52 Volume One (New Edition)

by Morrison, Grant; Johns, Geoff; Waid, Mark; Rucha, Greg; Various

• ISBN13: 9781779525857
• ISBN10: 1779525850
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-05-07
• Publisher: DC Comics

Summary

After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman—a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.

This is 52, a four-volume collection of the unprecedented, critically acclaimed weekly series of death, danger, romance, terror and the never-ending search for heroism in the DC Universe's most eventful year ever.

52 features the best and brightest writers from the comic-book field including Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS), Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN), Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN) and Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME), working together to tell the tale of a world awakening from a nightmare to face a new day.

52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman…but not a year without heroes. Collects 52 #1-26.

Author Biography

Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel Batman: Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Animal Man and Doom Patrol, as well as his subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy, and WE3. Grant has written best-selling runs on JLA, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and New X-Men and helped to reinvent the DC Universe in The Multiversity, All-Star Superman, 52, Batman, Batman & Robin, and Batman Incorporated. More recently Grant has had his creator-owned series Happy! turned into a TV series on the SYFY network.