52 #17 [Direct Sales]

(October 2006)

Last of the Czarnians (Table of Contents: 1)

52 / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns; Grant Morrison; Greg Rucka; Mark Waid

Pencils

Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Chris Batista

Inks

Jack Jadson; Ruy José

Colors

David Baron

Letters

Phil Balsman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This exclusive footage provided to WLEX of what's being billed as Luthor's own Justice League at Dearborne Air Force Base in the North Atlantic yesterday...

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.

Reprints

• in 52 (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([September] 2007)
• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #5 (novembro de 2007)
• in 52 (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #2 (Diciembre 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

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: 2)

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

Script

Mark Waid

Pencils

Keith Giffen

Inks

Jack Jadson

Colors

Richard Horie (under joint name The Hories); Tanya Horie (under joint name The Hories)

Letters

Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano)

Editing

Stephen Wacker (editor); Harvey Richards (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Years ago, on the blissful, utopian planet Czarnia, a child was born.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lobo

Reprints

• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #5 (novembro de 2007)
• in DC Universe: Origins (DC, 2010 series) (2009 [April 2010])
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Premiumband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #6 - 52 - Teil 1

Indexer Notes

Includes profile with "Powers and Weapons" and "Essential Storylines".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Dan DiDio

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Synopsis

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

[Various] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Synopsis

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