52 #7 is an issue of the series 52 (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2006. It was published on June 21, 2006.
Contents
Synopsis for "Going Down"
Day 1:
Adam Strange continues his attempt to fix a Thanagarian warship in order to get himself and his stranded comrades home, but Animal Man and Starfire are acting lethargic towards the effort. When Adam realizes that the fruits they have been eating have been altering their minds, he has a confrontation with Starfire. She leaves in order to clear her head.
Day 2:
Renée Montoya sits at home, trying to figure out the mystery behind the warehouse on Kane Street. It finally dawns on her where she can get that information when she sees a headline about a Kane family charity gala.
Day 3:
Ralph Dibny pays Booster Gold a visit to ask for help in investigating the Cult of Conner. Booster, as usual, is self-absorbed. The two get into a confrontation. Ralph accuses Booster of selfishness. Booster defends himself. A loud "boom" in the distance interrupts their argument.
Renée pays a visit to the Kane home and asks Katherine Kane for information on the warehouse. Sparks fly -- we learn that Renée and Katherine were once a serious couple, but have not spoken for years. Katherine is angry but eventually relinquishes and tells Renée she will help.
Booster puts out a fire in Metropolis after an explosion. Lois Lane, on the scene, is beginning to interview Booster when Manthrax shows up and exposes Booster's fraudulent super-heroing. Ralph Dibny shares his disgust with the news cameras, giving Booster no chance to explain.
Back on the alien world, Starfire is flying around and comes across a power source that Adam had detected... it apparently belongs to Devilance the Pursuer.
Appearing in "Going Down"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Katherine Kane (First appearance)
- Lois Lane
- Skeets
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Colonel Kane (First appearance) (In a photograph only)
- Catherine Hamilton Kane (First appearance) (In a photograph only)
- Sue Dibny (Hologram)
- Ami Soon (First appearance)
- Gary McCraw (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
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Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The History of the DCU (Part VI of X)"
Donna Troy bears witness to the events of Zero Hour, among them:
- The merging of time anomalies such as the multiple versions of Hawkman.
- The deaths of Atom, Hourman and Doctor Mid-Nite.
- The rise of Parallax and the end of time.
- Damage's restoration of the timestream.
Appearing in "The History of the DCU (Part VI of X)"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- The following characters appear in flashbacks
Other Characters:
- The following characters appear in flashbacks
- Batgirl
- Damage
- Flash (Wally West) (see notes)
- Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
- Green Arrow (Behind the scenes)
- Warrior
- Hawkman
- Hawkwoman
- Justice Society of America
- Spectre
- Superman (Earth-Two)
- Steel
- Supergirl
- Time Trapper
- Waverider (Armageddon 2001)
- Waverider
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Items:
Notes
- "Going Down" is reprinted in 52 Vol. 1 of the 2007 4-volume edition, 52 Volume One of the 2016 2-volume edition, and 52 Omnibus.
- This issue features the first appearance of Kate Kane, who will later appear as the new Batwoman.
- Devilance the Pursuer first appeared in Forever People #11.
- The Flash mentioned in the backup story is misidentified as Barry Allen.
Trivia
- The ticker-tape at the bottom of the cover reads, "... Citizen Kane! ... Booster's Blunder ... An old flame for Montoya!"
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
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- Dan DiDio/Executive Editor
- J.G. Jones/Cover Artist
- Alex Sinclair/Cover Artist
- Geoff Johns/Writer
- Grant Morrison/Writer
- Greg Rucka/Writer
- Mark Waid/Writer
- Dan Jurgens/Writer
- Keith Giffen/Penciler
- Ken Lashley/Penciler
- Ken Lashley/Inker
- Draxhall/Inker
- Alex Sinclair/Colourist
- Travis Lanham/Letterer
- Jann Jones/Editor
- Harvey Richards/Editor
- Stephen Wacker/Editor
- Dan Jurgens/Penciler
- Norm Rapmund/Inker
- Jeromy Cox/Colourist
- Guy Major/Colourist
- Rob Leigh/Letterer
- Jeanine Schaefer/Editor
- Ivan Cohen/Editor
- Eddie Berganza/Editor
- Renee Montoya (New Earth)/Quotes
- Adam Strange (New Earth)/Appearances
- Bernhard Baker (New Earth)/Appearances
- Michael Carter (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ralph Dibny (New Earth)/Appearances
- Renee Montoya (New Earth)/Appearances
- Koriand'r (New Earth)/Appearances
- Katherine Kane (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lois Lane (New Earth)/Appearances
- Skeets (New Earth)/Appearances
- Robert Castell (New Earth)/Appearances
- Devilance (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jacob Kane (New Earth)/Appearances
- Catherine Hamilton (New Earth)/Appearances
- Susan Dearbon (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gotham City/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Thanagarian Star Cruiser/Appearances
- Donna Troy (New Earth)/Appearances
- Henry Hall (New Earth)/Appearances
- Parallax (New Earth)/Appearances
- Barbara Gordon (Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Grant Emerson (New Earth)/Appearances
- Wally West (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kyle Rayner (New Earth)/Appearances
- Oliver Queen (New Earth)/Appearances
- Guy Gardner (New Earth)/Appearances
- Katar Hol (New Earth)/Appearances
- Shayera Thal (New Earth)/Appearances
- Justice Society of America (New Earth)/Appearances
- Alan Scott (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kent Nelson (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ted Grant (New Earth)/Appearances
- Theodore Knight (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jonathan Chambers (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jason Garrick (New Earth)/Appearances
- Rex Tyler (New Earth)/Appearances
- Charles McNider (New Earth)/Appearances
- Wesley Dodds (New Earth)/Appearances
- Albert Pratt (New Earth)/Appearances
- John Thunder (New Earth)/Appearances
- Aztar (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kal-L (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- John Henry Irons (New Earth)/Appearances
- Matrix (Pocket Universe)/Appearances
- Time Trapper (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Matthew Ryder (New Earth)/Appearances
- New Cronus/Appearances
- Timestream/Appearances
- Vanishing Point/Appearances
- Universe Orb/Appearances
- Comics
- 2006
- 2006, August
- June 21, 2006 (Publication)
- 2006, June (Publication)
- 52 Vol 1
- Modern-Age
- Synopsis Written