Countdown
#42
(September 2007)
DC,
2007 Series
- Price
- 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- On-sale Date
- 2007-07-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941260839 04211
- Editing
- Mike Marts (editor); Mike Carlin (editor); Jeanine Schaefer (associate); Liz Marsham (assistant)
Enter: Clayface
Countdown / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Mary Marvel; Riddler; Clayface
- Reprints
-
in Countdown to Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([July] 2008)
-
Shock to the System
Countdown / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Paul Dini (head writer); Sean McKeever (pages 1-14, 17-20); Tony Bedard (pages 15-16)
- Pencils
- Carlos Magno
- Inks
- Mark McKenna; Jay Leisten
- Colors
- Rod Reis
- Letters
- Ken Lopez
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Flash [Bart Allen] (dream; dies); Holly Robinson; Monitor; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Donna Troy; Atom [Ryan Choi]; Panda [Dr. Potter]; Dr. Martin Campbell; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain); Trickster [James Jesse] (villain); Multiplex (villain); Deadshot [Floyd Lawton] (villain); Harleen Quinzel [Harley Quinn] (villain); Clayface (villain); Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain; dream); Heat Wave [Mick Rory] (villain; dream); Inertia [Thaddeus Thawne] (villain; dream); Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch] (villain; dream); Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon] (villain; dream)
- Synopsis
- Mary Marvel and the Riddler take on Clayface. Pied Piper and Trickster try to escape from their captors.
- Reprints
- in Countdown to Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([July] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
From the Newsarama interview on July 13, 2007, Tony Bedard wrote the 2 pages with Batman/Karate Kid.
Mad About Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Indexer Notes
Cover for 8 page THE MAD MAGAZINE BALLPARK FRANKS SPECIAL ISSUE insert.
A Mad Look at Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks / advertisement / 2 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés
- Colors
- Sergio Aragonés ?
- Letters
- Sergio Aragonés
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
5 comic strips advertising BallPark Franks for THE MAD MAGAZINE BALLPARK FRANKS SPECIAL ISSUE insert.
The Evolution of Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks / advertisement / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Pinup advertising BallPark Franks for THE MAD MAGAZINE BALLPARK FRANKS SPECIAL ISSUE insert.
The Museum of Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks / advertisement / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Sam Viviano; Hermann Mejia
- Inks
- Sam Viviano; Hermann Mejia
- Colors
- Sam Viviano; Hermann Mejia
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Six paintings advertising BallPark Franks for THE MAD MAGAZINE BALLPARK FRANKS SPECIAL ISSUE insert.
Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants
BallPark Franks / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for BallPark Franks for THE MAD MAGAZINE BALLPARK FRANKS SPECIAL ISSUE insert.
History of the Multiverse Chapter Eight
History of the Multiverse / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Dan Jurgens
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens
- Inks
- Norm Rapmund
- Colors
- David Baron
- Letters
- Ken Lopez
- Editing
- Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Monitors; Wonder Woman [Diana] (flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Zatanna Zatara (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L] (Earth-2; flashback); Lois Lane (Earth-2; flashback); Power Girl (flashback); Robin [Jason Todd] (flashback; dies); OMAC (flashback); Ted Kord (flashback; dies); Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes] (flashback); Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter] (flashback); Superboy [Kon-El; Conner Kent] (flashback; dies); Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark] (flashback); Doomsday (villain, flashback); Alexander Luthor (Earth-3; villain, flashback); Superboy (Earth-Prime; villain, flashback); Maxwell Lord (villain, flashback; dies); Black Adam (villain, flashback); Psycho Pirate (villain, flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Monitors look at the events in Infinite Crisis.
DC Nation 69
DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Jann Jones
- Pencils
- Jann Jones (sketch); Stéphane Roux; ?
- Inks
- Stéphane Roux; ?
- Colors
- Stéphane Roux; ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Black Canary
Indexer Notes
Jann Jones talks about the BLACK CANARY WEDDING PLANNER issue she is editing. She inludes her rough sketch for the cover and the final result by Stephane Roux. Hot list - COUNTDOWN #42, GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE #1 and GREEN LANTERN #21. House ad for COUNTDOWN #41.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Enter: Clayface
Countdown -
1.
Shock to the System
Countdown -
2.
Mad About Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks -
3.
A Mad Look at Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks -
4.
The Evolution of Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks -
5.
The Museum of Hunger
Mad; BallPark Franks -
6.
Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants
BallPark Franks -
7.
History of the Multiverse Chapter Eight
History of the Multiverse -
8.
DC Nation 69
DC Nation
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- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Morbus Iff
- John Monagle
- Ramon Schenk
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