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A review by crookedtreehouse
52, Vol. 2 by Geoff Johns
4.0
I continue to be surprised by how much I'm enjoying this dense, continuity-packed bit of popcorn reading from DC. I shouldn't be. [a:Geoff Johns|10305|Geoff Johns|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1403679910p2/10305.jpg], [a:Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1587378296p2/12732.jpg], [a:Greg Rucka|18327|Greg Rucka|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1192549912p2/18327.jpg], and [a:Mark Waid|5363|Mark Waid|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1281876586p2/5363.jpg] are some of the best early 21st century comic writers. But the way all these stories do or don't intersect is fascinating. There are so many ways this series should be going wrong, but according to the betweenmatter, everytime one of the writers hit a roadblock with their chunk of the story, another of the writers would give them a swerve idea that completely changed the narrative. So far, it seems to have worked for the better every time.
Personally, I'm enjoying the Booster Gold saga the most, with the Question/Montoya/Marvel Family story as a close second, and the Dibney mystery a close third. The Steel/Luthor/Inifnity Inc story should be the best, and may get there, but didn't feel as vital in this volume as it did in volume one. The Animal Man/Starfire/Adam Strange storyline wasn't my favorite to begin with and adding Pope Lobo and a space dolphin was too [b:Seaguy|158584|Seaguy|Grant Morrison|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172273383l/158584._SY75_.jpg|153060] for me, and didn't help things. Still, I'm very much onboard for the next volume.
Personally, I'm enjoying the Booster Gold saga the most, with the Question/Montoya/Marvel Family story as a close second, and the Dibney mystery a close third. The Steel/Luthor/Inifnity Inc story should be the best, and may get there, but didn't feel as vital in this volume as it did in volume one. The Animal Man/Starfire/Adam Strange storyline wasn't my favorite to begin with and adding Pope Lobo and a space dolphin was too [b:Seaguy|158584|Seaguy|Grant Morrison|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172273383l/158584._SY75_.jpg|153060] for me, and didn't help things. Still, I'm very much onboard for the next volume.