Countdown #29
(December 2007)

DC, 2007 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
2007-10-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941260839 02911
Editing
Mike Carlin; Elisabeth V. Gehrlein (assistant)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Blinding Brother Eye! (Table of Contents)

Countdown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ian Churchill
Inks
Norm Rapmund
Colors
Thomas Chu
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Una [Luornu Durgo]; Buddy Blank; Brother Eye
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Another Country Heard From (Table of Contents: 1)

Countdown / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Dini (head writer); Adam Beechen
Pencils
Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Manuel Garcia
Inks
Mark McKenna
Colors
Rod Reis
Letters
Travis Lanham
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Challengers from Beyond [Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Donna Troy; Bob the Monitor; Jason Todd; The Jokester (Earth-3)]; Monitor; Jimmy Olsen [Mr. Action]; Newsboy Legion [Big Words; Tommy; Gabby; Scrapper]; Holly Robinson; Harleen Quinzel [Harley Quinn]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Trickster [James Jesse]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Una [Luornu Durgo]; Buddy Blank; Monarch [Nathaniel Adam]; Forerunner [Viza]; VILLAINS: Lord Havok (Earth-8); The Extremists [Barracuda (Earth-8); Dr. Diehard (Earth-8); Dreamslayer (Earth-8); Gorgon (Earth-8); Tracer (Earth-8)]; Brother Eye; Double Down [Jeremy Tell]; Eclipso [Jean Loring]
Synopsis
The Challengers From Beyond are captured by Lord Havok and the Extremists while on Earth-8, the Newsboy Legion helps Jimmy escape Cadmus, Eclipso continues to seduce Mary Marvel to the dark side and Brother Eye attacks Karate Kid.

The Origin of the Penguin (Table of Contents: 2)

Penguin / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Beatty
Pencils
Scott McDaniel
Inks
Andy Owens
Colors
Hi-Fi
Letters
Travis Lanham
Editing
Elisabeth V. Gehrlein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (origin); Batman [Bruce Wayen]; Robin [Dick Gordon]
Synopsis
The origin of the Penguin.

DC Nation 82 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Nation / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blinding Brother Eye!
    Countdown
  2. 1. Another Country Heard From
    Countdown
  3. 2. The Origin of the Penguin
    Penguin
  4. 3. DC Nation 82
    DC Nation
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