52 Spoilers for a new DCU
Info from Wizard Magazine.
The Main Players of 52
-Black Adam
-Booster Gold
-Renee Montoya
-Elongated Man
-Steel (John Henry Irons)
-The Question
1. With the JLA disbanded, the Lex Luthor forms his own Justice League of America comprised of entirely new characters plus a familiar face.
2. An entire country within the DCU will be destroyed by a known power player, killing every man, woman and child within.
3. The Batwoman takes to the streets of Gotham, but who's behind the mask? It's not who you think.
4. John Henry Irons steps back into the Steel armor and steps up his game to cover for the absence of several heroes following Infinite Crisis, ruffling some feathers with his philosophy that true heroes do their job without accolades.
5. A new cosmic villain will be introduced. This new tyrant will be giving Darkseid a run for his money.
6. Forget just the Big Three. This series will indeed star the entire DCU.
7. Keith Giffen returns to DC in a major way to co-plot and do layouts on 52.
8. A shadowy figure is abducting big brains like T.O. Morrow, Will Magnus and Dr. Sivana, with an eye toward altering the world of technology.
9. DC's Drunk Detective Renee Montoya Introduced in the 1990's "Batman: The Animated Series," Renee Montoya has sunk to her lowest point as an alcoholic dectective and must find her way back to respectability.
10. A new team of Freedom Fighters.
11. Joe Bennett is one of the main artists for 52.
12. Montoya will see her bed become a revolving door of lovers -- one of whom will make her mark on the DCU before all is said and done.
12. A DC hero known for getting the job done without superhuman powers will get their abilities augmented in a major way.
13. Batman and Robin are MIA. What's keeping them away?
15. A beloved DCU hero no longer of the living will have their grave defaced in a shocking act.
16. Geoff Johns looks to follow up his work on Infinite Crisis by telling an even bigger story.
17. Get ready for the Question to return to the DCU in a major way becoming Gotham's new protector.
18. Ralph Dibny tries to move on from the events of Identity Crisis in way that will shock you.
19. A well known and respected former member of the Justice League his bottom and contempletes suicide. Will this beleaguered Leaguer pull the trigger?
20. Like on TV's "24" this number-titled series unfoldes week by week at the pace of real life, putting fans right in the thick of things.
21.With the White House way behind him, Lex Luthor gets back to basics becoming more evil and ruthless than ever.
22. Chris Batista made his mark on JLA last year-- now he'll try to cement himself as one of the best artists around.
23. One of the DCU's most eligable bachelors finally meets the super-woman who can tame him enough to settle down.
24. Grant Morrison will be unleashed upon DCU once more, bringing with him the seemingly endless fountain of new concepts and characters he displayed in JLA and Seven Soldiers.
25. Some members of the team Donna Troy took into space during Infinite Crisis won't be back by the first issues of 52 and some won't be coming back at all.
26. A new Red Tornado unlike anything that's come before will ride the eye of the storm into 52 and possibly beyond.
27. Booster Gold was considered a joke as a member of the Justice League International, but 52 sees him as an A-list hero.
28. One character's long-fought quest for respect comes to an end when they become the leader of their own country.
29. Mr. Dibny finds himself getting busy with somebody other than his beloved Sue. Who's the lucky lady (or fella)?
30. With Hector Hall out of the picture for the time being, someone new will step up to the golden mantle of Dr. Fate and become the world's most powerful sorcerer.
31. Mark Waid will be writing a new DC Encyclopedia.
32. With Superman, Green Arrow and now Hal Jordan return from the dead, a former member of the Justice League attempts to resurrect an old friend.
33. Lex changes the face of humanity forever through a series of experiments on Monster Island.
34. A rift forms between Steel and his niece when she makes a decision affecting the entire DCU.
35. Black Adam has walked the line between hero and villain for the past 3,200 years. 52 will provide the most in-depth look yet at what motovates this character and his sense of honor.
36. Don Kramer will be another 52 artist.
37. Is Lobo going back to basics. We've heard whispers, but it's too soon to say.
38. Greg Rucka can write anything from superheroes to comedy to epionage drama, and he'll be tested in every area over the course of 52.
39. The Question will put Montoya's detective skills to the test with a mystery that ends up taking a year to solve.
40. Changing the Future: Booster Gold and sidekick Skeets will attempt to use their knowledge of the past from the future to prevent major disasters before they happen. Will they succeed, or destroy the timestream in the process?
41. JLA=SEX: Two former Justice Leaguers you would NOT expect will bump uglies by year's end.
42. Each issue of 52 contains a two-page origin story on one of the DCU's heroes or villians.
43. A well-established character with a lot of history will make their first appearance in the DCU.
44. A new gay character make their first appearance in 52, before moving on to their own ongoing series.
45. The first weekly comic attempted in over 15 years-- since the demise of Action Comics Weekly in 1989--52.
46. Booster Gold becomes a corporate hero but when push comes to shove, who's pulling the strings?
47. A mysterious and powerful new character named Supernova will make his debut in Metropolis. But is this actually a famillar face with a new look?
48. J.G. Jones will provide the cover for every issue of 52.
49. One of DC's biggest icons spends the years as a civilian, unable to prevent what they once would have handed with ease.
50. One of the six leads of 52 listed above won't see the end of the year.
51. Dream Team: Morrison, Johns, Waid, Rucka, Giffen---all working on 52.
52. 52 will let readers know what happened during the missing one year between the February and March titles. By the time the first issue of 52 hits the stands in April, we'll already know where the DCU is headed but more than half the fun is trying to piece together how everything got there as the mysteries unravel.