Countdown #49
(July 2007)

DC, 2007 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
2007-05-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941260839 04911
Editing
Mike Marts (editor); Jeanine Schaefer (associate)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Countdown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Andy Kubert (signed)
Inks
Andy Kubert (signed)
Colors
Moose Baumann (signed)

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Ion [Kyle Rayner]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Donna Troy; Monitor
Reprints

Stretching the Truth (Table of Contents: 1)

Countdown / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Dini (head writer); Tony Bedard
Pencils
Carlos Magno
Inks
Jay Leisten
Colors
Rod Reis
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]; Mary Batson [Mary Marvel]; Red Arrow [Roy Harper]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Duela Dent (flashback; deceased); Monitors; Bear-Market Boesky; Black Adam [Theo Adam] (villain); Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (villain); Trickster [James Jesse] (villain); Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain); Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch] (villain)
Synopsis
Killer Croc looks to take a bite out of Olsen, Mary Batson goes to Gotham in a quest for her missing powers and the Rogues test the Pied Piper and Trickster.
Reprints

History of the Multiverse Chapter One (Table of Contents: 2)

History of the Multiverse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Dan Jurgens
Inks
Norm Rapmund
Colors
David Baron
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher
Editing
Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Monitors; Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Flash (Jay Garrick); Joan Garrick; Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (villain, flashback); Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (villain, flashback); Shade [Richard Swift] (villain, flashback)
Synopsis
The Monitors look at the history of the Multiverse, starting with the historic meeting between Barry Allen and Jay Garrick.

Indexer Notes

This story looks at events from the story "Flash of Two Worlds", from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123.

DC Nation 61 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Countdown
  2. 1. Stretching the Truth
    Countdown
  3. 2. History of the Multiverse Chapter One
    History of the Multiverse
  4. 3. DC Nation 61
    DC Nation
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff