New Earth and 52

Infinite Crisis ended with the recreated pre-Crisis Multiverse once again merging into a single universe (allegedly), but not the same universe that had existed prior to Infinite Crisis.  This was New Earth.

Following Infinite Crisis, all DC titles jumped a year ahead in time, and then also launched a series called 52, which was a weekly year long title (thus 52 weeks, 52 issues), that told the story of what was happening during that missing year.

Let’s first talk 52.

At the end of Infinite Crisis, Superman had lost his powers, Batman was taking a sabbatical,Wonder Woman was an outlaw, and the Justice League of America had disbanded.

So what goes on in the DCU when the big three are gone and the greatest team of iconic heroes is inactive?

52 directly spun-off of Infinite Crisis and featured several second string heroes, putting them in the spotlight.  It was co-written…