52 #6 [Newsstand]
(August 2006)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
weekly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
070989310223 06
Editing
Jann Jones (assistant); Harvey Richards (assistant); Dan DiDio (executive editor); Stephen Wacker (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of 52 (DC, 2006 series) #6 [Direct Sales].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

52 / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
J. G. Jones (signed)
Inks
J. G. Jones (signed)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chinese heroes! ... Booster Gold's secret rendezvous! ... Time is warped!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern; Accomplished Perfect Physician; August General in Iron; Celestial Archer; Ghost Fox Killer; Immortal Man in Darkness; Mother of Champions; Seven Deadly Brothers; Shaolin Robot; Socialist Red Guardsman; Thundermind; Black Adam
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for 52 (DC, 2006 series) #6 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for 52 (2006 series) #6 [Direct Sales]
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China Syndrome (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
Nick Napolitano
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Live from the Midtown Train Station, where former Justice League member Booster Gold just saved thousands of Metropolis citizens from an armored marauder.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Booster Gold; Skeets; Accomplished Perfect Physician; August General in Iron; Ghost Fox Killer; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Immortal Man in Darkness; Mother of Champions; Rocket Reds; Seven Deadly Brothers; Thundermind; Black Adam; Evil Star; Manthrax; T.O. Morrow; Celestial Archer (cameo); Shaolin Robot (cameo); Socialist Red Guardsman (cameo); Great Ten
Synopsis
Week six opens with Booster staging his own publicity stunt. In China, the Green Lanterns run afoul of the Great Ten and Black Adam.
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Indexer Notes

First appearances of: Accomplished Perfect Physician, August General in Iron, Celestial Archer, Ghost Fox Killer, Immortal Man in Darkness, Manthrax, Mother of Champions, Seven Deadly Brothers, Shaolin Robot, Socialist Red Guardsman, Thundermind.
Great Ten: Accomplished Perfect Physician, August General in Iron, Celestial Archer, Ghost Fox Killer, Immortal Man in Darkness, Manthrax, Mother of Champions, Seven Deadly Brothers, Shaolin Robot, Socialist Red Guardsman, Thundermind

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

History of the DCU: Part 5 (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (layout); Andy Lanning (finishes)
Inks
Andy Lanning
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major
Letters
Nick Napolitano
Editing
Eddie Berganza; Ivan Cohen; Jeanine Schaefer
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So we went from an infinite number of universes with almost as many Earths... to one.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Troia [Donna Troy]; Bane (cameo); Barbara Gordon (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Black Condor [Ryan Kendall] (cameo); Blue Beetle [Ted Kord] (cameo); Booster Gold (cameo); Bronze Tiger (cameo); Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness] (cameo); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Colonel Rick Flag (cameo); Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw] (cameo); Dagon (cameo); Deadshot (cameo); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (cameo); Dr. Light [Kimiyo Hoshi] (cameo); Enchantress [June Moon] (cameo); Eradicator (cameo); Extant [Hank Hall] (cameo); Green Lantern [Guy Gardner] (cameo); Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] (cameo); J'Onn J'Onzz (cameo); Joker (cameo); Killowat (cameo); Maxwell Lord (cameo); Mirage [Miriam Delgado] (cameo); Mr. Miracle [Scott Free] (cameo); Oberon (cameo); Parallax [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Ray [Ray Terrill] (cameo); Redwing (cameo); Robin [Jason Todd] (cameo); Robin [Tim Drake] (cameo); Steel [John Henry Irons] (cameo); Superboy [Conner Kent] (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (cameo);Terra (cameo); Waverider (cameo)
Synopsis
Covers the period from after Crisis on Infinite Earths up to the death of Superman.
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[Various] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Chinese heroes! ... Booster Gold's secret rendezvous! ... Time is warped!"]
    52
  2. 1. China Syndrome
    52
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. History of the DCU: Part 5
    History of the DC Universe / DCU
  5. 4. [Various]
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