One of the most impressive feats in DC's publication history! Following the events of Infinite Crisis (which you'll want to have read to fully grasp the lead in to this story), DC's Trinity (Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman) take a year off to recenter themselves and learn how to trust one another again after the rifts that formed during the Crisis. In the wake of their year off, a roster of B-List heroes are forced to step up to protect the DC world until the lead heroes return. 52 was a weekly series (one issue for each week of the year) written by an all-star creative team including Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Geoff Johns, and others. Essentially the best writers for the company came up with this well-plotted, amazingly executed story; rereading the book I was struck just how carefully the team planted the numerous seeds that slowly come to fruition throughout this tale. This first volume contains the first half of the series (issues 1 through 26). Keep in mind that 52 is also sold as a single massive omnibus that collects every issue, as well as a group of four trades that break the story into fourths. Buying these two big halves is a lot more cost effective that the single omnibus.
The story of 52 features numerous characters exploring their own separate plot lines until they slowly begin to start crossing over with one another. Booster Gold attempts to become the new number one hero in Metropolis with Superman gone, only for his limelight to be stolen by a newcomer hero named Supernova. Lex Luthor sets out to clear his name after the revelation of his doppelganger Alexander Luthor being the mastermind behind the Crisis; Lex attempts to develop a new gene therapy that will give any normal human superpowers and uses Steel's niece as his first test subject. Adam Strange, Animal Man, and Starfire are stranded in space after the events of the Crisis and the Rann-Thanagar War and have to use their wits and a little help from unexpected allies like Lobo to return to Earth. The former Elongated Man Ralph Dibny begins an investigation into a cult that springs up around Superboy after his sacrifice during the Crisis. Black Adam, enraged that he was duped by Alexander Luthor during the Crisis, returns to his home country and begins a plan to instill and new brutal form of justice on super-powered criminals. Finally, Renee Montoya is approached by Vic Sage, the Question, about joining his investigation into Intergang and their plans to take over Gotham. All in all these disparate characters and plots form one of the best events DC has ever published. An absolute must have for fans.
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