Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman--a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.

This is 52, a four-volume collection of the unprecedented, critically acclaimed weekly series of death, danger, romance, terror and the never-ending search for heroism in the DC Universe's most eventful year ever.

52 features the best and brightest writers from the comic-book field including Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS), Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN), Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN) and Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME), working together to tell the tale of a world awakening from a nightmare to face a new day.

52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman...but not a year without heroes. Collects 52 #1-26.