52 Vol 1 27

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"The Past Best Hope"

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52 Vol 1 #27
November, 2006

Executive Editor

Dan DiDio

Cover Artists

J.G. Jones, Alex Sinclair

Writers

Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid

Pencilers

Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett

Inkers

Ruy José, Nelson DeCastro, Mariah Benes, Rodney Ramos, Prentis Rollins

Colourists

Alex Sinclair

Letterers

Pat Brosseau

Editors

Jann Jones, Harvey Richards, Stephen Wacker

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Appearing in "The Past Best Hope"

Featured Characters:

• Elongated Man
• Eclipso (Jean Loring)
• The Spectre
• Waverider
• Time Commander
• Question
• Renée Montoya
• Richard Dragon

Supporting Characters:

• None

Villains:

• Skeets

Other Characters:

• Felix Faust (Behind the scenes)
• Sue Dibny

Locations:

• Astral Plane
• Nanda Parbat

Items:

• Crime Bible
• Helmet of Fate

Vehicles:

• None
  

Synopsis for "The Past Best Hope"

Day 1

Ralph Dibny and Doctor Fate travel in the Astral Plane & contact The Spectre and ask for help in bringing his wife back to him. The Spectre tells him he will do this if he eliminates one thing... Eclipso, aka. Jean Loring - his wife's murderer. Ralph accepts and is given some of the Spectre's power and Ralph attacks Jean.

Day 2

Waverider is hiding in a clock shop and is confronted by the Time Commander and he demands to know why he and Chronos aren't the Masters of time. Time Commander disappears and Skeets appears and attacks Waverider and reveals that his metal was forged by his dead body in the future. Waverider is ripped to pieces.

Day 5

In Nanda Parbat, Renee continues her training with Richard Dragon and discovers that the Question is dying of cancer. She also discovers the prophecy in the Crime Bible which states that death will come upon "twice-named Cain", but Renee realizes that its not Cain but Kane, ie. Kate Kane and her picture is in the book having her heart ripped out.

Week -84 Day -2

Ralph takes Jean back before the moment she kills his wife to make her witness what she did over & over again, but at the last minute. Ralph is unable to do it...

Back in the present, Ralph's visions never happened as it was all the work of the Spectre. Ralph leaves with Fate and they begin their journey to Nanda Parbat while the Spectre watches Jean.

Notes

• Jean Loring's murder of Sue Dibny was shown in Identity Crisis #1. She was transformed into Eclipso in Day of Vengeance #1. She was trapped near the sun in Day of Vengeance #6.

• Secret Origins this issue features Black Canary.

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