52 #3 [Direct Sales]

(July 2006)

New World Order (Table of Contents: 1)

52 / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns; Grant Morrison; Greg Rucka; Mark Waid

Pencils

Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Joe Bennett

Inks

Ruy José

Colors

Alex Sinclair

Letters

Pat Brosseau

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captain Sawyer! Over here!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Booster Gold; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Skeets; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Josie Mac; Lois Lane; Power Girl; Natasha Irons [Steel]; Black Adam; Lex Luthor; Noose; Rough House; Shockwave; Terra Man; Mister Mind (cameo)

Synopsis

Week three opens with the Gotham PD discovering the body of Alex Luthor, altered to look like Lex. Power Girl is warned out of Kahndaq air space by Black Adam as she chases Terra Man. Steel puts his parental duties on hold as S.T.A.R. Labs contacts him about GCPD's discovery. Booster has an endorsement taken out from under him. Lex resurfaces in full spin control mode. Black Adam rebuffs advances by Intergang and shows the world how he believes heroes should act, in his own violent way.

Reprints

• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #1 (julho de 2007)
• in 52 (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
• in 52 (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #1 (Octubre 2012)
• in The 52 Omnibus (DC, 2012 series) (2012 [January 2013])
• in 52 (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Premiumband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #6 - 52 - Teil 1
• in Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire (DC, 2022 series) ([November] 2022) [pp. 2-5, 8-10, 18-20 only]

Indexer Notes

Includes the deaths of Noose and Terra Man, both at the hands of Black Adam.

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DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dan DiDio

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Letters

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Synopsis

Hot List: 52 3; Batman 653; Secret Six 1

History of the DCU: Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

History of the DC Universe / DCU / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Jurgens

Pencils

Dan Jurgens (layout); Art Thibert (finishes)

Inks

Art Thibert

Colors

Jeromy Cox; Guy Major

Letters

Nick Napolitano

Editing

Eddie Berganza; Ivan Cohen; Jeanine Schaefer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Though Earths One and Two were similar, they were not identical.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Troia [Donna Troy; also as Wonder Girl]; Adam Strange (cameo); Anti-Monitor (cameo); Aqualad [Garth] (cameo); Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer] (cameo); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Blue Devil [Daniel Cassidy] (cameo); Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine] (cameo); Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox] (cameo); Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle] (cameo); Changeling [Garfield Logan] (cameo); Chief (cameo); Colossal Boy [Gim Allon] (cameo); Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn] (cameo); Creeper [Jack Ryder] (cameo); Cyborg [Vic Stone] (cameo); Darkseid (cameo); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (cameo); Dove [Don Hall] (cameo); Dream Girl [Nura Nal] (cameo); Duo Damsel [Luornu Durgo] (cameo); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr] (cameo); Element Lad [Jan Arrah] (cameo); Flash [Jay Garrick] (cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Geo Force [Brion Markov] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Hawk [Hank Hall] (cameo); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo); Hourman [Rex Tyler] (cameo); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (cameo); Jade [Jennie-Lynn Hayden] (cameo); J'Onn J'Onzz (cameo); Kid Flash [Wally West] (cameo); Krypto (cameo); Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz] (cameo); Lightning Lass [Ayla Ranzz] (cameo); Metamorpho [Rex Mason] (cameo); Mon-El [Lar Gand] (cameo); Monitor (cameo); Negative Man [Larry Trainor] (cameo); Orion (cameo); Phantom Lass [Tinya Wazzo] (cameo); Raven (cameo); Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Nightwing] (cameo); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (cameo); Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen] (cameo); Speedy [Roy Harper] (cameo); Star Boy [Thom Kallor] (cameo); Starfire [Koriand'r]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgan] (cameo); Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (cameo); Timber Wolf [Brin Londo] (cameo); Warlord [Travis Morgan] (cameo); Wildfire [Drake Burroughs] (cameo); Wonder Woman [Diana] (cameo); Doom Patrol (team); Justice League of America [JLA] (team); Justice Society of America [JSA] (team); Legion of Super-Heroes [LSH] (team); Teen Titans (team)

Synopsis

Covers the time frame from the first Earth-1/Earth-2 crossover up to Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Reprints

• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #1 (julho de 2007)
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Premiumband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #6 - 52 - Teil 1

Indexer Notes

The Green Arrow is the character from "Earth-1".
The character pictured as "Jade" may be a miscoloring.
Justice League of America: Atom, Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and J'Onn J'Onzz.
Justice Society of America: Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, and Hourman.
Doom Patrol: Chief, Elasti-Girl, Negative Man, and Robotman.
Legion of Super-Heroes: Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass, Mon-El, Phantom Lass, Saturn Girl, Starboy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, and Wildfire.
Teen Titans: Aqualad, Changeling, Cyborg, Kid Flash, Raven, Robin (Nightwing), Speedy, Starfire, and Wonder Girl (Troia).

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