52 #52

Type: comic book / magazine
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Date: 2 May 2007
Cover Price: $2.50
Final issue
wraparound cover by J. G. Jones based on 52 #1

Contents

“A Year in the Life” -- 40 pages

  • written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid
  • pencils by Eddy Barrows, Chris Batista, Justiniano, Mike McKone, Patrick Olliffe, and Darick Robertson
  • breakdowns by Keith Giffen
  • inks by Drew Geraci, Andy Lanning, Rodney Ramos, Darick Robertson, and Walden Wong
  • reveals DC’s new multiverse comprised of 52 universes, including Earth-17 (featuring the Atomic Knights), Earth-3 (based on the pre-Crisis Earth-3 and the anti-matter Earth), Earth-10 (based on the pre-Crisis Earth-X featuring Quality characters), Earth-50 (the WildStorm Universe), Earth-5 (based on the pre-Crisis Earth-S, featuring the Fawcett characters), Earth-22 (based on Kingdom Come), Earth-2 (based on the pre-Crisis Earth-2), and Earth-4 (based on the pre-Crisis Earth-4, featuring the Charlton characters)

the ninth and final issue of 52 to lack a back-up story; a.k.a. 52 Week Fifty-Two; published 2 May 2007

Additional Images


The full wraparound cover to 52 #52.


Diamond Comics variant of 52 #52, offered as part of Diamond’s 25th anniversary. This variant came with a certificate of appreciation and was limited to 5000 copies


See It in Context on the Continuity Pages:

52 #1Big-Guns Justice League: 52 (2006-2007)

by Julian Darius | in The Continuity Pages | complete as of 22 June 2013

The week after Infinite Crisis, DC debuted 52, its first weekly series since Action Comics became Action Comics Weekly for less than a year in 1988-1989. During Infinite Crisis, the entire DC Universe was moved… [more]


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