52 Week Ten

History of the DCU Part 9

Dan Jurgens – Writer/Layouts
Andy Lanning – Finishes
Nick J. Napolitano: Letters
Jeromy Cox & Guy Major: Colors
Berganza, Cohen and Schaefer: Editors

Our cover by JG Jones shows Clark Kent falling out a window, about to be saved by the mysterious Supernova. Remember, at this point, Clark's superpowers still haven't returned. It's a pretty nice cover — I especially like the line at the bottom, "You'll believe a man can fall," playing off the tagline of the first Superman movie, "You'll believe a man can fly." But none of this or any of the main story has anything to do with Bart Allen, so we'll skip ahead to the backup story.

Donna Troy is still reviewing the history of the DC Universe with Harbinger's orb, and she has now reached the aftermath of Identity Crisis. She watches the formation of the society of villains, Flash's Rogue War, Mia Dearden becoming Speedy and joining the Teen Titans, Hal Jordan being brought back to life, which had the side effect of letting a wild Spectre loose, who subsequently declared war on all magic. Donna watched the old Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, get shot by Maxwell Lord, and Batman's satellite, Brother Eye, turn against all metahumans and unleash an army of OMACs. Wonder Woman killed Lord, Batman discovered Jason Todd was alive, and some of the Titans and Outsiders discovered that Donna was alive.

And that's it for this time. All this history is fairly recent and still fresh in our memories, but it is nice to periodically review it in a concise manner and put everything in the right order. Next time, we'll conclude Donna's history lesson in 52 Week Eleven.