52 Vol 1 22



Burial Ground


 * "Over the past three weeks, you've devoted an incalculable amount of Lexcorp resources to retrieve the deluded mewlings of a pathetic, lovesick teenaged girl who misses her boyfriend."
 * --Lex Luthor

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 22 Month: December Year: 2006

Credits
Editor: Stephen Wacker Assistant Editors: Harvey Richards and Jeanine Schaefer Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid Cover Artists: J.G. Jones and Alex Sinclair Breakdowns: Keith Giffen Penciller: Eddy Barrows Inker: Rob Stull Colorist: Alex Sinclair Letterer: Ken Lopez

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Supernova, Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) (video), Lex Luthor, Mercy, Jon Standing Bear, John Henry Irons, Will Magnus, Platinum, Lead (evil), Iron (evil), Platinum (evil), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (backup feature), Abin Sur (backup feature), Green Lantern (John Stewart) (backup feature). First Appearances: No first appearances. Final Appearances: No final appearances. Synopsis: Day 1: In Metropolis, one of Lex Luthor's scientists informs him that they had recovered a video feed of a conversation between Supernova and Wonder Girl revealing the mysterious hero's identity as Kon-El. Luthor fires the man and claims that Supernova is really Superman.

Day 2: Jon Standing Bear travels on a bus to Metropolis. When he sees a young woman passenger being harrassed, he throws the offender out the window of the bus. The man turns out to be a convicted rapist, and Jon avoids arrest.

Day 3: Luthor undergoes testing to see if his body is capable of receiving the Everyman Project treatment, a process which he has done several times already. As in the previous attempts, the results are negative.

Day 4: Jon Standing Bear attends his father's funeral alongside his grandfather. Afterwards, Jon's grandfather tells him about the Manitou Stone and the history of Super-Chief.

Day 5: Jon suffocates his grandfather with a pillow.

Luthor helps dedicate his new business school at Metropolis University. He is confronted by a man who claims to have received powers in the Everyman Project, only to have them taken away. He is thrown out by security, but is then approached by John Henry Irons, who wants to learn more.

Will Magnus's home is attacked by evil versions of Lead, Iron, and Platinum, sent by the government. However, in the midst of his escape, a gigantic robot appears and fires a massive gun at him.

Trivia

 * The bus Jon Standing Bear rides to Metropolis is operated by Fastback and features a logo of a speeding turtle. Fastback was a member of the Zoo Crew.  Also, it features an advertisement for a Silverblade movie, an homage to the limited series from 1987.