52 #43 [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
2007-02-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941252438 04311
Editing
Michael Siglain (credited as Siglain) (editor); Harvey Richards (credited as Richards) (assistant editor); Jeanine Schaefer (credited as Schaefer) (associate 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 (signed as JGJones [in box]) (credited as Jones)
Inks
J. G. Jones (signed as JGJones [in box]) (credited as Jones)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc') (credited as Sinclair)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Cliff Baker; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker
Reprints

Family Matters (Table of Contents: 1)

52 / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns (credited as Johns); Grant Morrison (credited as Morrison); Greg Rucka (credited as Rucka); Mark Waid (credited as Waid)
Pencils
Keith Giffen (credited as Giffen) (art breakdowns); Dan Jurgens (credited as Jurgens) (layouts); Norm Rapmund (credited as Rapmund) (finishes)
Inks
Norm Rapmund (credited as Rapmund) (finishes)
Colors
Hi-Fi (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited as Lopez)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Black Adam; Isis; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Osiris; Lady Styx; Sobek
Synopsis
Week forty-three witnesses an un-easy meeting of the full "Marvel Family" and Osiris making a fateful, and fatal, decision. In space, a revived Animal Man makes a desperate grasp for survival.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes the apparent death of Osiris at the hands of Sobek and the resurrection of Lady Styx.

The Origin of Plastic Man (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Ethan Van Sciver (credited)
Inks
Ethan Van Sciver (credited)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Plastic Man; Offspring; Woozy Winks
Reprints

DC Nation 50 (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Dan DiDio (credited as DD)
Pencils
Andy Kubert (signed as Andy Kubert); various (cover thumbnails)
Inks
Tim Townsend (signed as TOWNSEND); various (cover thumbnails)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
DC Nation

Indexer Notes

Dan Didio discusses the Countdown series. Hot list - Blue Beetle #12, Green Lantern #17 and Firestorm #33. House ad for 52 #44. Also publisher credits and indicia.

[Various] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
[inside front] got milk?; [5] abovetheinfluence.com; [7] In house -- Wonder Woman; [11] Lunar Knights; [13] The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc.; [16-17] In house -- "So Begins The End..."; [20] In house -- DC Direct Justice League of America action figures; [26] In house -- Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis; [28] In house -- Absolute Batman the Long Halloween; [inside back] US Army; [back] Sony DVDs
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    52
  2. 1. Family Matters
    52
  3. 2. The Origin of Plastic Man
    The Origin of...
  4. 3. DC Nation 50
    DC Nation
  5. 4. [Various]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Erik Braley
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mark Gordon
  • John Greb
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore