52 # 28 - Beyond the Black Stump

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Plot Summary

Week 28, Day 2.

Question and Renee use an improvised batsignal to call Batwoman. Renee and Question rushed from Nana Parbat to Gotham in order to warn Kane about the prophesy about her in the Crime Bible. Batwoman arrives.

Week 28, Day 2.

An aboriginal settlement in Australia. Government authorities try to move the Aboriginals out of their town so that it can become a Ridge Ferrick Uranium mining development. Suddenly, a young Aboriginal boy brings out a remote control giant robot with Red Tornado's head. The boy uses the robot, still repeating '52,' to beat up the authorities. The robot even develops Red Tornado's powers, whirling his arms around to create cyclones. At this point the Aboriginals decide they must stop it, and the village and the authorities destroy it and sell it for salvage. The Aboriginal boy, Johnny, is arrested and Ridge-Ferrick takes the land.

Week 28, Day 2.

Lobo, towing Animal Man, Adam Strange and Starfire in their ship, race to escape a giant green skull shooting laser beams.

Week 28, Day 4.

The travellers are hiding from the skull creature in a debris field.

Week 28, Day 5.

Gotham City.

Batwoman is crushing a giant anthropomorphic lizard creature, saying "so much for your prophecy." She's beating up another Intergang lackey in a cathedral when Bruno Mannheim appears and shoots her with a futuretech weapon. Bruno grabs the disabled Batwoman by the throat and tells her that the prophecy will come about, and he will own all of Gotham.

Suddenly Renee and Question pop up from the pews, Renee levelling her gun at Mannheim. Mannheim tosses Batwoman at them and escapes.

Week 28, Day 7.

The travellers are hiding from the Emerald Head in a giant skeleton. Lobo reveals that they are being pursued because the Emerald Head wants its Emerald Eye back - an item that is in Lobo's possession. Suddenly the Head is upon them, and it takes the combined powers of Lobo, Starfire and Adam Strange to ward it off. Suddenly the head begins to speak and plead for help. Starfire approaches it and finds that it has the Green Lantern insignia, and that the head is actually the vessel of the Lantern of Vengar. The Lantern was left powerless after the eye was stolen, and was defenceless against a catastrophe called the "Stygian Passover." The passover destroyed the planets under the Lantern's protection, and caused the Lantern to go a bit crazy.

Starfire, Adam Strange and Animal Man realize that their way home lies with Lobo, which means that they will be heading in the same direction as the Stygian Passover.

Plus: The Origin Of Catman with Dale Eaglesham.


Creators

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  • Alex Sinclair
    cover,

  • Art Thibert
    inker,


  • Dale Eaglesham
    penciler,

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    David Baron
    colorer,


  • Geoff Johns
    writer,

  • Grant Morrison
    writer,


  • Greg Rucka
    writer,

  • J.G. Jones
    cover,


  •  
    Jack Jadson
    inker,

  • Keith Giffen
    other,


  • Mark Waid
    writer,

  •  
    Michael Siglain
    editor,


  •  
    Rob Leigh
    letterer,

  • Rodney Ramos
    inker,


  •  
    Ruy Jose
    inker,

  • Stephen Wacker
    editor,



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