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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published December 2008 [October 29, 2008]
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Rachel Gluckstern (associate)
Notes Cover forms a triptych with Trinity #23 and Trinity #24.

Cover Details - "Crime Wave Swamps Gotham"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Mia Dearden]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Andy Kubert (signed)
Inks Jesse Delperdang (signed)
Colors Chris Sotomayor [signed as Soto!]
Notes Cover forms a triptych with Trinity #23 and Trinity #24.

12 page Trinity story "Winds of Change"

Characters Freddie [Alfred Pennyworth]; Justice Society International [Atom Smasher [Albert Rothstein]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Brainwave [Henry King, Jr.]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Damage [Grant Emerson]; Power Girl; Red Tornado; Skyrocket [Celia Forrestal]; Tomorrow Woman [Tommie]; Triumph [Will McIntyre]]; Carter Hall [Hawkman]; Alan Scott [Green Lantern]; Jay Garrick [Flash]; Richard; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Mia Dearden]; Ragman [Rory Regan]; Tatters; Gehenna; Morgaine Le Fey (villain); Enigma [Edward Nashton] (Antimatter Earth; villain); Kanjar Ro (villain); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain); Ultra-Humanite (villain); Brainborgs (villains)
Synopsis The JSI track Green Arrow and Speedy, and also discover a duplicate Tomorrow Woman.
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Art Thibert
Colors Pete Pantazis
Letters Pat Brosseau
Notes The second story appears between pages 1 and 2 of the main story.

10 page Trinity story "A Hope for Tomorrow"

Characters Prine Khufu; Hath-Set; Chay-Ara; Hawkman [Carter Hall; also as Gabriel; also as Silent Knight [Brian Kent]; also as Captain John Smith; also as Nighthawk [Hannibal Hawkes]; also as Hawkman (Earth-2)] (cameos); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (cameo); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Morgaine Le Fey (villain; cameo); Enigma [Edward Nashton] (villain; cameo; Antimatter Earth); Kanjar Ro [as Despero] (villain; cameo)
Synopsis A flashback story to ancient Egypt as Prince Khufu writes down his visions and then casts the scrolls into the winds, where they will end up with Alfred Pennyworth in the new timeline.
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek (plot); Fabian Nicieza (plot; script)
Pencils Scott McDaniel
Inks Andy Owens
Colors Allen Passalaqua
Letters Pat Brosseau

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 137"

Characters Joker
Script Ian Sattler
Pencils Kelley Jones; ?
Inks Kelley Jones; ?
Colors Kelley Jones ?; ?
Letters typeset
Notes Ian Sattler gives five true hints and five false hints about upcoming storylines. Hot list - Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves #2, DCU: Decisions #4 and Superman #681. House ad for Trinity #23.
Reprinted from Batman: Gotham After Midnight (DC, 2008 series) #6 [partial cover]