52 #5

(August [June 7] 2006)

Stars in Thier Courses (Table of Contents)

52 / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Geoff Johns; Grant Morrison; Greg Rucka; Mark Waid

Pencils:

Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Chris Batista

Inks:

Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors:

Alex Sinclair

Letters:

Phil Balsman

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Booster Gold; Question [Vic Sage]; Ralph Dibny; Renée Montoya; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Skeets; Adam Strange; Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Doctor Pieter Cross [Doctor Mid-Nite]; Ellen Baker; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Herald [Mal Duncan]; Maxine Baker; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Ali Ka-Zoom; Bumblebee [Karen Beecher]; Clark Kent; Cyborg [Vic Stone]; Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Lois Lane; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Shining Knight [Sir Ystin]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]

Synopsis:

Week five turns on the return of part of the team that followed Donna Troy into space. It opens with Green Lantern breaking bad news to an ever hopeful Ellen Baker. Steel is asked to lend a hand with the conditions of some the returnees while Alan fills him in on the last few minutes before that return. Elsewhere, Sawyer presses Montoya about what happened in the abandoned building, and three deal with being marooned in space.

Reprints:

• in 52 (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
• in The 52 Omnibus (DC, 2012 series) #[nn] (October 2012)
• in 52 (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #1 (Octubre 2012)

Indexer Notes

Apparent death of Red Tornado.

History of the DCU: Part 4 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dan Jurgens

Pencils:

Dan Jurgens (layout); Norm Rapmund (finishes)

Inks:

Norm Rapmund

Colors:

Jeromy Cox; Guy Major

Letters:

Rob Leigh

Editing:

Eddie Berganza; Ivan Cohen; Jeanine Schaefer

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Troia [Donna Troy; also as Wonder Girl]; Cameos -- Alex Luthor; Anti-Monitor; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Lois Lane; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Obsidian [Todd Rice]; Pariah; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Spectre [Jim Corragin]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Superboy-Prime; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Wonder Woman [Diana]

Synopsis:

Covers the remainder of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Indexer Notes

The Batman and Wonder Woman are the characters from "Earth-1". The Lois Lane is the character form "Earth-2".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

DC Nation / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dan Didio

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Hot List: Detective Comics 820; 52 5; Wonder Woman 1

[Various] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

[inside front] Superboy, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; and Adventures of Superman (DVD); [5] got mikl?; [8-9] Dodge; [11] Justice League and Superman: The Animated Series (DVD); [13] In house -- Rush City; [15] abovetheinfluence.com (PSA); [21] DK Publishing; [inside back] Pontiac; [back] Superman Returns (game)