52: The Companion

([December] 2007)

[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones

Inks

J. G. Jones

Colors

Alex Sinclair

Letters

typeset

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Waid (credited)

Letters

typeset

Bridge the Past and Future (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Schultz (credited)

Pencils

Doug Mahnke (credited)

Inks

Tom Nguyen (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited); Wildstorm FX (credited) (separations)

Letters

Ken Lopez (credited)

Editing

Eddie Berganza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Natasha Irons; Eradicator [David Connor]; Cleric (cameo flashback); Kem-L (cameo flashback); Maggie Sawyer

Synopsis

Expelled from Superman's Fortress and the Kents' apartment, the Eradicator program reasserts its dominance in David Connor's body. Steel and Superman contain the damage Eradicator causes until David Connor's humanity emerges again.

Reprints

• from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #97 (February 2000)

Green Lantern's Blackout! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sue Dibny; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #350 (April 1966)

Indexer Notes

Elongated Man gets a new costume.

From the Depths (Table of Contents: 6)

Booster Gold / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Jurgens (credited)

Pencils

Dan Jurgens (credited)

Inks

Tim Dzon (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

Agustin Más (credited)

Editing

Mark Waid (credited)

Job Number

G-4426

Genre

superhero

Characters

Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Manhunter (android, flashback, cameo); Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El] (flashback, cameo); Snake Eyes (flashback); Mrs. Carter (flashback); Michelle Carter [Goldstar] (flashback); Skeets (flashback, cameo)

Synopsis

Booster tells Blue Beetle his origin.

Reprints

• from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #35 ([Holiday] 1988)

Keywords

Legion flight ring; Rip Hunter's time machine; Space Museum

The Secret of the Ancient Seer, Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 7)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bonnie Baxter; Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Connie Baxter; Abassid; Abn-Rab

Synopsis

A European cabinet sends Rip back to the year 798 to try to get more details on a seer's prediction of the destruction of an island in the present day. When they find the man, he tells them that the predictions in his book were translated from an even older manuscript.

Reprints

• from Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #6 (January-February 1962)

[The Secret of the Ancient Seer] Chapter 2: The Doomed City (Table of Contents: 8)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Abassid; Antony; Sejanus

Synopsis

In the year 79, Rip locates the seer Sejanus, who was expecting him and captures him. Rip gets a look at his book of predictions, and Sejanus tells him that a time traveler from 2025 provided him with the material in the book, and also warned him that another time traveler would witness his doom. Rip escapes and takes off for the present.

Reprints

• from Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #6 (January-February 1962)

[The Secret of the Ancient Seer] Chapter 3: The Menace of the Meteorite (Table of Contents: 9)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith

Synopsis

Back in the present, Rip knows that the island to be obliterated is off the northern coast of Norway, but not which one. But he knows that one of them houses a stockpile of a top-secret chemical explosive, so they head there and save the explosive before the island is hit by a meteorite.

Reprints

• from Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #6 (January-February 1962)

Corrigan II, Part Three (Table of Contents: 10)

Gotham Central / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka (credited)

Pencils

Kano (credited)

Inks

Stefano Gaudiano (credited)

Colors

Lee Loughridge (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

Editing

Matt Idelson (credited)

Genre

crime; superhero

Characters

Renée Montoya; Dore Allen (Crispus Allen's wife); Jim Corrigan (Police Investigator); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Officer Rebecca Mulcahey; Detective Dagmar Procjnow; Sergeant Vincent Del Arrazio; Detective Tommy Burke; Detective Joely Bartlett; Detective Marcus Driver; Detective Josie Mac; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Detective Nelson Crowe; Daria Hernandez (Renee's Girlfriend); Jake Allen (Crispus Allen's son); Malcolm Allen (Crispus Allen's son); Stacy (Receptionist); Detective Eric Cohen; Detective Romy Chandler; Detective Andi Kasinsky

Synopsis

The Gotham Central cops are unable to make the case against Jim Corrigan for the death of Detective Crispus Allen. Detective Renee Montoya quits the force.

Reprints

• from Gotham Central (DC, 2003 series) #40 (April 2006)

What Makes a Hero? (Table of Contents: 11)

The Question / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (credited) (Plot); D. C. Glanzman (script)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

?

Job Number

B-1308

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Question [Vic Sage]

Reprints

• from Mysterious Suspense (Charlton, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968)

The Clockwork Crimes of the Time Commander (Table of Contents: 12)

Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Karen Berger (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Sue Dibny; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Ellen Baker; Time Commander [John Starr]; Rocket Red #4 [Dmitri Pushkin]; Mr. Lennox

Synopsis

Animal Man takes Ellen to Paris to celebrate selling her book and ends up joining the JLE in taking down the Time Commander.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #16 (October 1989)

The Magic-Maker of Rann (Table of Contents: 13)

Adam Strange / text story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Julius Schwartz

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Alanna; Sardath; Adam Strange; Felthan; Thortan Ov (deceased)

Synopsis

Adam must free the people of Rann from a radiation that gives them magic powers, but causes them to act contrary to their normal behavior.

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #226 (September-October 1970)

Keywords

Rann

Evil Is in the Eye of the Beholder (Table of Contents: 14)

Metal Men / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Gerber (credited)

Pencils

Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)

Inks

Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)

Colors

Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)

Letters

Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)

Editing

Gerry Conway (credited)

Job Number

C-133

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; Isobel Sullivan (first appearance); General Caspar (first appearance); Dr. Rosen; Mr. Whittier; Plutonium Man (first appearance)

Synopsis

Doc Magnus is receiving therapy in a government-operated mental facility after being brainwashed by the dictator of Karnia. Commissioned by the United States to build a robot capable of generating its own energy, he creates the giant Plutonium Man that is programmed with his own thoughts of, unfortunately, trample, raze, annihilate, and hatred of the Metal Men.

Reprints

• from Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #45 (April-May 1976)

Yesterday's War (Table of Contents: 15)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

David Goyer (credited); Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Leonard Kirk (credited)

Inks

Keith Champagne (credited)

Colors

Heroic Age (credited) (Separations); John Kalisz (credited)

Letters

Ken Lopez (credited)

Editing

Peter J. Tomasi (credited as Peter Tomasi)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Adam; Nabu; Vandal Savage; Justice Society of America [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Doctor Fate [Hector Hall]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Mister Terrific [Michael Holt]]; Prince Khufu; Chay-Ara; Flaw; Cutter [Child]; Ahk-Ton

Reprints

• from JSA (DC, 1999 series) #43 (February 2003)

The Tears of Ra (Table of Contents: 16)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

David Goyer (credited); Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Leonard Kirk (credited)

Inks

Keith Champagne (credited)

Colors

Heroic Age (credited) (Separations); John Kalisz (credited)

Letters

Ken Lopez (credited)

Editing

Peter J. Tomasi (credited as Peter Tomasi)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dove [Dawn Granger]; Nabu; Vandal Savage; Justice Society of America [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Black Adam [Teth-Adam]; Doctor Fate [Hector Hall]; Doctor Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Mister Terrific [Michael Holt]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]; Sentinel [Alan Scott]; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]]; Prince Khufu; Chay-Ara; Ahk-Ton

Reprints

• from JSA (DC, 1999 series) #44 (March 2003)