52 #1

Dates

Cover date

July 2006

On sale

May 10, 2006

In stores

May 10, 2006

Pages

36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct Sales

  Barcode 76194125243800111

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• Newsstand edition

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  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07098931022301

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• Convention Exclusive

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• San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

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Story arc: 52

This is part 1 of 63. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. 52 #1
2. 52 #2
3. 52 #3
4. 52 #4
5. 52 #5
6. 52 #6
7. 52 #7
8. 52 #8
9. 52 #9
10. 52 #10
11. 52 #11
12. 52 #12
13. 52 #13
14. 52 #14
15. 52 #15
16. 52 #16
17. 52 #17
18. 52 #18
19. 52 #19
20. 52 #20
21. 52 #21
22. 52 #22
23. 52 #23
24. 52 #24
25. 52 #25
26. 52 #26
27. 52 #27
28. 52 #28
29. 52 #29
30. 52 #30
31. 52 #31
32. 52 #32
33. 52 #33
34. 52 #34
35. 52 #35
36. 52 #36
37. 52 #37
38. 52 #38
39. 52 #39
40. 52 #40
41. 52 #41
42. 52 #42
43. 52 #43
44. 52 #44
45. 52 #45
46. 52 #46
47. 52 #47
48. 52 #48
49. 52 #49
50. 52 #50
51. 52 #51
52. 52 #52
53. 52 / World War III Part Four: United We Stand #1
54. 52 / World War III Part One: A Call to Arms #1
55. 52 / World War III Part Three: Hell Is for Heroes #1
56. 52 / World War III Part Two: The Valiant #1
57. Booster Gold #1
58. 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #1
59. Booster Gold #2
60. Booster Gold #3
61. Booster Gold #4
62. Booster Gold #5
63. Booster Gold #6

Creators

Stories

• Golden Lads & Lasses Must... · 24 pages

  During the first seven days of 52 ground work is laid with the focal characters. Ralph Dibny hits rock bottom with the destruction of his home. Renée Montoya takes solace in the bottom of a bottle. Steel involves himself endlessly in rescue operations. The Question begins looking for answers. Black Adam secures his position in his homeland. Booster Gold returns to the public eye and the sponsors' bottom lines. Along the way is a memorial for the fallen, a mysterious message for Ralph, a hero losing her toys, and the abduction of Doctor Sivana.

Publisher’s description

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.

Reprinted in

52 (2007), The 52 Omnibus (2012), 52 (2016), Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2022)