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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published December 2007 [October 17, 2007]
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages 40
Editing Mike Marts; Mike Carlin; Jeanine Schaefer (assistant); Elisabeth Gehrlein (assistant)

Cover Details - "Bug Out!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen [Mr. Action]; Forager
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ian Churchill (signed)
Inks Norm Rapmund (signed)
Colors Tom Chu (signed)

20 page Countdown story "Now, Forager"

Characters Forager; Jimmy Olsen [Mr. Action]; Newsboy Legion [Big Words; Tommy; Gabby; Scrapper]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Trickster [James Jesse]; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Multiplex]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Una [Luornu Durgo]; Buddy Blank; Madame Xanadu; Shadowpact [Detective Chimp; Enchantress [June Moone]; Blue Devil [Daniel Cassidy]; Ragman [Rory Regan]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Nightmaster [Jim Rook]]; The Challengers from Beyond [Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Donna Troy; Bob the Monitor; Jason Todd]; Monarch [Nathaniel Adam]; Forerunner [Viza]; VILLAINS: Brother Eye; Double Down [Jeremy Tell]; Eclipso [Jean Loring]; Lord Havok (Earth-8); The Extremists [Barracuda (Earth-8); Dr. Diehard (Earth-8); Dreamslayer (Earth-8); Gorgon (Earth-8); Tracer (Earth-8)]; Crime Society [Ultraman (Earth-3); Superwoman (Earth-3); Owlman (Earth-3)]
Synopsis Karate Kid confronts Brother Eye, Jimmy Olsen is grabbed by Forager, Shadowpact tries to subdue an out-of-control Mary Marvel, The Crime Syndicate, the Extremists and Monarch gather against the Challengers and the Suicide Squad tracks Trickster and Pied Piper.
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Dini (head writer); Tony Bedard
Pencils Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Al Barrionuevo
Inks Art Thibert
Colors Tom Chu
Letters Jared K. Fletcher

1 page Trickster story "The Origin of the Trickster"

Characters Trickster [James Jesse] (origin); Flash [Barry Allen]
Synopsis The origin of the Trickster.
Genre Superhero
Script Scott Beatty
Pencils Ethan Van Sciver
Inks Ethan Van Sciver
Colors Hi-Fi
Letters Jared K. Fletcher
Editing Elisabeth V. Gehrlein

1 page Pied Piper story "The Origin of the Pied Piper"

Characters Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (origin); Flash [Barry Alen]
Synopsis The origin of the Pied Piper.
Genre Superhero
Script Scott Beatty
Pencils Ethan Van Sciver
Inks Ethan Van Sciver
Colors Hi-Fi
Letters Jared K. Fletcher
Editing Elisabeth V. Gehrlein

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 83"

Script Eddie Berganza
Letters typeset
Notes Eddie Berganza talks about the 13 stories in INFINITE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL. Hot list - AQUAMAN: SWORD OF ATLANTIS #57, DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #14. House ad for COUNTDOWN #27.