, and that he won't save the world - only destroy it.

Week 10, Day 3.

Lois Lane yells at Clark Kent for throwing himself out of a window for an interview. Clark replies that she wrote the playbook on similar journalistic maneuvers. Clark reveals that he, as Superman, will be back but needs time for his powers to recharge. A cut on his face, and his need to use potholders show that his powers definitely need a boost.

Booster Gold wonders who is behind Supernova's mask, as his furniture and belongings are repossessed.

Week 10, Day 6.

Haven.

T.O. Morrow reveals to Will Magnus that he's found a piece of Dr. Sivana's experiments. Morrow shows Magnus a bag with a little cocoon that had been treated with radiation, and both wonder what could have hatched from it.

52 (2006)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

52 was a 52-part limited series, published weekly for one year, chronicling the events that take place during the missing year after the end of Infinite Crisis. None of the DC "Big Three" (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) are featured in costume in the pages of 52.

While DC had used the weekly format before, (most notably with Action Comics in April 1988), 52 was their first attempt to launch a new title as a weekly. Set in the time between the end of "Infinite Crisis" and the "One Year Later" story lines, 52 dealt with the events of the missing year - a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, The title was masterminded by writers Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid, with Keith Giffen producing art breakdowns. Its weekly publication meant several artists had to handle the art, starting with Joe Bennett on the first four issues. A massive saga, spanning the whole DC Universe (and beyond), 52 introduced several new heroes and villains, including a new Question and Batwoman, before the big reveal of a new multiversse of fifty two realities, each containing an alternate Earth.

The story had a huge impact on the DC Universe, affecting everything from Black Adam's World War III spin off, to Booster Gold's post - 52 reality - spanning adventures. It also led into countdown to final crisis and left the DC Universe a dramatically different place.

Issues #1-13 are collected in 52 Vol 1 TPBIssues #14-26 are collected in 52 Vol 2 TPBIssues #27-39 are collected in 52 Vol 3 TPBIssues #40-52 are collected in 52 Vol 4 TPB

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