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Found these here.

Sounds pretty interesting.Does one need to pick up certain issues of 52 to fully grasp this?

World War III Part One: A Call to Arms

The cover shows Firestorm, Black Adam and Jason Todd standing behind the Robin costume in the Batcave.

Writer: Keith Champagne
Penciller: Pat Olliffe

Week 45, Day 5
Bialya: Black Adam is approached by a little girl as is asked why he killed so many when only a few are responsible. The girl grabs an “I” beam with one hand and hits Adam with it and then flies in for an attack revealing that it is really J’onn J’onzz in disguise. Black Adam goes on the attack against J’onn and says “Shazam” calling down lightning which knocks J’onn down. Adam in his mortal form walks up to J’onn, places his foot on J’onn’s chest and says “Shazam” again hitting him with another bolt of lightning. Black Adam bends down and pick s JJ up by the throat and tells him “You want to play in my mind so badly Manhunter…be careful what you wish for”. J’onn is overwhelmed by the darkness in Adam’s mind and the memory of all of those he killed. J’onn screams and flies into space.

Week 50, Day 1
-Reaction to Black Adam’s attacks is shown around the world including Oa where the Guardians take notice.
-Black Adam is targeted by US Aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean. Black Adam flies over to the jet and pulls the pilot out and throws him into the cockpit of another jet. As Black Adam begins to leave he is attacked by Father Time and his troops. Black Adam kills the troops by breaking their necks and squashing their heads in. He then approaches Father Time and rips his face off but leaves him alive. Adam them flies down to the aircraft carrier below, picks it up and throws it.
-While the people of New York City are running in panic, Nightwing stops three bank robbers in an alley. He breaks the nose of one, the knee of another and gives a brutal shot to the stomach of another.
Nightwing: Leaving bad guys like you alive—with all this money, to get into lord knows what kind of trouble? That just wouldn’t be responsible of me, now would it?
-Jason runs up to Firehawk, gives her a kiss and the two merge to become Firestorm. Suing his powers, Firestorm stops the falling aircraft carrier by turning it into snow. Afterwards Jason and Firehawk layback in the snow to talk. During this we find out that it was Professor Stein’s idea that separated Firestorm and Cyborg by using the JLA Teleporter to separate their DNA.
-J’onn J’onzz is in space overwhelmed by the thoughts invading his mind such as the Great Pyramids being destroyed, Nightwing running away with bags of money and the bank robbers laying dead in the alley, Deathstroke telling Batgirl it’s decision time, Sydney Australia in shambles, a man drowning with Aquaman approaching him.


World War III Part Two: The Valiant
The cover shows Batgirl and Deathstroke, Donna Troy dressing up as Wonder Woman, Supergirl in a time flux

Writer; Keith Champagne
Penciller: Andy Smith

At the end of Infinite Crisis when the Zeta Beam hits the Space Heroes, Supergirl is split in tow with one arriving back on Earth and one in the future.

Week 50, Day 4
-Supergirl, of the present, comes out of time flux and passes through J’onn J’onzz who is still sitting in space. She becomes whole again and falls to Earth, crash landing in Metropolis.
-In Gotham City, Harvey Dent saves a lady from Killer Croc. Harvey stabs a broken bottle into the top of Croc’s head and then grabs Croc in a choke hold from behind causing Croc to pass out. From up on a roof top Deathstroke and Batgirl look on
-The Doom Patrol fights Black Adam in Pisa, Italy. During the fight, Booster Gold appears in a bright blue flash. He realizes that it is not the right time and he is too soon and leaves in the same blue flash of light.
-Donna, in Wonder Woman armor, arrives in Sydney Australia too late and tells Gar that she is going to Pisa.
-Aquaman calls upon two sea gods in order to get them to stop the sinking of San Diego. The Gods claim it is not their doing. Orin tells them that he has the power to save the humans but is told that he does not have the skill or knowledge. He then agrees to the price of being “transformed into one akin to a great and terrible enemy of your people.”
-Aquaman approaches the city and uses his power to life San Diego back from the depths. Upon doing so he is transformed into the Dweller of the Deep.
-J’onn continues to stay in space evaluating the situation and what is going on.




World War III Part Three; Hell is for Heroes
Cover has Beast Boy and Raven, J’onn J’onzz, and the Bronze Tiger.

Writer: John Ostrander
Penciller: Tom Derenick

Week 50, Day 5
-In his “little girl” form, J’onn J’onzz walks around Pisa examining the damage and watches the JSA help out with recovery aid.
-In Greece, the Teen Titans are fighting Black Adam. ***The Titans are Beast Boy, Raven, Terra, Hawk, Dove, Zatara, Red Talon, Young Frankenstein and Offspring***
During the fight Young Frankenstein puts Black Adam in a bear hug. Black Adam responds by grabbing YF by the wrists and pulling his arms off. Black Adam warns the Titans not to interfere again as he does not enjoy the deaths of children.
-In human form, J’onn overhears Sasha and Faraday talking about Checkmate and how Waller was made White Queen.
-Ben Turner is approached by Amanda Waller in his Detroit apartment to join her new Suicide Squad.
-The Titans have followed Black Adam to the Himalaya’s where they go on the attack again. During the fight Terra hits BA from both sides with huge boulders. This ends up getting BA made so he flies towards Terra and puts his fist through her stomach, killing her.
-J’onn arrives at the police station where he works and reveals himself to be a Martian. J’onn tells his friend Peter Santorelli that “This is who I am, Peter. This is who I have always been. Many were the times I manipulated the truth. My motives were pure, my methods less so”. When asked by Peter “why are you telling me this”, J’onn responds “To make certain I never do it again my friend”. J’onn leaves the police station and goes to the Terrel Building where he based his detective agency. He says the “Everywhere I look, I see only lies!!!” and levels the building.


World War III Part Four: United We Stand
The cover has Steel, John Stewart, Alan Scott, Power Girls and Hawkgirl in one panel, a merged Martian Manhunter and Black Adam in another and the Great Ten in the third.

Writer; John Ostrander
Penciller: Jack Jadson

Week 50, Day 7
-The heroes are gathered and waiting on the China border for authorization to enter, while the Great Ten are being easily manhandled by Black Adam.
-During the wait Beast Boy meets up with Geo-force for a conversation.
BB: --can’t help but blame myself, Geo-Force.
GF: Only one person is responsible for my sister’s death, Logan. It is not you.
-J’onn J’onzz arrives and makes himself visible alongside Green Arrow, Black Canary and Arsenal.
-Green Lantern (Alan Scott) receives word that they have authorization to enter into China, and the heroes all rush in.
-Black Adam is able to easily take the heroes as the attack. During the fight J’onn tries to contact Captain Marvel and the mystics but is unable to find a trace of them. He is able to find that the Spectre can not act since his host has not accepted the position.
-J’onn then joins the battle and goes hand to hand with Black Adam. Adam knocks J’onn to the ground and tells him “When next we meet, my wrath will devour you. That is my word, Manhunter, not a promise” and flies off leaving J’onn in a crater.
-While Geo-Force, Green Lantern, and Natasha are fighting Adam, J’onn takes advantage and enters Adam’s mind once more.
J’onn; We end where we began, Black Adam. Once more, I am in your mind, Adam. This time you will go no further. I have known your pain, evil one and I could not bear it. Can you stand beneath the weight of mine? Everything I know, everyone I loved, my entire planet…I watched them all die. Your loss is a grain of sand held next to mine. Feel the death, Black Adam, of the millions of innocents you have killed. I have kept their last moments safe for you, buried within my soul. Experience their deaths, as you hands ripped the life from their bodies. See the monster you have become reflected in their cold dead eyes.”

Adam: You have earned a mortal enemy this day, Manhunter! I will see you broken once more!

J’onn: Last time you called down fire from the heavens to save yourself, Black Adam. This time, the lightning comes to you.”.

Captain Marvel arrives and Black Adam is hit with a lightning bolt turning him human and knocking J’onn out as he was still connected to Adam at the time. When J’onn wakes up his appearance has changed and he is now in the full blue body suit with the red “x” across the chest and he flies off.

Far Above the Earth in the Monitor Satellite:
Monitor 1: This chapter is closed. One man’s war against the planet has ended.
Monitor 2: Yes…for now.
Monitor 1: Some have lived. Some have died. Others have…changed.
Monitor 2: They must evolve or they will not be prepared.
Monitor 1: Their darkest hour has not yet arrived.

 
Wow... so is Black Adam really that powerful to do all that?
 
Manhunter is still a badass :up:
 
LALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU OR SEE YOU LALALALAfdxgfygytzf
 
Yeah I read about the first day of that spoiler........little girls scare me.
 
Found these here.

Sounds pretty interesting.Does one need to pick up certain issues of 52 to fully grasp this?

Yeah, to fully grasp this you should probably pickup 52 1-50. Just a thought.
 
I caaaaant hear you. I caaaaant hear you. Damn. I wanna push that button so bad. I'll have the issues in 24 hours. I can wait. I can wait......
 
Well it's true =/

Maybe not 1 - 50, but all of them with BA's arc in it. Theres bound to be a list somewhere.
 
Err, i just read 52 #50 and it was just one issue... what just happened?
 
52 #50 is pretty much a condensation of WWIII. True to form, it only highlights days for a small amount of time. WWIII #1-4 stretch it out. And they suck.
 
Well, i read #1, I thought it was good... very EPIC feel, which I haven't felt since Kingdom Come...
 
Jake is the 2nd person to say they suck, why? I enjoyed them more than anything Marvel has put out in the last 10 years.
 
Hmm..WWIII was an awesome read. It pieced together a ton of questions, especially about Supergirl, which incidently was mentioned in JLA.

I'm still confused about the time line, since I haven't been reading Supergirl. But Ah, well it was a fun thing to read and enjoy.
 
I just can't imagine that the world is still pro-superhero pro-justice leage whatever after this. This seems like Stanfod Connecticut times a bajillion and yet no repercussions. Seems odd.
 
I just can't imagine that the world is still pro-superhero pro-justice leage whatever after this. This seems like Stanfod Connecticut times a bajillion and yet no repercussions. Seems odd.
What are they gonna do? Force them to register their identities with the government? Last time they tried that, the JSA broke up. For half a century.
 
Just a bit of trivia: Believe it or not, metahumans in the DCU are actually already registered. It's been vaguely mentioned before in JLA and in Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight. It's just not nearly as fascistic as the one in the Marvel universe. And also it's not clear if it's required of every metahuman (hence the vagueness). But the process is there. Somehow.

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Morever, Black Adam is not an American superhero. It's far, far easier for Americans (and the world) to see him as the "enemy," the "terrorist" from far away countries that we fight against and not as one of our own. It's doubtful that the average citizen saw foreign leader Black Adam going on a rampage and equated that with Superman or Flash, instead just taking the black and white view of seeing him as a foreign enemy. Which isn't necessarily untrue.

In fact, seeing that there are "enemies" like that out there may actually motivate DCU Americans to support their heroes more, just so they know for certain that they have similarly powerful "weapons" to retaliate with in case those "terrorists" do attack. It's a sort of twisted arms race.

Stamford was a tragedy based in Marvel universe America, and America ended up being the only country to go crazy about it. Things that hit close to home...well, they hit closer to home. You'll notice that throughout Civil War there were numerous mentions of how every other country was just staring at America going "Uh, okay, whatever. What's the big deal?" And of course they would think that; they weren't the ones affected.
To compare it to the real world for a moment and be an absolute pragmatic dick about it...183 people died in Iraq yesterday in a car bomb and hardly anyone noticed. 32 people died in Virginia on Monday and it's still front page news. We're just inclined to care more about ourselves than worry about other peoples' problems. I'm not comparing the two tragedies and I'm not even saying it's wrong. I'm just saying it's the way it is.
 
Only problem I have with WWIII is that once again DC has messed up continuity:

In Aquaman: Sword Of Atlantis, the people of Sub Diego are stil underwater and still breathing water, yet in WWIII, here we see Aquaman sacrifice himself to raise Sub Diego to the surface because for some strange reason, the people can no longer breathe water.

I mean...wtf? Seriously. That pisses me off not just as a huge Aquaman fan but because I don't see how they can make that much of a screw up.

While the panels with him were cool, that just bothers me. Also, I wish they said more about those 2 god-like beings that he talked to. I was also kinda hoping that his sacrifice did more than just raise Sub Diego. Course...technically this didn't happen? Seriously, this conflicting with A:SoA is pissing me off greatly.
 
Jake is the 2nd person to say they suck, why? I enjoyed them more than anything Marvel has put out in the last 10 years.

That's good on your dislike for marvel and all...But I found them to suck. The first one, was good. It was headed in the right direction. Then the next three were basically Martian Manhunter having an intertnal monologue about how he doesn't feel he fits in, or how thisplace isn't his home blah blah blah emo blah emo. Sure there were things that were cleared up, which was good. Though, they didn't need to stretch it out for FOUR books. It could of EASILY been in a 50 page oneshot. Hell, there was a lot of stuff in there that could easily of been taken out. The main parts of the WWIII ads were summed up in 2pages or less (Jason Todd, Casandra, Supergirl, Donna, TT, LoSH. The only part (other than the MM emofest and battle scenes) that was extened past two or three pages was the Checkmate thing. And if you don't read Checkmate, why should you really even care? If anyone ever accuses any company of "milking a series" or something, I will forever point to WWIII.
 
Yeah, the extra issues were pretty disappointing. We had a few brief scenes of explanation about OYL, some terrible overwriting about J'onn, the Teen Titans getting murdered by BA, and not too much else. The 52 this week was pretty good, but the WWIII issues almost made me not realize it.

"That wasn't a war, that was a slap fight!"
 

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