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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published July 2007 [May 23, 2007]
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Jeanine Schaefer (associate)

Cover Details

Characters Ion [Kyle Rayner]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Donna Troy; Monitor
Genre Superhero
Pencils Andy Kubert (signed)
Inks Andy Kubert (signed)
Colors Moose Baumann (signed)

20 page Countdown story "Stretching the Truth"

Characters Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]; Mary Batson [Mary Marvel]; Red Arrow [Roy Harper]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Duela Dent (flashback; deceased); Monitors; Bear-Market Boesky; VILLAINS: Black Adam [Theo Adam]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Trickster [James Jesse]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]
Synopsis Killer Croc looks to take a bite out of Olsen, Mary Batson goes to Gotham in a quest for her missing powers and the Rogues test the Pied Piper and Trickster.
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Dini (head writer); Tony Bedard
Pencils Carlos Magno
Inks Jay Leisten
Colors Rod Reis
Letters Jared K. Fletcher

4 page History of the Multiverse story "History of the Multiverse, Chapter One"

Characters Monitors; Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Flash (Jay Garrick); Joan Garrick; VILLAINS: Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (flashback); Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (flashback); Shade [Richard Swift] (flashback)
Synopsis The Monitors look at the history of the Multiverse, starting with the historic meeting between Barry Allen and Jay Garrick.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Jurgens
Pencils Dan Jurgens
Inks Norm Rapmund
Colors David Baron
Letters Jared K. Fletcher
Editing Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant)
Notes This story looks at events from the story "Flash of Two Worlds", from THE FLASH (DC, 1959 series) #123.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 61"

Script Dan Didio
Notes Dan Didio discusses some of the new titles spinning out of 52, such as BOOSTER GOLD, BLACK ADAM, FOUR HORSEMEN and INFINITY INC. Hot list - BIRDS OF PRAY #106, SHADOWPACT #13 and SUPERMAN/BATMAN #35. House ad for COUNTDOWN #48.