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Geoff Johns,, | 584 pages | 28 Jun 2016 | DC Comics | 9781401263256 | English | United States 52 Vol 1 | DC Database | Fandom

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — 52, Vol. Grant Morrison. Greg Rucka. . Illustrator. Eddy Barrows Illustrator. Chris Batista Illustrator. Ken Lashley Illustrator. Shawn Moll Illustrator. Todd Nauck Illustrator. Joe Bennett Illustrator. After the events rendered in Infinite Crisis, the inhabitants of the DC Universe suffered through a year 52 weeks; hence the title without , , and Wonder Woman. How does one survive in 52: Book 1 dangerous world without superheroes? This paperback, the first of a four-volume series, begins to answer that perilous ? Nonstop action amid planetary anarchy. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 8. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about 52, Vol. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of 52, Vol. But whyyyy? Well, partly because there are reasons why these characters are unpopular and barely known in the first place and partly because none of the myriad of storylines going on are at all interesting! , ruler of Kahndaq, is forming a coalition against US hegemony while lethally dealing with . is up to his usual dickish tricks. , , and Adam Strange are stranded on an alien planet somewhere. Those are roughly all of the storylines in this first volume. Some storylines I liked less than others. I hate this guy. , take a bow, you created the worst superhero ever! All this book 52: Book 1 is show others realising what we already know: that Booster is a fraud. What do people see in this cheesy, poorly designed and totally unlikeable character?? And why did DC see fit to make him such a big component of 52?! All of the storylines are so, so slooooooow moving! Black Adam does some typically evil shit and then creates a new 52: Book 1 for no reason. The idea of only using lesser-known characters is 52: Book 1 too. And they pulled off the grand experiment so kudos to DC! View all 4 comments. I first read 52 some years 52: Book 1, but for some reason never rated 52: Book 1 on Goodreads. In a nutshell: after the events of Infinite Crisis Superman, Batman, Wonder 52: Book 1 and Flash amongst others are missing, and Earth and the superhero community are in a shambles. Mind, there are 52: Book 1 more superheroes here than you can shake a stick at, albeit mostly the lesser known ones. Instead of each featuring in an individual series, the story of this difficult year is told in crossover format, under the 52 banner. At the same time Animal Man, Adam Strange and Starfire are stranded on an unknown planet, attempting to return to Earth. Ah, remember the good old 52: Book 1 League International days? The most remarkable thing about 52 is that it actually hangs together. There are many 52: Book 1 being told here, and most of the time the reader is only presented with a single piece of the puzzle at a time. Some sequences are rather bizarre. Consider, for example, the effects of a refracted teleportation beam on the heroes returning from space following the events of Infinite Crisis. Also: handing out super powers to ordinary citizens. On the other hand, care seems to have been taken to root 52 in some reality, like flying characters being unable to take a fight into coalition country airspace without clearance. Politics have caught up with the comics. Considering that this could be regarded as an exercise in excess with the multitudes of different storylines, the writers have to be commended for the way they managed to cut away the fat and stick to the essentials. Next: 52, Vol. Jul 24, Shannon rated it really liked it Shelves: books- reviewedgraphic-novelsactionmy-very-best-readsneed-reviewingfantasy-scifi. Note that "" follows after this and was published in There are a list of vying superheroes trying to make a name for themselves but everybody especially feels the lack of Superman in Metropolis. Meanwhile, it should be no surprise that the aftershocks of Final Crisis are far from resolved. Expect old and new villains, as well as some villains who have not been seen in some time. Each chapter has a page of commentary from the writers and artists as well as a page or half page of script. The back 52: Book 1 various art covers. The writing team has to produce 52 issues in 52 weeks! That must have been intense. Note that this series comes in four volumes. He is assisted by a golden flying robot named Skeets. Meanwhile, in the make believe nation 52: Book 1 Khandaq Black Adam imposes his dictatorship. Ralph Dibny mourns his dead wife and can't let go. Detective of Gotham meets a faceless man and a mad scientist is at large can you guess who? John Henry denies his niece a suit of powerful armor which drives her away. There's a merging with the Justice Society of America so some of the Old School superheroes show up with their own stories. Lex Luthor talks of creating his own superheroes. And 52: Book 1 the Chinese border the Green Lanterns and other superheroes are going up against hostile Asian superheroes who have long resented the power held by America and have recently come into their own powers. Hey, you mean graphic novels can talk about our own times? Who would have thought it with some of the prejudices I have found towards the 52: Book 1. My least favorite storyline was the one dealing with the three superheroes trying 52: Book 1 return from being lost in space and no I'm not talking about the movie or old TV series. View all 13 comments. Nov 29, Sesana rated it really liked it Shelves: comicssuperhumansfantasylgbt. Right after Infinite Crisis wrapped up, the regular DC books apparently skipped forward a year. I'm not sure what I expected out of it, 52: Book 1 I didn't expect it to be very good. 52 Book 1 by

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — 52 Book 1 by Geoff Johns. Grant Morrison. Greg Rucka. Keith Giffen Illustrator. Eddy Barrows Illustrator. Illustrator. Dale Eaglesham Illustrator. Now, in the first of 52: Book 1 volumes, 52 is collected with bonus material after each chapter, including concept designs, page breakdowns, scripts, alternate story elements, and more! Collects 52 Get A Copy. Kindle Editionpages. More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about 52 Book 1please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of 52 Book 1. Happy to see all the comic book characters in the book. Wonder if Ralph will become Dr. Black 52: Book 1 seems interesting. Hope he will have fun with his new family. Hope Renee and Charlie will be able to stop . Wondering when Renee and Kate will talk. Hope Batman and Wonder Woman come back. Also hope Superman does too. Can't wait to read Book 2!!!! The Good: The artwork here 52: Book 1 amazing! The amount of detail put into the characters and locations blew me away. I was impressed by how convoluted the story was; it has plenty of twists and turns, and definitely kept me involved! The Bad: As usual for more modern comics, there was quite a bit of unnecessary content. The violence was also bloody at times, and some of the monsters--particularly a hideous egg creature--were rather scary. Also, there was a bit of sultriness; the bit where two women were seen in bed together in their underwear was completely unnecessary. Conclusion: This one has some really high points and some really low points; like many modern DC comic installments, it was quite the mixed bag. Despite the great production values, 52: Book 1 readers should opt for older comics, which don't include nearly as much smut. With the gone and a few familiar faces being disheveled, new heroes have emerged with their own views and ideas on how they think will keep their world safe, for better or worse. The work on this is wonderful. And the writing team seems to take advantage of this massive yarn to explore all sorts of random character dynamics. I need volume 2. The massive year-long 52 is not something 52: Book 1 read back when the individual issues were being published. I tend to be more of a Marvel reader, plus budget 52: Book 1 storage space are always limited. However, now that I can read comics digitally, I'm catching up, where I can, on big events that I missed. I must say that venturing into this volume I was dubious. I am much more familiar with the Marvel universe than I am with DC's, so I thought that much of the material would be over my head. Also, I suspec The massive year-long 52 is not something I read back when the individual issues were being published. Also, I suspected that, in a daunting multi-part undertaking like this, time constraints for the creators would 52: Book 1 the art and writing to be weak. I am pleased to say that I was wrong on all accounts. Each of the hundreds of pages in this first volume is filled with gorgeous artwork. 52: Book 1 various artists, and main layout artist, did an amazing job. And I enjoyed each of the various interlocking stories 52: Book 1 well, none of which were uninteresting or incomprehensible. There are different moods, tones, and textures for each of the tales and they are all engaging. So I must say that 52 is an impressive feat, not just a stunt, but a solidly executed series of comics with an entertaining array of characters and stories. I'm excited to delve into the second half of the series to see how it all wraps up. Really enjoyable read. This may be one 52: Book 1 the best entire universe comic stories I have ever read. Batman, Wonderman, Superman are effectively out of play. As a result, I enjoyed getting to know lesser known parts of the DC Universe as they tried to fill the shoes of 52: Book 1 major players. I think the true gift of this volume is the way the side stories and the main plot both work together. In some other bigger universe works I have read, 52: Book 1 is usually not the case. Both the side stories and main Really enjoyable read. Both the side stories and main plot move along brilliantly and keep you invested. I also greatly enjoyed the day by day and week by week layout of the graphic novel it definitely brought me 52: Book 1 to watching the show I can't wait to read the next volume. This is long but worth it! I'm normally of the belief that a story needs a singular vision to excellency. Morrison, Johns, Waid, Rucka and Griffen has completely shaken this conviction. This book takes so many b and c list superheroes and make them 52: Book 1 more interesting than you'd think from their names and looks they'd be. I got this cause I knew the Question 52: Book 1 a major player, but all of the sudden all these other characters are making me just as interested in reading this massive book. I can't wait to read I'm normally of the belief that a story needs 52: Book 1 singular vision to reach excellency. I can't wait to read the second part. Jan 05, Russell Ray rated it it was amazing. What happens when Earth's greatest heroes are absent? More take 52: Book 1 place, but their morality is a bit grayer. It's a good combination of sparingly used 52: Book 1 that I remember from Who's Who back in the late '80s and new characters for this series. Fast paced and jumps around a lot, but just like the series 24 that it's based on, 52: Book 1 do a good job of catching you up when characters reappear weeks later. To pool a great team of 52: Book 1 like this together and have them creating a coherent 52: Book 1 multi-faceted storyline that allows some of the other DC regulars to step into the shoes of the Trinity QUINN rated it really liked it. A fun ride This is a fun ride through the DC Universe without the big guns. It's like a sprawling multi stage novel; it's funny and usually well drawn. Some minor characters get starring roles. I read this during the pandemic when no new comics were coming out and it satisfied my need to read a few books a night. 52, Vol. 1 by Geoff Johns

The series covers much of the DC Universeand several characters whose disparate stories interconnect. The story is directly followed by the weekly limited series Countdown to Final Crisis. It was the first weekly series published by DC Comics since the short-lived anthology Weekly in — The use of a weekly publication format is unusual in the North American comics industry, traditionally based upon a monthly publication. The record was previously held by Action Comics Weekly. The story was originally conceived as being a chronicle of what happened in the "missing year" between the end of Infinite Crisis and the beginning of One 52: Book 1 Later. It would especially focus on how the world dealt with the disappearance of the "big three" heroes in the DCU, SupermanBatmanand Wonder Woman. As the series went on, 52: Book 1 became more of a platform for which 52: Book 1 set the stage for upcoming storylines in the DC Universe. In the final chapter, both 52: Book 1 device and a Monitor inform that she was supposed to have died instead of Jade. Weeks 12 through 51 feature Secret Originswritten by Mark Waid with a rotating team of artists. In the aftermath of Infinite CrisisSupermanBatmanand Wonder Woman have temporarily retired their costumed identities, and the remaining heroes attend a memorial for in Metropolis. Time traveler Booster 52: Book 1 attends the 52: Book 1, but when Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman do not 52: Book 1 as he expects, he suspects his robot sidekick Skeets is malfunctioning. After Skeets reports other incorrect historical data, Booster searches fellow time traveler 's desert for answers, but finds it littered with enigmatic scrawled notes and photos of himself and Skeets surrounded by the words "his fault" with arrows pointing toward them. Booster's reputation is ruined by his unscrupulous attempts to maintain his 52: Book 1 sponsorships, as well as the arrival of a mysterious new superhero named Supernova. Booster tries to regain the spotlight by containing an exploding nuclear submarinebut is seemingly killed in the attempt. Skeets uses Booster's ancestor Daniel Carter to regain access to Hunter's lab, where he sees the photos and arrows pointing at Skeets himself. Realizing that Hunter is aware of his plan, Skeets traps Carter in a time loop in the bunker and sets out to locate Hunter himself. He eventually corners Hunter and Supernova in the bottle-city of Kandor 52: Book 1, where Supernova reveals himself to be Booster Gold, having faked his death with the help 52: Book 1 Hunter to uncover Skeets' true intentions. Hunter and Booster attempt to trap Skeets in the Phantom Zonebut Skeets appears to consume the sub-dimension and pursues his two adversaries through time. Ralph Dibnythe , is told that the gravestone of his dead wife Sue has been vandalized with an inverted version of Superman's "S" symbol, the Kryptonian symbol for resurrection. He confronts Cassandra Sandsmarkand she tells Dibny that she is in a cult which believes that Superboy can be resurrected, but they would like to try it first with Sue. Despite his initial consent, Dibny and his friends disrupt the ceremony, and the effigy of Sue crawls to Dibny, calling out to him as it burns; Dibny suffers a nervous breakdown as a result. Ralph seeks out the helmet of Doctor Fatewhich promises to revive Sue if he makes certain sacrifices. 52: Book 1 unwilling assistance of a demon he tied into knots using Gingold, Dibny journeys with the helmet through the afterlives of several cultures, where he is cautioned about the use of magic for personal gain. After several failed attempts to resurrect his wife, Dibny prepares a spell in Doctor Fate 's home, the Tower of Nabu. Dibny puts the helmet on, points the gun at his temple, then 52: Book 1 the helmet to reveal it is actually the sorcerer Felix Faust. Faust was posing as Nabu to give Dibny's soul to the demon Neron in exchange for his freedom. Neron kills Dibny, but realizes too late that Dibny's spell has trapped him and Faust inside a circle of binding that can only be undone by the person who originally created it. With Ralph's death, Neron and Faust are seemingly trapped together in the tower for all eternity. Ralph and Sue Dibny are reunited in death as ghost detectives. Lex Luthor announces the Everyman Project, a program designed to give ordinary people superpowers. John Henry Irons deactivates his niece Natasha 's armor 52: Book 1 an argument about responsibility, then denies her pleas to be allowed 52: Book 1 join the Everyman project. Following an encounter with Luthor, Irons' skin transforms into stainless steelcausing Natasha to accuse him of hypocrisy. Out of spite, she enrolls in the Everyman Project and becomes a member of Luthor's superhero team Infinity, Inc. Irons learns that Luthor can deactivate Everyman Project-given abilities and that they expire naturally after approximately six months. Luthor negates the powers of one of Natasha's teammates during a battle with fatal results, and 52: Book 1 uses the death of her friend to convince Natasha to question Luthor's motives. After Luthor, angered by reports that he is incompatible with the treatment, deactivates the powers of the majority of the Everyman subjects on New Year's Eve, resulting in many of 52: Book 1 falling from the sky to their deaths, Natasha works undercover to expose Luthor. Luthor eventually learns the reports were falsified by employees out of fear for what he might do with genuine superpowers, and gives himself the powers of Superman. He discovers Natasha's spying and beats her violently using his newfound powers. offers Natasha, in her rebuilt Steel armor, membership in the Teen , but she declines in favor of forming a new team with her uncle. They are pursued through space by agents of Lady Styxwhose forces are conquering and overrunning planets on a path of destruction toward Earth. They are rescued and joined by Lobowho possesses the Emerald Eye of Ekron and claims he has found religion and turned his back on violence for the sake of 52: Book 1 beloved Space Dolphins. Lady Styx hired Lobo to capture the heroes, but he instead delivers them to her so they can fight her. The heroes triumph, but not before encountering the Emerald Head of Ekron, a who fights alongside them to reobtain his eye which is, in fact, a supercharged power ring. During the fight, Animal Man is injected with a toxin and dies. After Starfire and Strange lay his body to rest and leave, Animal Man awakens to find the aliens who gave him his powers standing over him, upgrading his powers to allow him to gain powers from any sentient being in the universe. Animal Man acquires the powers of Sun-Eaterswhich he uses to return to Earth. He is pursued by Lady Styx's assassins, who are killed by Starfire just as they arrive at his home. Black Adamthe superhuman leader of Kahndaq, forges a coalition with several other countries against the United States ' superhuman supremacy under the Freedom of Power Treaty until Adrianna Tomaza former slave, shows Adam how he can use his abilities more peacefully to help his country. Following a lead, the Question and Montoya fly to Kahndaq, where they prevent a suicide bombing at Black 52: Book 1 and Isis' wedding, for which Adam awards them one of Kahndaq's highest honors. The four uncover Intergang, which is inducting children into a religion of crime based on its Crime Bible. Black Adam finds Isis' crippled brother Amon among the children and shares his power with him, and Amon is reborn as Osiris. Osiris befriends a seemingly timid anthropomorphic crocodile named Sobekwho joins Black Adam's Black Marvel 52: Book 1. Adam and Isis inform the Freedom of Power Treaty member nations that Kahndaq is no longer interested in 52: Book 1 power or in executing superhumans. Will Magnuscreator of the Metal Menis abducted to Oolong Island, where Intergang and Chang Tzu are forcing kidnapped scientists to develop new weapons for them. Magnus' anti-depressants are confiscated and he is ordered to build a Plutonium Man robot, but Magnus also secretly rebuilds miniature versions of the Metal Men. Suspicious of Black Adam, Amanda Waller destroys Osiris' reputation by maneuvering 52: Book 1 into killing the and leaking footage of the incident to the media. Osiris retires from the public eye as a result, and acid rain ravages Kahndaq. Osiris, convinced that he is the cause of Kahndaq's new miseries, asks Captain Marvel to remove his powers, but he is confronted by Isis and Black Adam and returns to Kahndaq. Sobek tricks Osiris into turning back into Amon and devours him, revealing himself to be the fourth Horseman, Famine. The other Horsemen battle Black Adam and Isis. Isis is poisoned by Pestilence and dies while asking Adam to avenge her and Osiris' deaths. Grief-stricken and 52: Book 1 to the point of madness, Black Adam destroys the country of Bialya, base of the Four Horsemen, and murders the country's entire population before killing the last of the Horsemen. He attacks Oolong Island, but the scientists capture and imprison him. The Justice Society of America invade the 52: Book 1 to arrest Adam and subdue the scientists, but Adam escapes and embarks on a week-long rampage across the globe 52: Book 1, during which he kills several superhumans. During an enormous battle between many superhumans and Black Adam, 52: Book 1 Marvel is unable to convince the Egyptian pantheon to remove Adam's powers, so he instead reverts him to Teth-Adam and changes Adam's magic word from "" to a new phrase. Teth-Adam goes missing in the resulting explosion and wanders the Earth powerlessly as he tries to guess the new magic word. He is seen wearing boots made from Sobek's skin. The Question and Montoya train with in Nanda Parbatwhere Montoya learns that the Question is dying from lung cancer and wants her to replace him. After they discover a prophecy in the Crime Bible about 's death, the two join her fight against Intergang in Gotham City. When the Question's condition worsens, Montoya journeys back to in 52: Book 1 failed attempt to save his life. Shortly after they leave Gotham, Intergang 52: Book 1 Batwoman's identity and attempts to sacrifice her to fulfill the prophecy. Montoya, as the new Question, joins Nightwing and former Intergang member Kyle Abbot in trying to save Batwoman, but they are unable to prevent Mannheim from stabbing her with a ceremonial dagger. Batwoman fatally wounds Mannheim and survives. After she recovers, Montoya shines the restored Bat-Signal to call Batwoman back to work. Skeets is revealed to be Mister Mindwho has been using Skeets' metallic body as a cocoon to metamorphose into a gigantic, monstrous form 52: Book 1 feeds 52: Book 1 time itself. Rip Hunter and Booster escape to the end of the Infinite Crisis, where they witness the secret creation of 52 identical parallel universeswhich 52: Book 1 Mind intends to consume. Mister Mind alters events in the 52 universes, creating new histories and a new status quo for each. Booster and Supernova trap Mister Mind in the remains of Skeets' 52: Book 1 and send him back in time to the beginning of the year, where he is captured by Dr. Sivana, trapped in a time loop for all eternity. Hunter, Booster, and Supernova agree to keep the restored multiverse's existence a secret, and Will Magnus rebuilds Skeets, using a copy he had made of the robot's memories. Week 50 of 52 and the four-issue World War III limited serieswhich was released the same week, depict the superhumans' battle with Black Adam. The group was created by writer Grant Morrison who stated, "I love writing cowardly, petulant, irascible supervillains much more than I enjoy writing truly evil ones, so this whole plot strand was a joy from beginning to end. MorrowKomrade Krabb, Dr. Rigoro Mortis. They are commanded by Chang Tzu. They are featured prominently throughout the series, particularly in Week The message is spelled out using the first letter of every third word: "the secret of 52: Book 1 is that the multiverse still exists". The lead stories of the series are collected, with commentary from the creators and other extras, into four trade paperbacks :. The collection has also been made available in a two-volume edition that includes bonus material after each chapter:. Taking advantage of the popularity of the series, DC issued several series of comics based on the individual threads of 52 that began several months after 52 ended. Booster Gold vol. 52: Book 1 Adam: The Dark Ageanother six-issue miniseries, follows Teth-Adam's quest to restore his powers and bring Isis back to life; it takes place between the end of 52 and 's corruption in Countdown to Final Crisis. Two strands of 52: Book 1 52 story were taken and put together with back-ups from the new Countdown to Final Crisis story. Countdown to Adventure looks at the fate of space-travelers Adam Strange, Animal Man, and Starfire in their new roles after their journey over the course of eight issues, with a back-up story 52: Book 1 Forerunner. Countdown to Mystery is another eight-issue series looking at the new Doctor Fate and a back-up story focusing on Eclipso. In SeptemberDC Direct premiered a line of action figures based on Jones and Alex Sinclair, and its design by George Brewer. Outside of the loss of these various storylines from the book, events play out in an essentially identical manner, with most of the dialogue itself even lifted from the comics verbatim.