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52 #48

Cover Date: June 2007
Cover Price: $2.50
Publication Date: 2007-04-04

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


Story: "Asked and Answered" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Breakdown pencilsKeith Giffen
ArtDarick Robertson
ColorsDavid Baron
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
Associate editingJeanine Schaefer
EditingMichael Siglain

Feature Character(s):

Question II (Renée Montoya; next in issue #52)
Black Adam

Guest Star(s):

Batwoman II (in between issues #36 and #52)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott; last in issue #46)
Wildcat II (last in issue #46)

Villain(s):

Ugly Mannheim (next in Superman Vol. 1 #654)
Whisper A'Daire (next in Vixen: Return of the Lion #4)
Kyle Abbot (next in Detective Comics #855)
Intergang
Egg Fu (last in issue #46)
T.O. Morrow (last in issue #46)
Doctor Sivana (last in issue #46)

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

52 #4 (2007 [January 2008])
The 52 Omnibus (2012 [January 2013])
52 #2 (2016 [February 2017])
Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire ([November] 2022) [p. 21 only]

Solicitation:

Renee Montoya and Nightwing ravage the Gotham Underground in search of Batwoman and the Religion of Crime before it's too late. With time running out, Renee must embrace her destiny and pick up a fallen mantle!


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Second Story: "The Origin of the Birds of Prey" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
PencilsNicola Scott
InksDoug Hazlewood
ColorsAlex Sinclair
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
Associate editingJeanine Schaefer
EditingMichael Siglain

Feature Character(s):

Oracle
Black Canary II
Power Girl
Huntress II
Lady Blackhawk
Lady Shiva
Big Barda
Manhunter VI

Guest Star(s):

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Flash III

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of the Birds of Prey's origin.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])

Synopsis:

When Barbara 'Batgirl' Gordon was crippled by the Joker, she dedicated her life to aiding the metahuman community as an information and intelligence resource under the new alias Oracle. Oracle eventually started her own international crimebusting organization Birds of Prey, using Power Girl as her first operative. PG was soon followed by Black Canary, who served for a lengthy period of time, until she left and was replaced by the team of Lady Blackhawk, Big Barda, Manhunter and Huntress.


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