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52 #23

Cover Date: December 2006
Cover Price: $2.50
Publication Date: 2006-10-11

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Cover Credits:
Art: J.G. Jones (signed)
Colors: Alex Sinclair


Story: "The Island of Professor Morrow" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Breakdown pencilsKeith Giffen
PencilsDrew Johnson
InksRay Snyder
LetteringTravis Lanham
ColorsDavid Baron
Assistant editingHarvey Richards, Jeanine Schaefer
EditingStephen Wacker

Feature Character(s):

Black Adam (last in issue #18)
Renée Montoya (in between issues #18 and #26)
Question (in between issues #18 and #26)

Supporting Character(s):

Will Magnus (next in issue #25)
Isis (last in issue #18)
Osiris (Amon Tomaz; first appearance; Adrianna Tomaz's younger brother)

Villain(s):

Whisper A'Daire (in between issues #11 and #47)
Intergang
T.O. Morrow (in between issues #10 and #25)
Ira Quimby (last in Avengers/JLA #4; next in issue #45)
Doctor Sivana (next in issue #26)
Dr. Rigoro Mortis (last in House of Mystery #165; next in issue #26)
Baron Bug (last in House of Mystery #163; next in issue #26)
Doctor Cyclops (last in House of Mystery #164; next in issue #26)
Omni-Bot (last appearance)
The Cricketron (first appearance; a robot created by Baron Bug; destroyed)

Location(s):

Kahndaq
Shiruta'
Oolong Island
Yemen

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

52 #2 ([September] 2007)
The 52 Omnibus (2012 [January 2013])
52 #1 ([August] 2016)
Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire ([November] 2022)

Solicitation:

Take a trip down to Oolong Island—home of quite literally the maddest scientists in the DC Universe. But why have they all been abducted...and what secret project are they working on? Find out in Week 23 of the year-long series by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid!


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Second Story: "The Origin of Wildcat" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
ArtJerry Ordway
LetteringRob Leigh
ColorsAlex Sinclair
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
EditingStephen Wacker

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat (Ted Grant)

Guest Appearance(s):

Batman
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Flash I
Atom I
Power Girl

Other Character(s):

"Socker" Smith (Ted Grant's mentor)

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Wildcat's origin.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])


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