Countdown
#2
(June 2008)
DC,
2007 Series
- Price
- 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- On-sale Date
- 2008-04-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941260839 00211
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor); Liz Marsham (assistant)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Countdown to Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) #4 (2008 [January 2009])
-
The Dark Side of Jimmy Olsen!
Countdown / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Adam Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Adam Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- Edgar Delgado (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Darkseid
Darkseid Equals Death
Countdown / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Paul Dini (head writer); Keith Giffen (story consultant); Sean McKeever
- Pencils
- Scott Kolins
- Inks
- Scott Kolins
- Colors
- Tom Chu
- Letters
- Travis Lanham
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Donna Troy; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jimmy Olsen; Flash [Wally West]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Darkseid (villain)
- Synopsis
- Darkseid battles Jimmy Olsen, trying to get at the New Gods powers stored within him. Orion arrives and appears to kill Darkseid.
- Reprints
- in Superman vs. Darkseid (DC, 2015 series) ([July] 2015) [pages 1-12 only]
-
The Origin of Darkseid
Darkseid / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Scott Beatty
- Pencils
- Ryan Sook
- Inks
- Ryan Sook
- Colors
- Hi-Fi
- Letters
- Travis Lanham
- Editing
- Liz Marsham
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Darkseid (origin); Granny Goodness; Scott Free [Mister Miracle]; Kalibak; Grayven; Desaad; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Synopsis
- The origin of Darkseid.
- Reprints
- in DC Universe: Origins (DC, 2010 series) (2009 [April 2010])
- in Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (DC, 2013 series) ([November] 2013)
- in Superman vs. Darkseid (DC, 2015 series) ([July] 2015)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Dark Side of Jimmy Olsen!
Countdown -
1.
Darkseid Equals Death
Countdown -
2.
The Origin of Darkseid
Darkseid -
3.
DC Nation 109
DC Nation
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Morbus Iff
- Jim Van Dore
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