Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero
Publisher: DC Comics
Vol 1: May 2007 – April 2008
Countdown is a 52-issue weekly series which began publication in May 2007. It premieres with issue #51 and continues backwards, ending with #0. The series is written by Batman scribe, Paul Dini. Key characters include the Challengers from Beyond, Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Darkseid, the Monitors, Holly Robinson, Harleen Quinzel, Ray Palmer, the Trickster, and the Pied Piper. This series is not to be confused with Countdown, a series published under DC’s Wildstorm imprint in 2000.