Unofficial Countdown Index

COUNTDOWN #9

Cover Date: April 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
Publication Date: 2008-02-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Stephane Roux (signed)
Colors: Karine Boccafuso (signed)

Story: "Pay the Piper" (20 Pages)

Credits:

Plot	Paul Dini
Story	Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti
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):

Challengers from Beyond

Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

Donna Troy

Red Robin (Jason Todd)

Atom II

Karate Kid

Holly Robinson

Harleen Quinzel

Mary Marvel

Pied Piper II

Supporting Character(s):

Una (assimilated by an OMAC unit)

Villain(s):

Darkseid (last in issue #11)

Solomon the Monitor (last in issue #11)

Brother Eye

OMACs (last in issue #11)

Desaad (also in flashback; dies)

Penguin (in flashback in between issues #40 and #39)

Guest Appearance(s):

Firestorm III

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Gotham City

Iceberg Lounge (in flashback)

Unidentified Space Sector

Apokolips

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Countdown to Final Crisis #4 (2008 [January 2009])

Solicitation:

Red Robin infiltrates Brother Eye's lair, The Pied Piper learns the truth about his and Trickster's ordeal, Firestorm and the Atomic Knights join the fight. And Brother Eye comes eye-to-eye with the most dangerous person on Apokolips!

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Second Story: "The Origin of Black Manta" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Scott Beatty
Pencils	Mike Norton
Inks	Rodney Ramos
Lettering	Ken Lopez
Colors	Hi-Fi
Editing	Elisabeth V. Gehrlein

Feature Character(s):

Black Manta

Guest Appearance(s):

Neron

Aquaman

Aqualad

Arthur Curry Jr.

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Black Manta's origin.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])

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