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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published October 2009
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 44
Editing Eddie Berganza; Adam Schlagman (associate)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-08-05. Copyright © 2009 DC Comics.

Cover Details

Characters Congorilla [Congo Bill]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Shazam [Freddy Freeman]; Starman [Mikaal Tomas]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Inks Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Colors Mauro Cascioli (painting)

Cover Details - "Second Printing Cover"

Characters Congorilla [Congo Bill]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Shazam [Freddy Freeman]; Starman [Mikaal Tomas]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Inks Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Notes Second printing cover is black and white version of first print cover. U.S. on sale date: 2009-09-23.

22 page Justice League of America story "The Gathering"

Characters Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Dick Grayson] (cameo); Congorilla [Congo Bill]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Shazam [Freddy Freeman]; Starman [Mikaal Tomas]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lang]; Jason Bard; Black Manta (villain); Bolt [Larry Bolatinsky] (villain); Crazy Quilt (villain; a female); Hellgrammite [Roderick Rose; spelled Hellgramite] (villain); Houngan [Jean-Louis Droo] (villain); Javelin (villain); Prometheus (villain); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain)
Synopsis Green Arrow and Green Lantern caputure the team of villains Prometheus was putting together in Gotham.
Genre Superhero
Script James Robinson
Pencils Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Inks Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Colors Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Letters Steve Wands

5 page text article "The Atom"

Characters Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Justice League of America [JLA; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Aquaman; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (hand only, disguised)]; Major Mynah; Kulan Dar (villain); Jason Woodrue (villain); Gentleman Ghost (villain)
Script James Robinson
Pencils Mauro Cascioli (painting); Gil Kane; Joe Kubert; Murphy Anderson; Dwayne Turner; Steve Dillon
Inks Mauro Cascioli (painting); Murphy Anderson; Joe Kubert; Gil Kane; Keith Wilson [as Kez S Wilson]; Steve Dillon
Colors Mauro Cascioli (painting); ?
Letters typeset
Notes James Robinson takes a look at the history of The Atom.
Reprinted from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 [cover]; from Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1 [cover]; from Atom and Hawkman (DC, 1968 series) #40 [cover]; from Atom and Hawkman (DC, 1968 series) #44 [cover]; from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #14 [cover]; from Sword of the Atom (DC, 1983 series) #1 [cover]; from Sword of the Atom (DC, 1983 series) #3 [cover]; from Power of the Atom (DC, 1988 series) #1 [cover]; from Atom Special (DC, 1993 series) #1 [cover]

2 page Atom story "The Origin of the Atom"

Characters Atom [Ray Palmer] (origin); Jean Loring; Chronos [David Clinton] (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks John Dell
Colors Pete Pantazis
Letters Sal Cipriano

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) DC Nation [177]: ["Can I say "we told you so" yet?"]

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Black Lantern Corps [Black Lantern [Aquaman; Arthur Curry]; Black Lantern [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]]
Script Ian Sattler
Letters typeset
Notes Ian Sattler presents the Blackest Night checklist for July to October 2009, and talks about www.IGN.com being the Blackest Night headquarters.

5 page Magog promo (ad from the publisher) "A Special Preview of Magog #1; Lethal Force"

Characters Magog [David Reid]
Genre Superhero
Script Keith Giffen
Pencils Howard Porter
Inks John Dell
Colors Hi-Fi Design
Letters Pat Brosseau
Editing Mike Carlin; Rachel Gluckstern (associate)
Notes 5 page preview of Magog (DC, 2009 series) #1.