52 #17

(October [August 30] 2006)

Last of the Czarnians (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:

Jack Jadson; Ruy Jose

Colors:

David Baron

Letters:

Phil Balsman

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Adam Strange; Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Eliza Harmon; Erik Storn; Hannibal Bates; Herakles [Gerome McKenna]; Jacob Colby; Natasha Irons; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Devilance the Pursuer; Lex Luthor; Lobo; Mercy

Synopsis:

Week seventeen sees Luthor's team of laboratory created metahumans let loose on the followers of Kobra, and getting ready for a media blitz. In space, Adam and crew exchange being stranded on a garden planet for being stranded on a barren asteroid, where they are found by Lobo. And Red Tornado awakens in the Outback of Australia.

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• in 52 (DC, 2007 series) #2

Indexer Notes

The is the first time civilian identities are given for the majority of Luthor's team, and it is indicated that no code names have been issued. "Herakles" may be a nickname the group gave Gerome. Publisher has released copies of the breakdown art that indicates the codnames as: Lumina (Natasha), Ultimate Man (Jacob), Trajectory (Eliza, also refrenced as Velocity), Herakles, Omnivore (Hannibal), and Reaver (Erik). Also, the apparent death of Red Tornado in issue 5 is revisited with his mostly intact and functional head and torso showing up here.

The Origin of Lobo (Table of Contents)

The Origin of... / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Waid

Pencils:

Keith Giffen

Inks:

Jack Jadson

Colors:

Richard Horie; Tanya Horie

Letters:

Nick J Napolitano

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Lobo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dan Didio

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Hot List: Justice 7; Trials of Shazam 1; Action Comics 842

[Various] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

[inside front] Beerfest; [5] Dungeons & Dragons (game); [7] Back to School Sweepstakes; [13] Zwipe; [15] In house - Rush City; [16-17] truth (PSA); [21] Gojira (DVD, 1/2 page) and In house - Absolute Dark Knight (1/2 page); [29] abovetheinfluence.com (PSA); [inside back] Oxy; [back] Dodge