52 #5 [Direct Sales]

(August 2006)

Stars in Their Courses (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

Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors

Alex Sinclair

Letters

Phil Balsman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dad's not coming home from space, is he?

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 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #2 (agosto de 2007)
• in 52 (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #1 (Octubre 2012)
• in The 52 Omnibus (DC, 2012 series) (2012)

Indexer Notes

Apparent death of Red Tornado.

History of the DCU: Part 4 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Anti-Monitor. How could one being be responsible for destroying so many worlds?

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.

Reprints

• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #2 (agosto de 2007)

Indexer Notes

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

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