52

    (DC, 2006–2007)
™ and ©2006 DC Comics, Inc.

After the events of Infinite Crisis, most DC stories jumped ahead one year and readers were left to piece together what they missed. 52 is the exception. Here, immediately after the Crisis events, we learn what has happened to the world during the “One Year Later” phase of DC history. With one issue per week (an ambitious goal in itself) events unfold and seldom-seen heroes step forward to take up the jobs left undone. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman may be gone, but the world still needed heroes. Some lived, some died, but the universe as we now know it goes on… at least until the next crisis.

52 includes, among other things, backstories on the history of the DC universe along with brief updates on the current origins of many characters that hopefully filled in some of the gaps that always occur when a comic book universe is remade. Rumor has it that this refiguring of the DC universe is one of the tightest conceived yet.

— Ron Black

			Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  5/10/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 19 copies available from $1.00		DC Comics 52: Week One	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett
	#1 Variation A Date:  5/10/2006 Cover Price:  $0.00 NGuide Price:  $9.50 No copies available		2006 convention exclusive giveaway; DC Comics 52: Week One	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett
	#1 Variation B Date:  5/10/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $19.00 1 copy available for $19.99		2006 convention exclusive giveaway; Available to those who attended the DC Nation Panel and that redeemed a ticket at the DC booth. They were limited to 1 per ticket per person; Limited to a print run of only 10,000; DC Comics 52: Week One	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett
	#1 Variation C Date:  5/10/2006 Cover Price:  $0.00 NGuide Price:  $25.00 No copies available		ACTOR special copy autographed by Mark Waid and J.G. Jones, limited number; 2006 convention exclusive giveaway; Available to those who attended the DC Nation Panel and that redeemed a ticket at the DC booth. They were limited to 1 per ticket per person; Limited to a print run of only 10,000; DC Comics 52: Week One	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett
	#2 Date:  5/17/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.00 26 copies available from $0.75			Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
	#3 Date:  5/24/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $1.25 11 copies available from $0.90		Death of Terra-Man, Indicia Says July 2006	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
	#4 Date:  5/31/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $1.25 33 copies available from $0.75			Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
	#5 Date:  6/7/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $1.75 24 copies available from $0.75	Cover by J.G. Jones		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Dan Jurgens
	#6 Date:  6/14/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $4.25 14 copies available from $1.00	Cover by J.G. Jones		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
	#7 Date:  6/21/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $14.00 7 copies available from $8.20		1st appearance Katherine Kane	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Ken Lashley, Dan Jurgens
	#8 Date:  6/28/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $1.75 23 copies available from $0.75	Cover credits Norm Rapmund but interior credits Andy Lanning		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Dan Jurgens
	#9 Date:  7/6/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $8.00 11 copies available from $5.25		1st appearance of Batwoman (Kathy Kane); Indicia Says September 2006	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Shawn Moll, Dan Jurgens
	#10 Date:  7/12/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $1.75 24 copies available from $1.10			Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Dan Jurgens
	#11 Date:  7/19/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $10.00 3 copies available from $10.50		Indicia Says September 2006	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Todd Nauck, Dan Jurgens
	#12 Date:  7/26/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $3.25 1 copy available for $9.99		1st Appearance Isis (Adrianna Tomaz); Origin of Wonder Woman	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Adam Hughes
	#13 Date:  8/2/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 19 copies available from $0.99		Origin of Elongated Man; Indicia Says October 2006	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Todd Nauck, Kevin Nowlan
	#14 Date:  8/9/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 21 copies available from $0.99		Origin of Metamorpho	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Dale Eaglesham, Eric Powell
	#15 Date:  8/16/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.00 26 copies available from $0.70		Death of Booster Gold (Michael Carter); Origin of Steel (John Henry Iron)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Shawn Moll, Jon Bogdanove
	#16 Date:  8/23/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.00 27 copies available from $1.20		Origin of Black Adam (Teth-Adam); Wedding of Black Adam & Isis	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, J.G. Jones
	#17 Date:  8/30/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 16 copies available from $1.75		Death of Devilance the Pursuer; Origin of Lobo	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista
	#18 Date:  9/6/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 22 copies available from $0.99		1st appearance of Daniel Jon Carter; Origin of Question (Vic Sage); Week Eighteen	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Joe Bennett
	#19 Date:  9/13/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 21 copies available from $1.69		Origin of Animal Man (Buddy Baker)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Patrick Olliffe, Brian Bolland
	#20 Date:  9/20/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 19 copies available from $0.99		Origin of Adam Strange	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Kevin Nowlan
	#21 Date:  9/27/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 16 copies available from $0.99		1st appearance Infinity Inc.; Death of Trajectory (Eliza Harmon)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett
	#22 Date:  10/4/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 22 copies available from $0.99		1st appearance Jon Standing Bear; Origin of Green Lantern	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Ivan Reis
	#23 Date:  10/11/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $3.25 7 copies available from $1.69		1st appearance of Osiris (Amon Tomaz); Origin of Wildcat (Ted Grant)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Drew Johnson, Jerry Ordway
	#24 Date:  11/11/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 24 copies available from $0.99		Death of Super-Chief; Origin of Booster Gold (Michael Carter)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Phil Jimenez, Dan Jurgens
	#25 Date:  10/25/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 21 copies available from $0.99		Death of Mirage; Origin of Nightwing (Dick Grayson)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dale Eaglesham, Phil Jimenez, Patrick Olliffe, George Pérez
	#26 Date:  11/1/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 21 copies available from $0.45		1st appearance of Sobek; Origin of Hawkman (Carter Hall); Origin of Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Patrick Olliffe, Joe Bennett
	#27 Date:  11/8/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.00 17 copies available from $0.99		Origin of Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Shawn Moll, Howard Chaykin
	#28 Date:  11/15/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 24 copies available from $0.65		Origin of Catman (Thomas Blake)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Drew Johnson, Dale Eaglesham
	#29 Date:  11/22/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 22 copies available from $0.90		1st appearance of Jade (Nicki Jones)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista
	#30 Date:  11/29/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 22 copies available from $0.80		Origin of Metal Men	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Duncan Rouleau
	#31 Date:  12/6/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $3.00 20 copies available from $1.75		Death of Captain Comet (Adam Blake); Origin of Robin	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Freddie E. Williams II
	#32 Date:  12/13/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $3.00 23 copies available from $0.90		1st Appearance of Talon; 1st Appearance of Riddler’s Daughter; 1st Appearance of Son of Frankenstein; Origin of Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Greg Rucka	Keith Giffen, Patrick Olliffe, Cully Hamner
	#33 Date:  12/20/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 23 copies available from $0.90		Origin of Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Prado, Tom Derenick, Tom Mandrake
	#34 Date:  12/27/2006 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.00 21 copies available from $0.60		Death of Persuader (Cole Parker); Origin of Zatanna	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Brian Bolland
	#35 Date:  1/3/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 18 copies available from $1.40			Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Phil Jimenez, Dan Jurgens
	#36 Date:  1/10/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 19 copies available from $0.99		Death of Animal Man (Buddy Baker); Origin of Power Girl (Karen Starr)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Jamal Igle, Adam Hughes
	#37 Date:  1/17/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 24 copies available from $0.99		Origin of Firestorm (Jason Rusch); Supernova’s identity revealed; Skeets eats the Phantom Zone	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Patrick Olliffe, Jamal Igle
	#38 Date:  1/24/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $3.00 22 copies available from $0.75		Origin of Red Tornado (Android)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Phil Jimenez
	#39 Date:  1/31/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 26 copies available from $1.25		Origin of Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Andy Smith, Ethan Van Sciver
	#40 Date:  2/7/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 32 copies available from $0.60		Steel vs Luthor	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista
	#41 Date:  2/14/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 32 copies available from $0.75		Origin of Starfire (Koriand’r)	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Joe Benitez
	#42 Date:  2/21/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.00 28 copies available from $1.00		Death of Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny); Origin of Green Arrow (Oliver Queen); Felix Faust apperance	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Darick Robertson, Scott McDaniel
	#43 Date:  2/28/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 28 copies available from $1.64		Death of Osiris (Amon Tomaz); Origin of Plastic Man	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Dan Jurgens, Ethan Van Sciver
	#44 Date:  3/7/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 21 copies available from $1.85		Death of Isis; Black Adam kills 3 of 4 Horsemen	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows
	#45 Date:  3/14/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $3.00 19 copies available from $0.75			Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Jamal Igle
	#46 Date:  3/21/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 21 copies available from $1.20		Origin of Batman (Bruce Wayne); Black Adam vs Mad Scientists	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Patrick Olliffe, Andy Kubert
	#47 Date:  3/28/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.50 21 copies available from $1.95		Origin of the Teen Titans	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Karl Kerschl
	#48 Date:  4/4/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $7.00 10 copies available from $4.25		Origin of the Birds of Prey	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Darick Robertson, Nicola Scott
	#49 Date:  4/11/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 21 copies available from $1.50		Death of Chung Tzu; Origin of the Justice Society America	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Don Kramer
	#50 Date:  4/18/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 17 copies available from $1.90		Death of Yeti; Black Adam is now a bad guy; Black Adam vs Everybody	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Justiniano
	#51 Date:  4/25/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.75 13 copies available from $1.85		Origin of Justice League America	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Ivan Reis
	#52 Date:  5/2/2007 Cover Price:  $2.50 NGuide Price:  $2.25 10 copies available from $1.25	Wraparound cover	Final Issue; 52 universes revealed to exist	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Patrick Olliffe
	#52 Variation A Date:  7/1/2007 Cover Price:  $0.00 NGuide Price:  $12.00 7 copies available from $9.00	Diamond Comics Distributors 25th Anniversary Variant Edition	Final Issue	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Patrick Olliffe, Darick Robertson
	Book #1 Date:  5/1/2007 Cover Price:  $19.99 NGuide Price:  $13.50 1 copy available for $9.50		Collects 52 #1–13	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Patrick Olliffe, Darick Robertson
	Book #2 Date:  7/1/2007 Cover Price:  $19.99 NGuide Price:  $19.99 No copies available		Collects 52 #14-26	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Joe Bennett, Dale Eaglesham, Phil Jimenez, Drew Johnson, Shawn Moll, Patrick Olliffe
	Book #3 Date:  9/1/2007 Cover Price:  $19.99 NGuide Price:  $6.50 No copies available		Collects 52 #27–37	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Joe Bennett, Tom Derenick, Jamal Igle, Phil Jimenez, Drew Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Shawn Moll, Patrick Olliffe, Joe Prado, Andy Smith
	Book #4 Date:  Cover Price:  $19.99 NGuide Price:  $14.00 No copies available		Collects 52 #40-52	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Joe Bennett, Tom Derenick, Jamal Igle, Eddy Barrows, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Justiniano, Mike McKone, Patrick Olliffe, Darick Robertson
	Book #5 Date:  Cover Price:  $29.99 NGuide Price:  $33.00 No copies available		Titled as 52 Book One; Collects 52 #1-26	Geoff Johns	Keith Giffen
	Book #6 Date:  Cover Price:  $34.99 NGuide Price:  $34.99 No copies available		Titled as 52 Vol. 2; Collects 52 #27-52	Geoff Johns	Joe Bennett
	Deluxe Set #1 Hardcover Date:  Cover Price:  $150.00 NGuide Price:  $125.00 No copies available		52 Omnibus; Collects 52 #1-52; ca. 2012	Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid	Keith Giffen, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Patrick Olliffe, Darick Robertson, Joe Bennett, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Tom Derenick, Dale Eaglesham, Jamal Igle, Phil Jimenez, Drew Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Ken Lashley, Shawn Moll, Todd Nauck, Joe Prado, Andy Smith