Issue Description

Week 34, Day 3.

The Suicide Squad ambush the Black Marvel Family after Osiris' first day with the Teen Titans. Just as Osiris is musing on how much good they can do now that the world trusts them, Atom Smasher becomes gigantic and knocks the Marvels out of the air, grabbing Black Adam in one massive hand.

Atom Smasher tells Black Adam that he needs to turn himself in for all of the murders he has committed, but Black Adam retaliates. Black Adam takes out Atom Smasher, but is begged by Osiris not to kill Plastique and the Electrocutioner. Persuader and Count Vertigo attack Isis, who is rendered helpless and almost has her head cut off by Persuader's axe until... Osiris flies in to save her and flies directly through Persuader's body, sending blood and guts flying everywhere.

Osiris is shocked, and falls to the ground in tears, not believing that he, who has fought so hard to be seen as good, has committed murder.

Unfortunately, the footage of the fight and murder was on live television, as well as recorded.

Week 34, Day 4.

Metropolis.

Infinity Inc.'s Matrix, Starlight and Jade are on a shopping trip with Ms. Graves. They are also being watched. When Grave's credit card is rejected, she fears there has been a security breach, and splits the team up. Natasha (Starlight) is sent down the back way with a female police officer who turns out to be Black Canary. With the help of Oracle, her uncle Steel managed to orchestrate it so that they could talk.

Steel tells Natasha that Trajectory's death was not an accident, and that Luthor can turn off the powers of those who went through his Everyman Project.

Week 34, Day 5.

Metropolis.

Lex Luthor has captured Clark Kent. He injects Kent with a truth serum and asks him a single question, is Supernova masquerading as Superman? Quite easily, Kent responds that he's not Superman.

Week 34, Day 7.

Gotham City.

Question is admitted into the hospital, where he is put on a morphine drip to ease his terrible pain.

In Metropolis, Luthor's Everymen fill the skies to celebrate New Years Eve. Luthor, with an ominous remote control on his hand, counts down to zero and presses the red button.

Plus: The Origin of Zatanna with Brian Bolland

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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