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COUNTDOWN #16

Cover Date: March 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
Publication Date: 2008-08-02

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Cover Credits:
Art: Pete Woods (signed)
Colors: Brad Anderson


Story: "What Price Paradise?" (19 Pages)

Credits:

PlotPaul Dini
StoryPaul Dini, Tony Bedard
Story consultsKeith Giffen
ArtPete Woods, Tom Derenick, Wayne Faucher
LetteringSteve Wands
ColorsTom Chu
Assistant editingElisabeth V. Gehrlein
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between issues #19 and #12)
Challengers from Beyond
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Troia
Red Hood II
Atom II
Mary Marvel

Supporting Character(s):

Forager II (in between issues #19 and #12)
Batman of Earth-51 (Bruce Wayne; Earth-51)
Nix Uotan (the Monitor of Earth-51; first appearance)

Villain(s):

The Monitors
Solomon the Monitor
Monarch
Crime Society of Earth-3
Power Ring
Superwoman
Ultraman
"Hawkgirl"
JLAxis of Earth-10
Batman of Earth-10 (last in Countdown to Adventure #4/2)
Hawkman of Earth-10 (last in Countdown to Adventure #2/2)
Superman of Earth-10 (last in Countdown to Adventure #2/2)
Wonder Woman of Earth-10 (last in Countdown to Adventure #2/2)
Booster Gold (Earth-?)
Supergirl counterpart (Earth-?)
Wonder Girl (Donna Troy; Earth-?)
Superman-Prime (last in issue #23)
Gorgon (last in issue #26)
Queen Belthera (in between issues #33 and #14)
Myrmidons
Monarch's army

Other Character(s):

Amazons
Doctor Fate (Earth-51; dies)
Red Tornado II (Earth-51; dies)
Wonder Woman (Earth-51; dies)

Location(s):

Multiversal Nexus
Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Earth-51
United Kingdom
London, England (on a viewscreen)
United States of America
Gotham City
Bat-Bunker
various unidentified locations
Nanoverse

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:

War rages between the Monitors and the Monarch with Earth-51 as the battlefield! Caught in the crossfire, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner and the Atom take on the Crime Syndicate while Donna Troy faces her duplicate. Plus, the secret of Jimmy Olsen's powers revealed.


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Second Story: "The Origin of Sinestro" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryScott Beatty
ArtScott Kolins
LetteringKen Lopez
ColorsHi-Fi
EditingMike Carlin, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein

Feature Character(s):

Sinestro

Cameo Appearance(s):

Sinestro Corps
Manhunters
Parallax
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Sinestro's origin.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Universe: Origins (2009 [April 2010])
Necessary Evil: The Villains of the DC Universe ([November] 2013)


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