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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
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
ColorsRod Reis
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, page 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
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
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
ColorsDavid Baron
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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