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52 Volume One (New Edition)
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After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman—a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance. This is 52, a four-volume collection of the unprecedented, critically...
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Description
After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman—a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.
This is 52, a four-volume collection of the unprecedented, critically acclaimed weekly series of death, danger, romance, terror, and the never-ending search for heroism in the DC Universe's most eventful year ever.
52 features the best and brightest writers from the comic-book field, including Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS), Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN), Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN), and Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME), working together to tell the tale of a world awakening from a nightmare to face a new day.
52—A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman...but not a year without heroes. Collects 52 #1-26.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781779525857
Publisher: DC Comics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: DC Comics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 168.0mm
Height: 259.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 584
About the Author
Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel Batman- Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Animal Man and Doom Patrol, as well as his subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy, and WE3. Grant has written best-selling runs on JLA, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and New X-Men and helped to reinvent the DC Universe in The Multiversity, All-Star Superman, 52, Batman, Batman & Robin, and Batman Incorporated. More recently Grant has had his creator-owned series Happy! turned into a TV series on the SYFY network.
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