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52 #43

Cover Date: April 2007
Cover Price: $2.50
Publication Date: 2007-02-28

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


Story: "Family Matters" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Breakdown pencilsKeith Giffen
PencilsDan Jurgens
InksNorm Rapmund
LetteringKen Lopez
ColorsHi-Fi
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
Associate editingJeanine Schaefer
EditingMichael Siglain

Feature Character(s):

Black Adam (last in issue #40)
Animal Man (in between issues #37 and #47)

Guest Star(s):

Captain Marvel (in between issues #16 and #45)
Captain Marvel Jr. (in between issues #35 and #45)
Mary Marvel (in between issues #25 and #45)

Supporting Character(s):

Isis (last in issue #39)
Osiris (last in issue #40; dies)

Villain(s):

Sobek (last in issue #40)
Lady Styx (reborn; in between issues #36 and #51)
Glorifiers
Sun-Eaters

Other Character(s):

Yellow Aliens (in between issues #37 and #47)
Luribel (deceased; as a Glorifier; gives birth to Lady Styx)

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

52 #4 (2007 [January 2008])
The 52 Omnibus (2012 [January 2013])
52 #2 (2016 [February 2017])
Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire ([November] 2022) [pp. 1-11, 17-20 only]

Solicitation:

A family feud rocks the Rock of Eternity as the Marvel and Black Marvel families gather to discuss Osiris's actions against the Suicide Squad. Also in Week 43, a hero—and villain—return, and the Fourth Horseman stands revealed!


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Second Story: "The Origin of Plastic Man" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
ArtEthan Van Sciver (signed)
LetteringKen Lopez
ColorsAlex Sinclair
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
Associate editingJeanine Schaefer
EditingMichael Siglain

Feature Character(s):

Plastic Man

Supporting Character(s):

Woozy Winks
Offspring
Chief Branner

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Plastic Man's origin, where a burglar finds a secret file but is apprehended by Plastic Man, disguised as a safe.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])

Synopsis:

When his body was doused with chemicals, career criminal 'Eel' O'Brian was left for dead by his own gang. Eel survived and discovered that his body had become incredibly flexible. Taking the name Plastic Man, he decided to fight crime as a superhero and worked for a special branch of the FBI for a number of years. Throughout the years, Plastic Man has used his criminal alias 'Eel' O'Brian to infiltrate criminal gangs in order to then collar them in his superhero identity. His identity was kept secret from even his FBI superior, Chief Branner, who was constantly frustrated at Plastic Man's inability to apprehend this one thug. Along the line, Plastic Man also picked up a sidekick, Woozy Winks, an annoying and irritating man who seemed to be virtually indestructible. At some point in history, Plastic Man fathered a son, Luke, who inherited his father's powers and occasionally fights crime as Offspring.


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