52 Vol 1 17



Last of the Czarnians


 * "If we're still alive, it's only because he wants to take us somewhere nice and dark and quiet where he can skin us alive and eat us in comfort."
 * --Adam Strange

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 17 Month: October Year: 2006

Credits
Editor: Stephen Wacker Assistant Editors: Jann Jones and Harvey Richards Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid Cover Artists: J.G. Jones and Alex Sinclair Breakdowns: Keith Giffen Penciller: Chris Batista Inkers: Ruy Jose and Jack Jadson Colorist: David Baron Letterer: Phil Balsman

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Erik Storn, Eliza Harmon, Hannibal Bates, Gerome McKenna, Jacob Colby, Natasha Irons, Lex Luthor, Starfire, Animal Man, Adam Strange, Devilance, Lobo, Red Tornado (John Smith). First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: Devilance Synopsis: Day 1: Lex Luthor goes over a video that was put together to showcase his new team of heroes created by the Everyman Project and discusses their upcoming publicity appearances. The new heroes express their desire for code names. Speedster Eliza Harmon, who has become reliant on the drug known as the Sharp, expresses her distaste with Luthor and storms out.

Day 2: Animal Man guides the blinded Adam Strange, who is piloting the Warbird through an asteroid field while Starfire clears a path.

Day 4: The Warbird has landed on a large asteroid, and the three heroes aboard discuss the bleak chances of rescue.

Night 4: Starfire and Animal Man discuss their feelings on destiny, but their conversation is cut short by an attack from Devilance, who has pursued them into the asteroid field. His attack, however, is cut short when Lobo appears and kills him. Starfire works out a deal with the bounty hunter, in which he will guide them to safety, and the heroes will also help him in his troubles.

Day 7: The battered form of a dismembered Red Tornado comes online in front of a small group of aborigines in the Australian Outback, uttering the number, "52".