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52 #25

Cover Date: December 2006
Cover Price: $2.50
Publication Date: 2006-10-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: J.G. Jones (signed)
Colors: Alex Sinclair


Story: "Liminal Times" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Breakdown pencilsKeith Giffen
PencilsJoe Bennett, Dale Eaglesham, Phil Jimenez, Pat Olliffe
InksRuy Jose, Art Thibert, Andy Lanning, Drew Geraci
ColorsAlex Sinclair
Assistant editingHarvey Richards, Jeanine Schaefer
EditingStephen Wacker

Feature Character(s):

Black Adam
Ralph Dibny (next in issue #27)

Guest Star(s):

Captain Marvel Jr. (in between issues #16 and #32)
Mary Marvel (in between issues #16 and #43)
Alan Scott (in between issues #5 and #29; revealed to have been invited to become White King of Checkmate)
Michael Holt (invited to become White King's Bishop; next in issue #45)
Infinity, Inc. II
Starlight (last in issue #19)
Nuklon II (in between issues #19 and #29)
Skyman II (in between issues #19 and #29)
Everyman (in between issues #19 and #29)
Fury III (in between issues #19 and #29)
Matrix (first appearance; Trajectory's replacement in Infinity, Inc.; next in issue #29)

Supporting Character(s):

Isis
Osiris
Will Magnus (last in issue #23)

Villain(s):

Ugly Mannheim (last in Action Comics #673; next in issue #28)
Intergang
Egg Fu (in between issues #6 and #29)
Magpie (last in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175; next in flashback in Batman Vol. 1 #652)
Kite-Man (deceased)
Ventriloquist (last/next in ???)
Scarface (last in Identity Crisis #1; next in flashback in Batman Vol. 1 #652)
Sabbac II
Felix Faust (also in flashback preceding issue #13; next in issue #31)
T.O. Morrow (last in issue #23)
Icicle II (last in JSA: Classified #7; next in Checkmate Vol. 2 #6)
Tigress III (last in JSA: Classified #7; next in JSA All-Stars #2)
Rawson (last in Detective Comics #515; dies)
Lamelle (last in Detective Comics #515)
The Squid (last in Detective Comics #524)
Mirage (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #15; dies)
Sewer King
Laszlo (first appearance; Mannheim's assistant)
Neron (in flashback preceding flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #42)
Choronzon (in flashback)
Count Marisius of Agincourt (first appearance; deceased)
Bous3dra (first appearance; empress of the Calax Nebula; deceased)

Guest Appearance(s):

Etrigan (in flashback)
Klarion II (in flashback following issue #1 and preceding Robin Vol. 2 #157)
Teekl II (in flashback following issue #1 and preceding Robin Vol. 2 #157)

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

52 #3 ([November] 2007)
The 52 Omnibus (2012 [January 2013])
52 #2 (2016 [February 2017])
Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire ([November] 2022) [pp. 4-8, 19-20 only]

Solicitation:

One Marvel Family meets another, and Ralph Dibny's journey through hell with Fate continues. And what exactly are the Four Horsemen?


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Second Story: "The Origin of Nightwing" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
ArtGeorge Pérez
ColorsAlex Sinclair
LetteringPhil Balsman
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
EditingStephen Wacker

Feature Character(s):

Nightwing

Supporting Character(s):

John Grayson
Mary Grayson

Guest Appearance(s):

Batman
a Monitor

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Nightwing's origin.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])


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