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52 - Week 3 (May 24 (July by indencia) 2006)

New World Order

"It's time for heroes who don't just patrol the world...they change it."
--Black Adam

Summary

Volume: 1
Issue: Week 3
Week: May 24 (July by indencia)
Year: 2006

Overall credits

Editor in Chief: Dan DiDio
Editor: Stephen Wacker
Assistant Editors: Jann Jones and Harvey Richards
Cover Artists: J.G. Jones and Alex Sinclair

Credits

Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Breakdowns: Keith Giffen
Penciler: Joe Bennett
Inker: Ruy Jose
Colorist: Alex Sinclair
Letterer: Pat Brosseau

Synopsis

Cast of Characters:

Locations:

Items:

First Appearances: Kala Avasti (a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs); Mister Akteon (a corrupt businessman); Noose (a member of Intergang); Rough House (a member of Intergang); Wallis (a GCPD officer)
Final Appearances: Terra-Man (dies in this issue); Mister Akteon; Noose (dies in this issue); Rough House; Wallis

Synopsis:
Day 1:
Detectives for the Gotham City Police Department discover a corpse in an alley. Maggie Sawyer and Renee Montoya inspect the body and are shocked to discover that it is Lex Luthor!

Meanwhile, Power Girl battles with the Terra-Man over the skies of Kahndaq. Black Adam intervenes and prevents Power Girl from apprehending the villain. He tells her that she has no authority to conduct business in Kahndaq. Terra-Man returns with Black Adam to his palace.

Day 2:
At the Steelworks, Natasha Iron argues with her father over her grades. John Henry tells her that he has signed her up for Summer school. Natasha storms out of the building. Moments later, John receives a telephone call from S.T.A.R. Labs. They need him to come in and identify Lex Luthor’s body.

Day 3:
In Kahndaq, two representatives of Intergang named Noose and Rough House arrives at the presidential palace. They offer him the “most beautiful virgin in all of Egypt” in exchange for safe passage through Kahndaq for their criminal affairs. Black Adam responds by crushing Noose’s face in his hand.

Day 4:
In Metropolis, Booster Gold makes a showy display of beating up on a b-list super-villain named Shockwave. Skeets manages to bilk the event for all that it is worth, propelling Booster’s celebrity status to new levels. He later malfunctions however, as he incorrectly gives Booster some stock tips that fail to meet his expectations.

Day 5:
John Henry Irons examines the corpse of Lex Luthor. He discovers that a pair of colored contact lenses placed over the body’s eyes. This is not the real Lex Luthor. As if on cue, Luthor barges into the lab with an entourage of reporters falling in behind him. He presents the dead impostor and declares that the duplicate has been responsible for all of the negative deeds attributed to Luthor over the years.

Day 6:
At the Kahndaq embassy in New York City, Black Adam and Terra-Man addresses the press corps. Black Adam elects to put forth an extremely effective message regarding those who would seek to cross him. He grabs Terra-Man and tears him in half, spraying blood and gore all across the masses.

History of the DCU

Part II of X

Credits

Head Writer: Dan Jurgens
Pencilers: Dan Jurgens
Inkers: Art Thibert
Colourists: Guy Major and Jerome Cox
Editors: Eddie Berganza, Ivan Cohen and Jeanine Schaefer

Synopsis

Cast of Characters:

Locations:

Items:

First Appearances: No first appearances
Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Donna Troy continues to analyze the historical events that brought about the age of heroes on both Earth-One and Earth-Two.

Notes

  • This issue went on sale May 24th, 2006.
  • Natasha Irons appears in her civilian identity only in this issue.
  • To all accounts, the double of Lex Luthor appears to be Alexander Luthor. Lex Luthor and the Joker murdered Alexander Luthor in Infinite Crisis #7. However, Alex's face was scarred by the Joker's acid spray, whereas the dead Luthor in this issue apears physically undamaged (aside from being dead).
  • The History of the DCU segment of this issue contains cameo flashbacks of the following characters:

Adam Strange, Anti-Monitor, Atom (Al Pratt), Atom (Ray Palmer), Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Batman (Bruce Wayne), Blue Devil, Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Changeling, Chief, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Creeper, Cyborg (Victor Stone), Darkseid, Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Dove (Don Hall), Dream Girl, Duo-Damsel, Elasti-Girl, Element Lad, Flash (Barry Allen), Flash (Jay Garrick), Geo-Force, Green Arrow (Ollie Queen), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Hawk (Hank Hall), Hawkman (Carter Hall), Hourman (Rex Tyler), Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg), Jade, Kid Flash (Wally West), Krypto (Silver Age), Lightning Lad, Martian Manhunter, Metamorpho, Mon-El, Monitor, Negative Man, Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Orion, Phantom Girl, Raven, Robin (Dick Grayson), Robotman (Cliff Steele), Saturn Girl, Speedy (Roy Harper), Star Boy, Starfire, Sun Boy, Superboy (Silver Age), Timberwolf, Warlord, Wildfire, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy)

Trivia

  • Terra-Man refers to Power Girl as a "strange visitor". Strange Visitor was also the name of a former member of Superman's supporting cast who perished during the Our Worlds at War event. Like Power Girl, Strange Visitor was intended to be analagous to Supergirl. Whether this ironic reference was made intentionally or not is unknown.

Recommended Readings

  • Booster Gold
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths
  • Elongated Man
  • History of the DC Universe
  • Identity Crisis
  • Infinite Crisis
  • Question (Volume 1)
  • Question (Volume 2)

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