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Countdown 49

COUNTDOWN #49

Cover Date: July 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
Publication Date: 2007-05-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Andy Kubert (signed)
Colors: Moose Baumann


Story: "Stretching the Truth" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Dini, Tony Bedard
PencilsCarlos Magno
InksJay Leisten
ColorsRod Reis
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
Associate editingJeanine Schaefer
EditingMike Marts

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen
Mary Batson
Trickster (next in issue #47)
Pied Piper II (next in issue #47)
Karate Kid (last in Justice League of America Vol. 2 #8, page 19)

Guest Star(s):

Red Arrow (in between Justice League of America Vol. 2 #8, pages 19 and 20)
Monitors (last in issue #51; next in the second story in this issue)
Bob the Monitor (last in issue #51; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (behind the scenes)

Villain(s):

Mirror Master III (next in issue #47)
Killer Croc (next in ???)
Black Adam (last in Black Adam: The Dark Age #6)
Solomon the Monitor (last in issue #51; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

"Bear-Market" Boesky (first appearance; a millionaire)
Jones (first appearance; a guard at Arkham)
John (first appearance; an employee at a homeless children fund)
Arkham Asylum guards

Cameo Appearance(s):

Harlequin (on a view screen)
Donna Troy (on a view screen)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; on a view screen)
Harlequin (on a view screen)
Legion of Super-Heroes (on a view screen)
Brainiac 5
Chameleon Boy
Nightwing (on a view screen)
Supergirl (on a view screen)

Location(s):

Multiversal Nexus
Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Eastern seaboard
Gotham City
Arkham Asylum
Kahndaq Consulate
JLA Satellite

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Countdown to Final Crisis #1 ([July] 2008)

Solicitation:

Killer Croc versus...Jimmy Olsen?! On his way out from Arkham Asylum, Jimmy encounters the massive Batman villain, who's looking to make a meal out of the cub reporter! Meanwhile, the Monitors gather to pass judgment on the actions of one of their own.


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Second Story: "History of the Multiverse, Chapter One" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Jurgens
PencilsDan Jurgens
InksNorm Rapmund
ColorsDavid Baron
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
Associate editingHarvey Richards
EditingMichael Siglain

Feature Character(s):

Monitors (last in the first story in this issue)
Bob the Monitor (last in the first story in this issue)
Solomon the Monitor (last in the first story in this issue)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Flash II (Barry Allen)
Flash (Jay Garrick)
Joan Garrick

Comment(s):

The Monitors recount the History of the Multiverse. All characters shown in the history will be listed as cameo appearances.


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