6. 52
52 might be one of the most impressive achievements in the history of modern comic books. For those who don’t know, 52 was a weekly series that ran for one full year (or fifty-two weeks, getit?) in the aftermath of Infinite Crisis. It told the story of what happened in the DC universe in the span of one year, during which neither Superman, Batman, nor Wonder Woman were active.
The series was written by multiple A-list comic book writers, with each one taking on one of the book’s many storylines. There was the tale of The Elongated Man, who struggles with finding a way to resurrect his dead wife. There was the arc of Steel and his daughter and their involvement with Lex Luthor’s Everyman Project. The adventure had by Animal Man, Starfire, and Adam Strange as they try frantically to cross the galaxy to get home. The Question training former Gotham Central Detective Renee Montoya, the mad scientists of Oolong Island, Booster Gold’s attempts to become famous and save the universe, Black Adam, Batwoman, and just SO much more. And the beautiful thing is that it all ties together to tell a complete story. And of all of them, I don’t think there’s a bad story in the bunch.
