DC Comic Book Review: DC Comics' 52, Week 32

Part of: DC Comics 52

For the average person, climbing up a mountain either means you’re in for some recreational skiing or you’re an adventurer with a taste for reaching new heights. Ralph Dibny, however, is searching for something a bit more meaningful.

Nanda Parbat, a land that other 52 characters have visited previously, is a land full of wonders. Nothing is more amazing than a man who has the ability to heal or destroy matter with sound or the legendary Yeti charging straight for your throat!

Ralph Dibny’s trek to the magical land of Nanda Parbat shares space with three of the other storylines. This week in 52, we also take a look at how much closer the space heroes are to getting home. It doesn’t look like there are better days ahead of them. It’s four against Lady Styx and her horrible hordes. I’m rooting for them to come back safe and sound, but they’ll need more than cheerleading if they want to ever make it out alive.

Back on Earth, the youngest of the Black Marvel family gets in on the recruiting blitz for the Teen Titans. If you’ve been reading Teen Titans recently, all these new faces might be familiar to you, because they were included in the big photo collage during the Teen Titans “Titans Around the World” story arc. It’s no shock that the Titans have an issue with Osiris joining the Titans because the man who bestowed his powers upon him is not the nicest guy on the planet.

You can’t help but feel sorry for the poor kid. He’s been through a hell of a lot. He’s been enslaved, he’s been put up as a sacrifice, and he’s been horrifically crippled. As Osiris, he not only has been restored to full life, but he’s also been given god-level abilities. Still, with all that, he gets no respect and he’s considered an “anti-American.” It’s enough to make a kid rip someone in half!

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