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* [[Executive Meddling]]: While the writers were left alone for the most part, Dan Didio literally pulled rank on the issue that dealt with the end of Ralph Dibny's storyline, pretty much rewriting it himself via the authors and Keith Giffen. Ralph's conclusion [[Tropes Are Not Bad|is regarded as one of the highlights of the series]]. Of course, according to one of the writers Didio '''hated''' ''52'' so absolutely, he would literally walk down the halls shouting it. He decided to make the next weekly series more editorially mandated to his wishes and we got ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' as a result.

* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: Batman encounters the Ten-Eyed Men while on his journey around the world, who have an eye at the end of each finger. They were inspired by the Ten-Eyed Man, an old villain from [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] that one of the writers remembered fondly.

* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|[[Booster Gold]]}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: {{spoiler|The Black Marvel Family's decimation}}. Creator commentary reveals that they were deliberately pushing the envelope as far as they possibly could in a comic.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: This story, along with the [[Seven Soldiers]] maxi-series, sets up important plot points for [[Final Crisis]]. The scenes showing what Batman did in his year off set up a number of points which become important during Morrison's run on Batman. Rip Hunter's chalkboard in his laboratory in particular predicts events in future storylines, both here and in other stories.

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Intergang has access to Apokoliptian and Thanagarian weapons technology, and Renee Montoya steals a very handy laser pistol from one of their warehouses.

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Ralph Dibney, {{spoiler|Felix Faust, and Neron}}, as well as Booster Gold, Rip Hunter, {{spoiler|Skeets, and even Daniel Carter}}.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: John Henry Irons, doctor, metallurgical engineer, government scientist, and a six foot tall wall of muscle.

** [[Asian Baby Mama]]: Mother of Champions. Yes, her power is to give birth to superpowered babies. Not making this up here people...

** [[Only Sane Man]]: The Accomplished Perfect Physician, Thundermind

* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Ralph Dibny uses his death to trap both Felix Faust and Neron in the Tower of Fate for eternity, since by killing him before he removed the binding spells around the tower, there is no way to escape.}}

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: When all the heroes who went out into space in [[Infinite Crisis]] are rescued and brought down to Australia they have all been mutated, transformed, merged or deformed in unique and disturbing ways. Original [[Green Lantern]] Alan Scott got off lighter than almost anybody else - he only lost one eye, but even the eye he still has was not originally his and his daughter Jade died during the Crisis. [[Steel]] recognizes that, physical rehabilitation aside, all these returning heroes are going to need counseling to help them deal with what happened, but Alan is adamant that that is not even an option.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Renee Montoya. Her years on the Gotham City Police Department have taught her much about surveillance and the seedy underbelly of Gotham, and she is not even that surprised to fall down a hidden trap door after she enters the building...[[Genre Shift|and then she discovers the nightmarish alien monster and crates full of laser weaponry]].

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: Poor, poor {{spoiler|Black Adam}}. He just cannot have a happy ending...

* [[You Did Everything You Could]]: The Question tries to console Renee after she [[Shoot the Dog|was forced to kill a child to prevent a suicide bombing]] by pointing out that she did not have a choice, that it was pull the trigger or watch hundreds, possibly ''thousands'', of people die.

{{quote|"Tell ''her'' that."}}

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