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COUNTDOWN #23

Cover Date: January 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
Publication Date: 2007-12-21

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Cover Credits:
Art: J.G. Jones (signed)
Colors: Alex Sinclair (signed)

Story: "The Bottled Imp" (20 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Dini
Story consults	Keith Giffen
Pencils	Tom Derenick
Inks	Wayne Faucher
Lettering	Ken Lopez
Colors	Pete Pantazis
Assistant editing	Elisabeth V. Gehrlein
Editing	Mike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Mary Marvel (also in flashback)

Villain(s):

Superman-Prime (next in issue #16)

Mister Mxyztplk (last in issue #31)

Annataz Arataz (first appearance; the Zatanna of Earth-3; dies)

Eclipso III

Lord Havok

Ultraman

Dominators

Location(s):

Source Wall

Space Sector 0

Oa (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Nanda Parbat (in flashback)

Unidentified Space Sector

deep space

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Countdown to Final Crisis #3 ([December] 2008)

Solicitation:

Superman-Prime interrogates Mxyzptlk in the most brutal way possible; Prime wants to find his perfect Earth and he'll force the imp to help him by any means necessary! Plus, Mary Marvel confronts Eclipso about her attempt to pass her off to Darkseid.

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Second Story: "The Origin of Mr. Mxyztplk" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Scott Beatty
Art	Kyle Baker
Lettering	Ken Lopez
Colors	Kyle Baker
Editing	Elisabeth V. Gehrlein

Feature Character(s):

Mister Mxyztplk

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman

Lex Luthor

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Mister Mxyztplk's origin.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])

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