Countdown
#16
(March 2008)
DC,
2007 Series
- Price
- 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- On-sale Date
- 2008-01-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941260839 01611
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor); Liz Marsham (assistant)
Massacre!
Countdown / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Monarch [Nathaniel Adam]; Power Ring (Earth-3); Monitors
- Reprints
-
in Countdown to Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) #3 ([December] 2008)
-
What Price Paradise?
Countdown / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Paul Dini (head writer); Keith Giffen (story consultant); Tony Bedard
- Pencils
- Pete Woods; Tom Derenick
- Inks
- Pete Woods; Wayne Faucher
- Colors
- Tom Chu
- Letters
- Steve Wands
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Challengers of the Beyond [Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Donna Troy; Jason Todd]; Ray Palmer [Atom]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-51); Wonder Woman (Earth-51); Red Tornado (Earth-51): Jimmy Olsen; Forager; Brother Eye; Solomon the Monitor (villain); Monitors (villains); Monarch [Nathaniel Adam] (villain); Crime Society [Ultraman (Earth-3); Superwoman (Earth-3); Power Ring (Earth-3)] (villains); Queen Belthera (villain); Donna Troy (villain); Myrmidons (villains); Superman-Prime [Clark Kent] (villain, cameo); Booster Gold (villain); Gorgon [Dr. Mortimer] (Earth-8; villain)
- Synopsis
- The Monarch's forces fight the Monitors on Earth-51, a new villain is introduced and the Batman of Earth-51 confronts Jason Todd.
- Reprints
- in Countdown to Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) #3 ([December] 2008)
-
The Origin of Sinestro
Sinestro / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Scott Beatty
- Pencils
- Fernando Pasarin
- Inks
- Fernando Pasarin
- Colors
- Hi-Fi
- Letters
- Steve Wands
- Editing
- Liz Marsham
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sinestro (origin); Sinestro Corps; Green Lantern Corps; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Guardians of OA; Manhunters
- Synopsis
- The origin of Sinestro.
- Reprints
- in DC Universe: Origins (DC, 2010 series) (2009 [April 2010])
- in Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (DC, 2013 series) ([November] 2013)
-
DC Nation 95
DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page
- Characters
- Mongul
Indexer Notes
Dan Didio takes a tour through the DC offices, checking in on Jann Jones, Mark Chiarello and Matt Idelson. Hot list - COUNTDOWN #16, GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #4 and SALVATION RUN #3. House ad for COUNTDOWN #15.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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Massacre!
Countdown -
1.
What Price Paradise?
Countdown -
2.
The Origin of Sinestro
Sinestro -
3.
DC Nation 95
DC Nation
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- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Morbus Iff
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