NEWS: Crisis Counseling Panel at Chicago *SPOILERS*

[Paul Newell]

From Newsarama:

WWC: DAY 2 - DC CRISIS COUNSELING PANEL (http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=40070)

[Indefatigable]

Someone explain "52" and "One Year Later" to me -_-.

[Donald M.]

One year later is what it says, after the end of Infinity Crisis, all mainstream DCU titles will be jumping ahead one year, with one must assume much have changed in the ensuing year.

This is my first time hearing about 52, but based on the info in the article it sounds like a minseries that details the major events that occur during that lost year, with the title I assume referring to the number of weeks in a year.

[Kent H]

Actually 52 is going to be a weekly series spanning 52 weeks, ie one year, detailing what happened during the one year later gap.

[Batfan]

aren't there 56 weeks in a year?

[Sk8maven]

aren't there 56 weeks in a year?Nope, 52. There are 13 weeks to a quarter-year (because the months all have uneven ends and aren't neat little 4-week packages). 13 x 4 = 52.

One week for each card in a standard bridge/poker deck (jokers not counted).

Maven

[Dawg Corleone]

or, 365 days a year divided by 7 days a week = 52.1428571428. The fraction of course being the cause of a "leap year". I've always thought, having 13 months of 28 days would be a great idea, then i wouldn't have to use my knuckles to figure out which months had how many days in them.

[KevinTBrown]

One year later is what it says, after the end of Infinity Crisis, all mainstream DCU titles will be jumping ahead one year, with one must assume much have changed in the ensuing year.

This is my first time hearing about 52, but based on the info in the article it sounds like a minseries that details the major events that occur during that lost year, with the title I assume referring to the number of weeks in a year.
Actually, DC titles jump ahead one year in continuity between issues #4 & 5 of Infinite Crisis.

[hotrodimus]

the jump one year between the series of IC is really confusing me.. i thought the idea of the jump is that everyone wont be coming of from the same place .. and that changes already happened since the crisis.. but obviously the crisis is not over after one year.. and that during 52, the crisis is still happening.. so after the the IC mini, everyone still comes off from the same place.. ah heck.. its hard not to think about it but ill just wait

[Paragon Kobold]

or, 365 days a year divided by 7 days a week = 52.1428571428. The fraction of course being the cause of a "leap year".

Wrong. The leap years are there because the year is not an exact number of days.
No connection to weeks.

[Dawg Corleone]

Paragon Kobold Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg Corleone
or, 365 days a year divided by 7 days a week = 52.1428571428. The fraction of course being the cause of a "leap year".



Wrong. The leap years are there because the year is not an exact number of days.
No connection to weeks.

hey einstein,

weeks are made up of days. and if you want to be all techinical:

Wrong. The leap years are there because the units of measurement we use do not precisely coincide with the revolution of the earth around the sun.

i was just trying to give a simple explanation as to the reason for "52" weeks in a year. i'll concede that perhaps my semantics weren't suited for a defendable thesis, however they weren't designed as such. i really didn't feel like getting too technical on a non-technical question/answer but clearly, some intellects like yourself demand a more in depth explanation. We should probably first agree on the basics: years are made up of weeks are made up of days are made up of hours are made up of seconds. Agreed.

So here goes: An average year on the gregorian calendar (over a 400 year cycle) has exactly 52.1775 weeks in it. However, in a common year there are only 52.1429 weeks. See the fraction in a common year is less than the fraction in an average year. This difference results in what is known as a "leap year". As you pointed out, in a leap year there is one more day than in a common year. It is conceivable, we could forego leap years every 4 years and just have a "leap week" every 28 years. However, even sticking to custom and adding an extra day every 4 years does not completely correct the unit of time measurement differential as compared to the sun problem, thus some years have a "leap second". Further complicating the issue is weeks have no astronomical basis. A week could just as easily be 8 days or 5 days. Most people have accepted a 7 day week. You could probably write volumes of books on the subject and develop all sorts of algorithms to get a real handle on the issue (check the library i'm sure you can probably find much more info there), however i suspect the vast majority of the people on earth don't care so much about it.

I guess it all boils down to a comic possibly titled "52" just has a better ring to it than "52.1775"