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Countdown: Arena #1February 2008 [$3.99]
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Credits:
- Keith Champagne (script)
- Scott McDaniel (pencils)
- Andy Owens (inks)
- Nick Napolitano (letters)
- Guy Major (colors)
- Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
- Michael Siglain (edits)
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (Bruce Wayne of Earth-19; last in Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Gotham By Gaslight #1)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne of Earth-40; first appearance - see Comments)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne of Earth-43; last in Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Red Rain #1; next in issue #4)
- Wonder Woman (Diana Prince of Earth-18; first appearance - see Comments)
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Earth-21; first appearance - see Comments)
- Firestorm (Earth-12; first appearance)
- Superman (Christopher Kent of Earth-12; first appearance)
- Superman (Earth-30; last in Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Red Son #1)
- Superman (Clark Kent of Earth-31; first appearance - see Comments)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan of Earth-5; first appearance)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan of Earth-12; first appearance)
- Green Lantern (Bruce Wayne of Earth-32; first appearance - see Comments)
- L.E.G.I.O.N. 90210:
- Garryn Bek (first appearance; dies)
- Lobo (first appearance; dies)
- Phase (first appearance; dies)
- Vril Dox II (first appearance; dies)
- Stealth (first appearance; dies)
- Strata (first appearance; dies)
- Telepath (first appearance; dies)
- Eve of Shadows (Eve Eden of Earth-13; first appearance)
- Nightshade (Eve Eden of Earth-?; first appearance; dies)
- Shade, Mistress of Night (Eve Eden of Earth-?; first appearance; dies)
- Blue Beetle (Danny of Earth-39; named in next issue; first appearance)
- Scarab (Earth-26; first appearance)
- Blue Beetle (Ted Kord of Earth-33; first appearance)
- Starwoman (Courtney Whitmore of Earth-7; first appearance)
- Starape (Earth-17; first appearance)
- Starman (Earth-48; first appearance)
- Apollo (Earth-50; first appearance - see Comments)
- Flash (Jay Garrick of Earth-2; first appearance)
- Ray (Ray Palmer of Earth-6; first appearance)
- Ray (Earth-10; first appearance)
- Johnny Quick (Earth-3; last in Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society #1)
- Breach (Tim Zanetti of Earth-8)
- Flash (Lia Nelson of Earth-9)
- Wonder Woman (Diana Trevor of Earth-34; first appearance; see Comments)
- Teen Titans (Earth-?; animal-like versions of the Teen Titans)
- Cyborg (first appearance; dies)
- Raven (first appearance; dies)
- Pantha (first appearance; dies)
- Changeling (first appearance; dies)
- Justice League (Earth-?):
- Atom (first appearance; dies)
- Aquaman (first appearance; dies)
- Hawkgirl (first appearance; dies)
- Martian Manhunter (first appearance; dies)
- Justice Society (Earth-?):
- Dr. Mid-Nite (first appearance; dies)
- Mr. Terrific (first appearance; dies)
- Black Canary (first appearance; dies)
- Hourman (first appearance; dies)
- Batwoman (Earth-37; first appearance; dies)
- Robin (Earth-2; first appearance; dies)
- Robin (Earth-37; first appearance; dies)
- Ultraa (Earth-?; first appearance; dies)
- Quantum-Storm (Ronnie Raymond and Nathaniel Adam of Earth-37; first appearance)
- Captain Atom (Earth-38; first appearance)
- Brigadier Atom (Nathaniel of Earth-13; first appearance; Eve of Shadow's husband)
Villain(s):
Other Character(s):
- Egg-Fu (Earth-2; behind the scenes)
- The Double Man (Harvey of Earth-19; behind the scenes)
- Brainiac (Earth-31)
Comment(s):
- Story continues next issue.
- Countdown: Arena featured many appearances of parallel universe characters that had been seen originally in non-continuity "Elseworlds" stories, such as Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, New Frontier or Superman: Red Son to name but a few. It can be argued the characters appearing in Countdown:Arena were based on the characters originally appearing in those tales, thereby keeping those stories and their continuities distinctly apart from the "main" DC Universe. For the purposes of this index, the appearances here will be considered the "first appearance" of this version of the character.
- DC Comics promoted Countdown: Arena by giving fans the opportunity to vote on the outcome of a number of battles.
Synopsis:
- Monarch gathers various heroes and villains from the multiverse to battle their counterparts. The strongest are to join Monarch's army. To prove his power, he immediately kills over a dozen of those he has gathered. His base of operations is within the Bleed between Earths, and Monarch has created an arena in the quantum dimension for the battles.
- In the first battle, Eve of Shadows (Earth-13), Nightshade and Shade fight, and while Shade kills Nightshade, Eve of Shadoows in turn kills the Shade. Eve attempts to escape to Earth-13 but finds Monarch waiting, after he had defeated her husband, Brigadier Atom. To punish Eve, Monarch obliterates North America, killing millions on her Earth.
- In the second battle, the Batmen of three Earths face off. The Batman of Earth-19 falls to the vampire Batman of Earth-43. Finally, the Batman of Earth-40 is also bested by his vampire counterpart, but not before he himself is bitten by the vampire.
- Watching the battles while waiting to fight their own counterparts, Superman of Earth-31 starts to rally his fellow captives from many universes against Monarch.
