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The format of the comic is different from '52', the obvious difference is that it starts from 51 and counts down to 0. The other difference is it's not broken up day by day, which will be a lot easier to read for those that were annoyed by the time stamps. "Week X, Day Y, Hour Z" got old real fast.
On to the issue itself...Countdown #51 opens up with Desaad talking about life and death while Darkseid prepares his game of "chess" with Earth's heroes and villains. Joker's daughter Duela has a run in with Jason Todd (as the Red Hood). Mary Marvel sets out to find Freddy Freeman. The Pied Piper spies on Heat Wave and the Trickster (actually his rat does). Finally, one of the Monitors breaks up Todd's and Duela's party, seems he's out to eliminate the anomalies threatening the Multiverse. Spoilers.
Oh, and a great disaster is coming and only Ray Palmer is the solution.
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I liked you better when you were leading moderator coups...
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jeremy put a review in a review thread. Maybe he isn't that big of a tard after all.
yeah, right.
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I liked you better when you were leading moderator coups...
he was not leading, but merely trying to hold off the inevitable. The New Regime IS.
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I think I'll buy a few issues when this happens-to see how it's played out...
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if i got the deal right, seems like it actually legitimizes loebs jason todd bullshit. some cross-worlder that doesnt belong. pretty clever way of cleaning up anything thats kinda idiotic in present day DC. blame it on world rifts. fucking krypto for instance.
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They need to stick to a continuity and not shift things through magic wall punching and a crisis every time the wind changes.
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DC seems to be running out of names for their crossovers.
First we had Countdown to Infinite Crisis
Then Infinite Crisis
Now Countdown
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they can still do Crisis of the Infinite Countdowns
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infinite countdown crisis
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But they can't do Infinite Crisis Countdown because, well, that would be too confusing.
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Crisis Countdown X Infinity?
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"The Greatest Crisis of Countdowns EVAR!"
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DC seems to be running out of names for their crossovers.
First we had Countdown to Infinite Crisis
Then Infinite Crisis
Now Countdown
You forgot Crisis of Infinite Earths.
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DC seems to be running out of names for their crossovers.
First we had Countdown to Infinite Crisis
Then Infinite Crisis
Now Countdown
You forgot Crisis of Infinite Earths.
Crisis on 52 Earths...coming summer 2008.
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Countdown to Infinity and beyond crisis?
 Racks be to MisterJLA
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DC seems to be running out of names for their crossovers.
First we had Countdown to Infinite Crisis
Then Infinite Crisis
Now Countdown
You forgot Crisis of Infinite Earths.
I was only referring to the ones published this century.
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Kingdom Come Crisis: Infinite Countdown to Zero Hour
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Issue #50
The 'S' man helps Jimmy Olsen get a story on the Red Hood. Apparently Jimmy also knows that he's Jason Todd. Are secret identities even secret anymore? Mary Marvel seeks Madame Xanadu's help in getting her powers back. Batman fights Karate Kid while the Flash's rogues have a meeting. Anyone miss the Joker? Jimmy visits him at Arkham hoping to get an answer as to who would kill Duela. The Joker knows something isn't right with the universe. As if that wasn't enough madness, Killer Croc gets loose...
Wait. Isn't that the Anti-Monitor's hand?
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Issue #49
Croc goes after Jimmy, but Jimmy manages to get a kick into his face...after stretching to get out of Croc's path! The Monitors discuss the killing of Duela, as well as the other "loose ends". Roy tells Karate Kid to wax off. The Flash's rogues continue to make their move. And Mary Marvel is attacked by Black Adam.
And in the backup feature, part one of the history of the multiverse.
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And Mary Marvel is attacked by Black Adam.
With powers!
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I skipped 52 but gave in and bought the countdown issues out so far. It looks fun & I'm interested in the whole multiverse angle. Plus Karate Kid is in it.
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Check out the JLA/JSA crossover, that's where his (and the other time displaced Legion's) story is featured.
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Also pretty much gives away that Countdown leads into another Crisis next year. The Legion refer to Infinite Crisis as "The Middle Crisis".
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You sure it's not Zero Hour they're refering to?
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yeah...they told Batman something about them showing up so soon after the middle Crisis.
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Maybe they meant The Bat-Man's mid-life Crisis?
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But that's every month!!!
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Looks like Jimmy's been dippin' in the Gingold, if you know what I mean.
And I know you do.
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He seemed surprised by his powers, though. He briefly turned elastic during the late 80's because of the Eradicator, but I doubt anyone remembers that. They're more likely to reference the Elastic Lad stories from the Silver Age to explain this.
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A reference to his silver age Elastic Lad days & maybe a hint that he's one of the displaced characters?
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Wizard Mag is speculating we'll see more of Jimmy's various powers and abilities from the Silver Age.
Spoiled!
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Oh, yay, Teenage Mutant Ninja Jimmy. How original.
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Issue 48
Mary Marvel confronts Black Adam for a way to get her powers back. He just laughs at her. Jimmy runs out on Perry to find that Lightray has fallen from the sky. After saving a family (using super speed), Superman finally shows up. He flies off, just in time to see...someone...vanish. As if they were never even there. Lightray dies after muttering the word infinite. Jason Todd visits the Titans at Duela's funeral. He tells Donna Troy that he's been thinking about what the Monitor said. Jason wonders if he shouldn't be in this reality. Finally, Karate Kid wishes he knew what happened to Thom Kallor.
In the backup feature, part two of the History of the Multiverse.
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My problem with this issue (other than the slow pace) is the cover. The issue is spoiled on the cover! "DEATH OF A NEW GOD!" the issue says. Is DC trying to take the  -factor out of this comic? They did this with Supernova's identity in 52. Fucking weak.
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Thom Kellar is explained in the latest JSA. He has a mental disorder & today's medicine isn't advanced enough to treat it. Plus he's more messed up because he also had been on the Kingdom Come earth where as he put it was "meh".
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Yeah, I got that one today too. And Action Comics. Once again, Superman's past is royally fucked with.
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What happened in Action? I'll probably pick it up since it looks like some version of the legion is in it but I like spoilers.
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Thom Kellar is explained in the latest JSA. He has a mental disorder & today's medicine isn't advanced enough to treat it. Plus he's more messed up because he also had been on the Kingdom Come earth where as he put it was "meh".
yeah, he got his arse blowed up and shot through time and space.
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