52 Vol 1 3



 New World Order 


 * "It's time for heroes who don't just patrol the world...they change it."
 * --Black Adam

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Week: May 24th 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: Joe Bennett Inkers: Ruy Jose Colourists: Alex Sinclair Editors: Jann Jones, Harvey Richards, Stephen Wacker

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Alexander Luthor (as a corpse; unverified; see notes)
 * Black Adam
 * Booster Gold
 * Josephine MacDonald
 * Kala Avasti
 * Lex Luthor
 * Lois Lane
 * Maggie Sawyer
 * Mister Akteon
 * Noose
 * Power Girl
 * Renee Montoya
 * Rough House
 * Shockwave
 * Steel (John Henry Irons)
 * Steel (Natasha Irons)
 * Terra-Man
 * Wallis

Locations:
 * Gotham City
 * Kahndaq
 * Metropolis
 * STAR Labs
 * Steelworks


 * New York City
 * Kahndaq Embassy

Items:
 * Skeets

First Appearances: Kala Avasti (a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs); Mister Akteon (a corrupt businessman); Noose (a member of Intergang); Rough House (a member of Intergang); Wallis (a GCPD officer) Final Appearances: Terra-Man (dies in this issue); Mister Akteon; Noose (dies in this issue); Rough House; Wallis

Synopsis: Day 1: Detectives for the Gotham City Police Department discover a corpse in an alley. Maggie Sawyer and Renee Montoya inspect the body and are shocked to discover that it is Lex Luthor!

Meanwhile, Power Girl battles with the Terra-Man over the skies of Kahndaq. Black Adam intervenes and prevents Power Girl from apprehending the villain. He tells her that she has no authority to conduct business in Kahndaq. Terra-Man returns with Black Adam to his palace.

Day 2: At the Steelworks, Natasha Iron argues with her father over her grades. John Henry tells her that he has signed her up for Summer school. Natasha storms out of the building. Moments later, John receives a telephone call from S.T.A.R. Labs. They need him to come in and identify Lex Luthor’s body.

Day 3: In Kahndaq, two representatives of Intergang named Noose and Rough House arrives at the presidential palace. They offer him the “most beautiful virgin in all of Egypt” in exchange for safe passage through Kahndaq for their criminal affairs. Black Adam responds by crushing Noose’s face in his hand.

Day 4: In Metropolis, Booster Gold makes a showy display of beating up on a b-list super-villain named Shockwave. Skeets manages to bilk the event for all that it is worth, propelling Booster’s celebrity status to new levels. He later malfunctions however, as he incorrectly gives Booster some stock tips that fail to meet his expectations.

Day 5: John Henry Irons examines the corpse of Lex Luthor. He discovers that a pair of colored contact lenses placed over the body’s eyes. This is not the real Lex Luthor. As if on cue, Luthor barges into the lab with an entourage of reporters falling in behind him. He presents the dead imposter and declares that the duplicate has been responsible for all of the negative deeds attributed to Luthor over the years.

Day 6: At the Kahndaq embassy in New York City, Black Adam and Terra-Man addresses the press corps. Black Adam elects to put forth an extremely effective message regarding those who would seek to cross him. He grabs Terra-Man and tears him in half, spraying blood and gore all across the masses.

History of the DCU
 Part II 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:
 * Donna Troy

Locations:
 * New Cronus

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.

Trivia

 * Terra-Man refers to Power Girl as a "strange visitor". Strange Visitor was also the name of a former member of Superman's supporting cast who perished during the Our Worlds at War event. Like Power Girl, Strange Visitor was intended to be analagous to Supergirl. Whether this ironic reference was made intentionally or not is unknown.

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)

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