Countdown



Event Name: Countdown Alternate Names: No known alternate names

Synopsis
Event Locations: Multiverse First Appearance: Countdown #51 Cast of Characters: Cast of characters unknown Synopsis: Countdown is a fifty-two issue limited series published by DC Comics from May of 2007 to May of 2008. The series is shipped on a weekly publishing schedule and is numbered in reverse order, beginning with issue #51, and counting backwards to issue #0. In early 2007, DC Comics began promoting the Countdown event with a double-page teaser spread that ran through many DC Comics. The spread revealed a gathering of heroes standing amidst the ruins of New York City. The severed head of the Statue of Liberty is displayed prominently in the foreground. At the feet of the heroes lie the bodies of noteworthy characters who had died in the previous year (included are Maxwell Lord, Blue Beetle, Jade and the Question.

DC also promoted the title with a series of one-page ads, spotlighting different characters wearing pins. The pins read, "Jimmy Olsen Must Die!", "Darkseid Rules!", "WWMMD?" (What Would Mary Marvel Do?) and "I Found Ray Palmer".

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