Welcome to the summary of 52, Issue #2

We start off with Ralph Dibny, photographing his dead wife's desecrated tombstone. He meets the graveyard caretaker, who is a fan who comforts him and compliments both him and Sue. Ralph points out it's a mystery who would paint that on Sue's tombstone. He's found purpose again.

We switch to Booster Gold, who has brought Skeets to Dr. Will Magnus, creator of the Metal Men, after Skeets' apparent malfunction of last issue. Magnus isn't sure what he can do, as Skeets is a "self repairing valet module from the 25th century" and "tomorrowtech". Booster needs Skeets because Booster never bothered learning any of the history he had Skeets appropriate. Skeets is reactivated and seems fine. Booster points out that Magnus is still famous in the 25th century for inventing the Metal Men and Magnus replies "Umm... those don't really work anymore." and quickly changes the subject. He seems very uncomfortable with Booster's and Skeets' praise. Magnus excuses himself and he says he isn't the world's foremost authority on this type of thing, and he's only called that because no one wants to acknowledge the guy who actually is, and he says he's off to visit him.

That man is Dr. T. O. Morrow, the creator of Red Tornado, who is being held in prison for "attempting to start a war between two parallel worlds". Magnus informs him that Red Tornado was lost and apparently killed during the Infinite Crisis. Morrow: "Tssk. Why does he have to keep doing that?" Hahaha. He mentions he also created an android called "The Red Inferno". Morrow created the first artificial souls, he says, and Magnus is his only student that ever understood that breakthrough, and that he appreciates Magnus' monthly visits. Morrow goes on to say that it seems that all the mad scientists are being rounded up (such as Sivana's abduction last issue).

Switch to The Question, who has come into Renee Montoya's apartment where she's already found a new girl for at least a One Night Stand. He asks "Who are you?" as he stands over them in bed, and Montoya grabs her gun and shoots at him. Question disappears. He leaves a piece of paper behind with an address on it, and a big question mark. Renee tells her new friend to put her clothes on.

Switch back to Booster Gold. A flight is in trouble. Skeets says that the flight path is a matter of history, so he's positioned perfectly. Suddenly the jet barrels down from right BEHIND him. It just misses him. Booster says "Oh, God." and flies after it. Booster saves it, barely, but says Skeets is still "fragged" and they need to call Magnus again. Skeets says the flight's just fine, but a Sydney Morning News headline says that hundreds are dead on Flight 2428. (This may or may not be an error as both the pilot and Skeets referred to the plane as Flight 2824.)

Back to Renee for a pleasant moment as she's puking in the sink. She looks at the Question's note as well as the note from her ex-girlfriend from last issue and thinks that if he's asking who she is, he can join the club, and he'll get the same answer her ex got. She doesn't know. Renee goes to the meeting and finds an abandoned building. Question approaches her from behind and after a brief tussle, they talk. He's just fine even though she KNOWS she shot him. She says she isn't a detective and her new job is being drunk. He says he has a job for her, and will pay her $200 a day plus expenses, first three weeks paid in advance as he hands her a circular roll of bills. He disappears as Renee says "I still have questions!"

Cut to Titans Tower. Wonder Girl has apparently involved herself in some kind of weird online Kryptonian cult, as she recites a prayer to people over a webcam. Ralph shows up afterwards. He says he has reason to believe that the message on his wife's tombstone came from her. He says he sees she did her homework, with the altar and the crystals and such very authentic to Krypton, but that he did his research too. Not many people know that Superman's S symbol has a literal meaning. On Krypton, it translates as hope. Inverted though, it means something else. He says it means resurrection as he pulls out the picture of his wife's tombstone and what was painted there is in fact an upside down Superman S.

The backup feature starting this issue is the authoritative post-InC "History of the DCU". Troia is narrating it aboard New Cronus. She points out that her Earth-7 Alternate was named Dark Angel, and recorded the multiverse's history for the Anti-Monitor, just as Harbinger did for the Monitor. She has those records. Even though she doesn't want to watch all those worlds die, she goes ahead and views the record.

The Multiverse formed. In one universe, Krona of Oa sought the truth of life's beginnings and his efforts were what created the anti-matter universe. To make up for this, the Oans became Guardians of the Universe, and created the Manhunter androids, but they rebelled, so they instead formed the Green Lantern Corps. Though these events repeated in many universes, Earth-1 was the most important one.

Troia says she cares about the people and asks to be told about Superman.

Many universes had a Superman, with one common thread, they were all rocketed from a doomed world of Krypton to an Earth.The ones Troia knows best are of course the Earth-1 and Earth-2 Superman. They shone the brightest. Many think they pushed their Earths to heights they would not otherwise reach.

Two Earths, two Metropolises, two Supermen. Eventually, only one would survive...

To be continued next week!