52 Week #1

52 (Single Issues) #1

by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka

The DCU spent a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman--a year in which the fate of the world hung in the balance! Now Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid deliver the thrilling tale of the heroes who protected the planet in their absence in this best-selling series.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Superheroes, Ebooks, Graphic Novels Comics

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 13, 2014

About the author

Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.

His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Reviews

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this review and more on my blog, uncovered-books.

If you have not read, or even heard of the Infinite Crisis storyline, do not worry as I had not heard of it and this was a standalone story. Whilst I am sure that if you have read the Infinite Crisis storyline, things will flow on perfectly in this but it in no way affect my reading of this issue.

The storyline sets the scene for what the rest of the year is going to be like, so it does jump around a tad which some people may not like but it necessary to cover what is happening around the world. We have 2 main characters that we follow, Booster Gold and Ralph. They are the complete opposites of each other,

The art style is very bright and colourful for Booster Gold, which reflects his personality and happy-go-lucky attitude. Ralph's panels are the complete opposite, a very limited colour palette with dark colours which also reflect what he is going through. This may annoy some people, but since both of these characters are on the opposite each others colouring would never have worked.

This first issue sets up perfectly what should be an interesting 51 issues to follow.

[Ramón S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Strange and I feel lost reading it. I will not continue

[I DRM Free · Rating 3 out of 5]

For someone who doesn’t keep up to date on everything super hero, I wasn’t sure what to make of this. Apparently there had been World War III between all the Super Heroes and all the Super Villains. The Super Heroes won, but at a very great cost. Many are dead or unaccounted for.

We see many different super heroes helping clean up, some grieving for those that they loved, others drinking away their sorrows, and many trying to get together and start fresh.

Unfortunately something isn’t right, History has been rewritten. Those who were supposed to be there were gone. The pillars of the super hero community had crumbled.

Being that I’m not up to date on super heroes and I don’t think I recognized but a few of the super heroes in this comic, I’m not sure how I’m supposed to process this series. I am guessing there was a prequel series that dealt with the actual war that I should read first?

Overall, I found the writing to be quite realistic in how real humans would react to this kind of tragedy.

I also thought the artistry was good and carried the subject well.

It does have DRM though, so -1.

[Joanna Chaplin · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the second time I've tried to pick up a standard superhero comic book and been utterly underwhelmed. The continuity snarl is just hard to deal with. I think I might continue to be a comic book snob and stick to indie graphic novels and shy away from Marvel and DC.

[I DRM Free · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't read comics in a long time. So I have no idea what is going on in this comic. It hops around all over the place and I couldn't follow along very well on what was going on. Other than there was a massive fight between Heroes and Villains and many died.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine start to a story arc.

[David Caldwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

A world without Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman

I used to read comics all the time. I knew the major stories even if I didn't follow the series. Then for a bunch of reasons, I stopped. Now, I know bits and pieces and catch an occasional issue or graphic novel. So much has changed and changed again and that is not even looking at the changes made for the movies. I remember hearing about the new 52 and thinking it might be interesting but I didn't want to get that involves again. But I saw this as a free download and figured I would give it a shot. It was not bad but I know a lot of the stuff that happened in it has been changed since it ended. This just leaves me with a feeling of having missed out and it just doesn't seem worth going to all of the trouble and expense of getting the whole story arc.

[alexeigodfray · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

My children love these little books. They thoroughly enjoy each and every story, as if they are all unique and individual without any cause for similarity among them. Even though sometimes, they might seem tedious and repetitive to me as a parent, I do enjoy being able to read short-stories to my children that are clean and respective.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was a little confused, but it is interesting.

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

First issue of one of my all time favorite attempts at weekly storytelling in comics

[Jeffery · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little slow. Hopping here and there. Looking forward to see where it goes.

[Cydney Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

The start of something great?

Oh, yes. With all of the negatives, and upset of the fallen, the ending is leading into something great. Excited to see what's to come next.

[Alisha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard to pick up in the middle and understand who everyone is. Ends just when it gets interesting.

Free on Amazon Kindle.

[Jonathan Roth · Rating 5 out of 5]

52 #1

Happy Reboot The story begins with the mysterious disappearance of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Exciting action starts immediately Recommended

[Megan Rivera · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting comic on superheroes.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the Classics

A great start to a classic series. Added bonus of stories you don't get from the top heroes. Booster Gold, The Question, all the best.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning of a missing year following the events of Infinite Crisis. It's kind of all over the place but gets me more interested when Question comes into the picture at the end.

[Vijay Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jesus is everyone a dick now?

[Jacob Sackleh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting way to check out one of many DC series. Trying to brush up on my D.C. Knowledge.

[Julian D. Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome

very good recommendations to anyone that loves dc hero's but I'm not much of a booster gold fan I still loved this book

Merged review:

Awesome

very good recommendations to anyone that loves dc hero's but I'm not much of a booster gold fan I still loved this book

[Ricky Kimsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Start Of The Current DC Universe

This is the start of the overhaul of the DC Universe that will eventually lead to the current DCU.

Keith Griffen remains one of the wittiest writers in comics today. He brings humor to the sometime overdramatic superhero genre.

[toastie ʚ:ɞ · Rating 3 out of 5]

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This was a great opening issue! :)

I’m new to DC comics, but I was able to understand what was happening and follow along (which was nice)!

I’m excited to continue this journey!

[A M H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not particularly great, just okay. But it is just a starting point so that's alright.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

I liked it was a little better but still at home and abroad in the morning so I'm gonna have to be able

[Mathew Carruthers]

Wow.

A whole lot is packed into one issue - will definitely have to read a collected edition or graphic novel version to get the whole story.

[D.K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Ellie Hope · Rating 2 out of 5]

22/100