52 #37 [Direct Sales]

(March 2007)

Secret Identities (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); Patrick Olliffe (credited)

Inks

Drew Geraci (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Travis Lanham (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, no...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Booster Gold; Green Arrow; Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Adam Strange; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Rip Hunter; Lobo; Skeets

Synopsis

Week thirty-seven opens with Skeets finding Rip Hunter and his ally Supernova. Also, Ollie steps up his campaign for mayor and Lobo says some early last rites.

Reprints

• in 52 (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([November] 2007)
• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #10 (abril de 2008)
• in The 52 Omnibus (DC, 2012 series) (2012 [January 2013])
• in 52 (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2016 [February 2017])
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Premiumband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #7 - 52 - Teil 2

Keywords

Kandor; Star City

Indexer Notes

Reveals that Supernova is, and has always been, Booster Gold. Also reveals that the presumption of Animal Man's death may have been premature.

The Origin of Firestorm the Nuclear Man (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Mark Waid (credited)

Pencils

Jamal Igle (credited)

Inks

Keith Champagne (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Travis Lanham (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Too broke to leave home, too timid to stand up to an abusive father...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Firehawk [Lorraine Reilly]

Reprints

• in 52 (Panini Brasil, 2007 series) #10 (abril de 2008)
• in DC Universe: Origins (DC, 2010 series) (2009 [April 2010])
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Premiumband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #7 - 52 - Teil 2

[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: Batman Confidential #2; JSA #2; Tale of the Unexpected #4

[Various] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

[inside front] got milk?; [5] In house -- Batman: Year One (1/2 page) & abovetheinfluence.com (1/2 page); [7] In house -- Batman: Year 100 (1/2 page) & abovetheinfluence.com (1/2 page); [11] Killzone Liberation; [13] Magic: The Gathering; [16] In house -- Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil; [21] Destroy All Humans! 2; [24] In house -- The Brave and the Bold; [26] In house -- Superman/Batman vs Aliens/Predator; [28] In house -- DC Direct 52 action figures; [inside back] International Fight League; [back] US Army