Wikipedia is your friend, and this article does a really nice job breaking down the whole 'multiverse' thing: http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/comics101/8.html


>In 52 Week 2 - Is the guy who visits the Professor Morrow, Dr.
>Magnus I believe, is HE the Question? If not, who is he and
>what is his relevance?

No, different people. Doc Magnus is the creator of the Metal Men, who you saw make a brief cameo 2 weeks ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Men


>In 52 Week 5:
>The fuck happened out in space? Is that covered in
>Ran-Thanagar War, and if so, is it a decent cop? I just picked
>up the #1 from the "Countdown to Infinite Crisis" run and
>haven't read it yet.

The universe was shifting, Rann and Thanagar were at each others' throats, and...nobody really gave a damn. The space stuff was easily my least favorite aspect of IC, and yet... I'm really enjoying the space stuff in 52. Isn't it ironic?

>Is Alan Scott the Green Lantern from Earth Two? What's the
>story behind his eyes? He mentions losing a daughter named
>"Jade", is that the Jade aka Cheshire?

Make sure you read that Comics 101 article! Alan Scott was the very first Green Lantern, then the Earth-2 Green Lantern, and now since there's no Earth-2, he's just regular ol' Alan Scott, original Green Lantern again. Confused?

I think he wound up with Adam Strange's eyes during some teleportation mishap. Don't you just hate it when that happens?


>In 52 Week 6 - Who are the Chinese Metahumans? Are they good
>or evil?

They work for their government... So I guess they're a little of both?