52 Clues Week 2
First, an answer to an unasked question - yes, I have been paying attention to DC’s 52 website. Maybe sooner or later a clue will leak over. Such as the cast not being fully complete.
On the website, there are bios for six players - The Question, Black Adam, Steel, Booster Gold, Ralph Dibny, and Renee Montoya. And then there are three missing spots. Lets just file three names that those question marks are not - Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Done. And log it into the mystery file.
So here’s my log:
Greater Mysteries:
What’s the statue with the upside-down Superman Symbol?
Who wrote on Sue’s gravestone? What was written?
Who kidnapped Doctor Sivana, and what part does Mr. Mind have to play?
Why was Nightwing spotted in Week 1?
What is Booster’s plan and what is wrong with Skeets?
Who is against Black Adam?
Who are the other three newsmakers?
Lesser Questions:
Who’s the guy in the black jumpsuit?
What was the Anselmo case of 1995 for Dibny?
Cannon Cigarettes?
52 Pickup?
Fleishcer Brothers?
Dearbon?
And on to week two.
Add in Dreamland Park as a possible clue. Probably more of a background touch to show that Dibny can be awesome.
Meet Doctor Magnus and note that the Metal Men are down for the count at the moment. And note that Skeets is saying he thinks it’s a glitch.
Meet T. O. Morrow, creator of Red Tornado. And Tomorrow Girl, for that matter. A little crazy. Side note: Did Haven not get a prison break two weeks ago? Or did T.O. not want to leave? Otherwise, he’s not much of a genius if he’s getting caught within two weeks of a prison break.
American Science is already noting that there’s something up with the hero community. This is only eight days from the Crisis (and less than a week since a lot of heros made public appearances at the Supes Statues). Also, if that magazine is supposed to be something akin to Popular Science, the turn-around for a PS issue is in months.
Anyhow, a mystery plot thickens. Doctor Sivana isn’t the only scientist missing. Add in Dr. Cyclops, IQ, Doctor Death, Doctor Tyme and Mad Doctor Jeremiah Clugg. Tyme is a Doom Patrol villain, IQ was in Mystery in Space. I can’t dig anything up on Cyclops or Clugg, but Dr. Death dates back some of the first Batman issues of Detective Comics.
The No More Heroes article from Renee’s house is actually up on the 52 website, sans hot lesbian hookups.
What is 520 Kane St? Well, it’s a warehouse. And Kane is definitely an homage to Bob Kane, creator of Batman.
On the Plane job - it took me a second read to notice that Skeets is opening the landing gear, not sabotaging the plane. Then again, maybe he is. So, is Skeets glitched, or is he overreacting in an effort to make Booster heroic. He may have had a true glitch in the direction of the plane, or it may have been a temporal change. What the Sydney paper tells us is that historically, Booster did not save the plane. Heck, booster probably didn’t do much of anything. And now Skeets is sending him to the worst disasters on record for the year. Rip Hunter is going to be pissed.
Towards the end of the book, we’re getting a good look at the Superman statue, though it’s not the one shown in Week 1's shards. It’s got the right S. Interesting that they use the word Superboy, considering it looked like they were trying to purge that word for a bit now. And So Say We All? So Say We Borrowed a bit too heavily from Battlestar Galactica. Watch that.
Answer part of one mystery - An upside down S was on Dibny’s grave. Who put it there? Ralph is thinking Cassie Wondergirl. And note that the Kryptonian shrine is set up in Titans Tower, but on the top floor (not the Robin cave). Did Wondergirl write the message, though? Not sure. Her reaction seems off. She is trying to resurrect Conner, however. No doubts there.
And the Alan Scott has two eyes counter moves to Week 2.
Lets put out some wild theories. The other three newsmakers are Power Girl, Lex Luthor and Wondergirl.
On the website, there are bios for six players - The Question, Black Adam, Steel, Booster Gold, Ralph Dibny, and Renee Montoya. And then there are three missing spots. Lets just file three names that those question marks are not - Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Done. And log it into the mystery file.
So here’s my log:
Greater Mysteries:
What’s the statue with the upside-down Superman Symbol?
Who wrote on Sue’s gravestone? What was written?
Who kidnapped Doctor Sivana, and what part does Mr. Mind have to play?
Why was Nightwing spotted in Week 1?
What is Booster’s plan and what is wrong with Skeets?
Who is against Black Adam?
Who are the other three newsmakers?
Lesser Questions:
Who’s the guy in the black jumpsuit?
What was the Anselmo case of 1995 for Dibny?
Cannon Cigarettes?
52 Pickup?
Fleishcer Brothers?
Dearbon?
And on to week two.
Add in Dreamland Park as a possible clue. Probably more of a background touch to show that Dibny can be awesome.
Meet Doctor Magnus and note that the Metal Men are down for the count at the moment. And note that Skeets is saying he thinks it’s a glitch.
Meet T. O. Morrow, creator of Red Tornado. And Tomorrow Girl, for that matter. A little crazy. Side note: Did Haven not get a prison break two weeks ago? Or did T.O. not want to leave? Otherwise, he’s not much of a genius if he’s getting caught within two weeks of a prison break.
American Science is already noting that there’s something up with the hero community. This is only eight days from the Crisis (and less than a week since a lot of heros made public appearances at the Supes Statues). Also, if that magazine is supposed to be something akin to Popular Science, the turn-around for a PS issue is in months.
Anyhow, a mystery plot thickens. Doctor Sivana isn’t the only scientist missing. Add in Dr. Cyclops, IQ, Doctor Death, Doctor Tyme and Mad Doctor Jeremiah Clugg. Tyme is a Doom Patrol villain, IQ was in Mystery in Space. I can’t dig anything up on Cyclops or Clugg, but Dr. Death dates back some of the first Batman issues of Detective Comics.
The No More Heroes article from Renee’s house is actually up on the 52 website, sans hot lesbian hookups.
What is 520 Kane St? Well, it’s a warehouse. And Kane is definitely an homage to Bob Kane, creator of Batman.
On the Plane job - it took me a second read to notice that Skeets is opening the landing gear, not sabotaging the plane. Then again, maybe he is. So, is Skeets glitched, or is he overreacting in an effort to make Booster heroic. He may have had a true glitch in the direction of the plane, or it may have been a temporal change. What the Sydney paper tells us is that historically, Booster did not save the plane. Heck, booster probably didn’t do much of anything. And now Skeets is sending him to the worst disasters on record for the year. Rip Hunter is going to be pissed.
Towards the end of the book, we’re getting a good look at the Superman statue, though it’s not the one shown in Week 1's shards. It’s got the right S. Interesting that they use the word Superboy, considering it looked like they were trying to purge that word for a bit now. And So Say We All? So Say We Borrowed a bit too heavily from Battlestar Galactica. Watch that.
Answer part of one mystery - An upside down S was on Dibny’s grave. Who put it there? Ralph is thinking Cassie Wondergirl. And note that the Kryptonian shrine is set up in Titans Tower, but on the top floor (not the Robin cave). Did Wondergirl write the message, though? Not sure. Her reaction seems off. She is trying to resurrect Conner, however. No doubts there.
And the Alan Scott has two eyes counter moves to Week 2.
Lets put out some wild theories. The other three newsmakers are Power Girl, Lex Luthor and Wondergirl.
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