52 #42 [Direct Sales]
(April 2007)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
2007-02-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941252438 04211
Editing
Harvey Richards (credited) (assistant editor); Jeanine Schaefer (credited) (associate editor); Michael Siglain (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Publication date in indicia; on-sale date on cover.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

52 / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
J. G. Jones (credited) (signed as JGJones [in box])
Inks
J. G. Jones (credited) (signed as JGJones [in box])
Colors
Alex Sinclair (credited) (signed as Sinc')
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Fate
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Trigger Effect (Table of Contents: 1)

52 / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns (credited); Grant Morrison (credited); Greg Rucka (credited); Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Keith Giffen (credited) (breakdowns); Darick Robertson (credited)
Inks
Darick Robertson (credited)
Colors
David Baron (credited)
Letters
Rob Leigh (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're going to have to look.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ralph Dibny; Renée Montoya; Fire; Felix Faust; Neron
Synopsis
Week forty-two finds Renée seeing her new face and Ralph coming to an end of his quest with an old foe's masquerade revealed.
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Keywords
Elysium Cemetery; Massachusetts; Nanda Parbat; Salem; Tower of Fate

Indexer Notes

Includes the apparent death of Ralph Dibny and the revelation that Faust had been posing as the Helmet of Fate.

The Origin of Green Arrow (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Scott McDaniel (credited)
Inks
Andy Owens (credited)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (credited)
Letters
Travis Lanham (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oliver Queen, millionaire playboy, his keenest survival skill was his ability to make a martini last an entire hour.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Doctor Light [Arthur Light]
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DC Nation: #49 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[Various] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    52
  2. 1. Trigger Effect
    52
  3. 2. The Origin of Green Arrow
    The Origin of...
  4. 3. DC Nation: #49
    DC Nation
  5. 4. [Various]
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Lou Mazzella
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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