| Release: | Nov 08, 2006 |
| Cover: | Jan 2007 |
52 - The Past Best Hope / The Origin of Black Canary
| Release: | Nov 08, 2006 |
| Cover: | Jan 2007 |
Ralph Dibny's journey through the afterlife, and tutoring in the rules of magic have lead him to the entity with the most direct connection to the afterlife: The Spectre. Host-less and impotent following the Crisis, the Spectre agrees to return Sue Dibny to Ralph if he will perform a simple service of vengeance.Skeets confronts Waverider in his search for Rip Hunter.Richard Dragon has begun training Renee Montoya as he once trained the Question... but the real question is... why? While the training continues, Tot is studying the Intergang Bible of Crime that they retrieved in Khandaq. As she looks at it with him, Montoya quickly realizes that someone close to her in Gotham is in danger.
| Writer | Greg Rucka, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid |
| Artist | Howard Chaykin |
| Cover Artist | J.G. Jones |
| Cover Colorist | Alex Sinclair |
| Penciller | Shawn Moll |
| Inker | Ruy José, Nelson DeCastro, Rodney Ramos, Mariah Benes, Prentis Rollins |
| Colorist | Pete Pantazis |
| Letterer | Pat Brosseau, Nick J. Napolitano |
| Layouts | Keith Giffen |
| Editor | Michael Siglain, Stephen Wacker |
| Editor in Chief | Dan DiDio |
| Green Lantern | Alan Scott |
| Black Canary | Dinah Laurel Lance |
| Elongated Man | Ralph Dibny |
| Wildcat | Ted Grant |
| Renee Montoya | |
| Skeets | |
| Deathstroke the Terminator | Slade Wilson |
| Sue Dibny | |
| Question | Charles Victor Szasz |
| Waverider | Matthew Ryder |
| Spectre | Aztar |
| Richard Dragon | |
| Eclipso | Jean Loring |
| Time Commander | John Starr |
| Aristotle 'Tot' Rodor | |
| Dinah Drake-Lance |
| Age | Modern Age |
|---|---|
| Format | Comic |
| Series Group | 52 |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Anthology | Drama | Science Fiction | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 44 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |