52 - Week 4 (May 31 (July by indencia) 2006)
Dances With Monsters
- "Elf needs food badly. Seriously, Renee, you need to get off of me --"
Summary
Volume: 1
Issue: Week 4
Week: May 31
Year: 2006
Credits
Editor in Chief: Dan Didio
Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Cover Artists: J.G. Jones and Alex Sinclair
Pencilers: Keith Giffen & Joe Bennett
Inkers: Jack Jadson
Colourists: Alex Sinclair
Editors: Jann Jones, Harvey Richards, Stephen Wacker
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Booster Gold
- Bumblebee
- Cult of Conner
- Devem
- Elongated Man
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
- Fire
- Halo
- Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)
- Herald
- Renee Montoya
- Natasha Irons
- Question
- Steel (John Henry Irons)
- Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)
Locations:
- 350 Kane Street
- Booster Gold's apartment
- Steelworks
Items:
First Appearances: Devem; Cult of Conner (anonymous cultists); Thaddeus Star (a young boy)
Final Appearances: Thaddeus Star
Synopsis:
Day One
At the behest of the Question, Renee Montoya begins the third week of a stakeout in front of a warehouse on 350 Kane Street in Gotham City.
In outer space, several astronauts and the former Outsider known as Halo attempt to lock onto ambient Zeta beam energy emissions. A brilliant burst of energy flares up outside of the shuttle, and the astronauts contact the President.
In Metropolis, Booster Gold saves six-year-old Thaddeus Star from falling from an elevator platform. Fire criticizes Booster for marketing his heroic activity.
Day Two
Unknown
Day Three
The Question meets up with Montoya and they share information.
John Henry Irons begins suffering from hallucinations at the Steelworks. There is an explosion in his laboratory and he suddenly finds that his hand has transformed into organic steel.
Day Four
Ralph Dibny approaches the Cult of Conner and learns about Kryptonian resurrection ceremonies. Cassie Sandsmark convinces Ralph that submersion in the Striped Waters of Memon may grant visions of the afterlife. He reluctantly agrees to partake in the ritual, but when he awakens, he finds that his wedding band is missing.
Day Five
Montoya and the Question witness a large hulking mass entering the Kane Street warehouse. They go inside only to find a green-scaled monster that attacks them. During the struggle, Montoya knocks over a crate of super-advanced weaponry. She uses a hi-tech firearm to destroy the creature.
Day Six
Unknown
Day Seven
The Zeta Beam lands in Western Australia depositing several missing super-heroes including Green Lantern, Herald, Bumblebee and Hawkgirl. Green Lantern is bleeding from his left eye, Herald has a piece of shrapnel embedded in his chest, and Hawkgirl is over fifty-feet tall.
History of the DCU
Part III 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:
- Harbinger's historical orb
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. She recalls the catastrophic event known as the Crisis on Infinite Earths and the death of the Earth-One Supergirl.
Notes
- Repeated references are made to Sue Dibny who died during Identity Crisis.
- Reference is made to Ellen Baker, the wife of Animal Man.
- This issue is the final appearance of Mal Duncan as Herald. He will soon changes his name to Vox and become a member of the Doom Patrol.
- The "History of the DCU" segment features cameo flashbacks of many heroes and villains who appeared during the Crisis on Infinite Earths event.
Trivia
- The title to this issue, "Dances with Monsters", is a reference to the 1990 film Dances with Wolves.
- The tickertape running text on the bottom cover reads "Montoya vs. A Monster... Who survived the Rann-Thanagar War?... Cult of Conner; Way of Life or Way of Death!"
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)
- Rann/Thanagar War
Related Articles
- 52 cover art gallery
- Alan Scott appearances list
- Booster Gold appearances list
- Donna Troy appearances list
- Elongated Man appearances list
- Fire appearances list
- Intergang
- Question appearances list
- Renee Montoya appearances list
- Steel appearances list
- Steel (Natasha Irons) appearances list
- Superboy (Conner Kent)
- Wonder Girl appearances list
External Links
- 52: The Comic
- 52 article/interview with editor Stephen Wacker
- 52 series index at the Grand Comics Database
References
- None
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