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FREE 52: BOOK 1 PDF Geoff Johns,Grant Morrison,Greg Rucka | 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. Mark Waid. Keith Giffen 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 Superman, Batman, 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 question? 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! Black Adam, ruler of Kahndaq, is forming a coalition against US hegemony while lethally dealing with supervillains. Booster Gold is up to his usual dickish tricks. Animal Man, Starfire, 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. Dan Jurgens, 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: Lex Luthor 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 "Final Crisis" 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 Renee Montoya 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 Geoff Johns 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. Phil Jimenez 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 Intergang. 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 Justice League 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.