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
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52 #1

10-May-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
19 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett
52 #1 Variation B

10-May-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $6.98 		2006 convention exclusive giveaway Cover B by J.G. Jones; Available to those who attended the DC Nation Panel and that redeemed a ticket at the DC booth; DC Comics 52: Week One; Limited to 1 per ticket per person; Limited to 10,000 Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett
52 #2

17-May-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
22 copies available from $0.88 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
52 #3

24-May-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $1.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
52 #4

31-May-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
19 copies available from $0.55 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
52 #5

7-Jun-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
15 copies available from $0.75 		Cover by J.G. Jones; Covers by J.G. Jones Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Chris Batista, Dan Jurgens
52 #6

14-Jun-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
10 copies available from $2.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens
52 #7

21-Jun-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $5.98 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Ken Lashley, Dan Jurgens
52 #8

28-Jun-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $0.75 		Cover credits Norm Rapmund but interior credits Andy Lanning; Adam Strange; Animal Man; Booster Gold; Ralph Dibny; Starfire; Steel Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Dan Jurgens
52 #9

6-Jul-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
11 copies available from $2.25 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Shawn Moll, Dan Jurgens
52 #10

12-Jul-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $0.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Chris Batista, Dan Jurgens
52 #11

19-Jul-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
10 copies available from $8.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Dan JurgensKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Todd Nauck, Dan Jurgens
52 #12

26-Jul-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $2.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Adam Hughes
52 #13

2-Aug-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Todd Nauck, Kevin Nowlan
52 #14

9-Aug-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
21 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Dale Eaglesham, Eric Powell
52 #15

16-Aug-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
22 copies available from $0.88 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Shawn Moll, Jon Bogdanove
52 #16

23-Aug-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
22 copies available from $0.88 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, J.G. Jones
52 #17

30-Aug-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
15 copies available from $2.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista
52 #18

6-Sep-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
20 copies available from $0.90 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Joe Bennett
52 #19

13-Sep-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Pat Olliffe, Brian Bolland
52 #20

20-Sep-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
16 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista, Kevin Nowlan
52 #21

27-Sep-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
16 copies available from $1.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett
52 #22

4-Oct-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
20 copies available from $0.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Ivan Reis
52 #23

11-Oct-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $3.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Drew Johnson, Jerry Ordway
52 #24

18-Oct-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
14 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Phil Jimenez, Dan Jurgens
52 #25

25-Oct-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Dale Eaglesham, Phil Jimenez, Pat Olliffe, George Pérez
52 #26

November, 2006
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Pat Olliffe, Joe Bennett
52 #27

8-Nov-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Shawn Moll, Howard Chaykin
52 #28

15-Nov-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
20 copies available from $0.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Drew Johnson, Dale Eaglesham
52 #29

22-Nov-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
16 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista
52 #30

29-Nov-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Duncan Rouleau
52 #31

6-Dec-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
19 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista, Freddie E. Williams II
52 #32

13-Dec-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.25 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Greg RuckaKeith Giffen, Pat Olliffe, Cully Hamner
52 #33

20-Dec-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Prado, Tom Derenick, Tom Mandrake
52 #34

27-Dec-2006
Cover Price: $2.50
14 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Brian Bolland
52 #35

3-Jan-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Phil Jimenez, Dan Jurgens
52 #36

10-Jan-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Jamal Igle, Adam Hughes
52 #37

17-Jan-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
20 copies available from $1.13 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Pat Olliffe, Jamal Igle
52 #38

24-Jan-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
20 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Phil Jimenez
52 #39

31-Jan-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Andy Smith, Ethan Van Sciver
52 #40

7-Feb-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista
52 #41

14-Feb-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
19 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Joe Benitez
52 #42

21-Feb-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
18 copies available from $0.88 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Darick Robertson, Scott McDaniel
52 #43

28-Feb-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
14 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Dan Jurgens, Ethan Van Sciver
52 #44

7-Mar-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.13 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Eddy Barrows
52 #45

14-Mar-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
14 copies available from $0.96 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista, Jamal Igle
52 #46

21-Mar-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Pat Olliffe, Andy Kubert
52 #47

28-Mar-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.50 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Karl Kerschl
52 #48

4-Apr-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $3.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Darick Robertson, Nicola Scott
52 #49

11-Apr-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
15 copies available from $1.00 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Eddy Barrows, Don Kramer
52 #50

18-Apr-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
16 copies available from $1.75 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Justiniano
52 #51

25-Apr-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
12 copies available from $1.13 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Ivan Reis
52 #52

2-May-2007
Cover Price: $2.50
14 copies available from $0.75 		Wraparound cover by J.G. Jones; 52 universes revealed to exist; Final Issue Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Pat Olliffe
52 #52 Variation A

July, 2007
Cover Price: $0.00
3 copies available from $15.00 		Diamond Comics Distributors 25th Anniversary Edition Cover A by J.G. Jones; Final Issue Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Pat Olliffe, Darick Robertson
52 Book #6


Cover Price: $34.99
1 copy available for $34.99 		Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark WaidKeith Giffen, Chris Batista, Joe Bennett, Tom Derenick, Jamal Igle, Eddy Barrows, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Justiniano, Mike McKone, Pat Olliffe, Darick Robertson