Countdown 49

Countdown #49 Preboot » Retroboot <choose> <option></option> <option></option> </choose> Refresh for alternate images. Mouse-over for credits. Story title Stretching the Truth Previous story Countdown #50: Countdown: Last Laugh: Karate Kid Next story Countdown #48: Countdown: Death from Above: Karate Kid Publication date May 23, 2007 Cover date May 23, 2007 Creators Writer(s) Paul Dini, Tony Bedard Penciller(s) Carlos Magno Inker(s) Jay Leisten Letterer(s) Jared K. Fletcher Colourist(s) Rod Reis Editor(s) Mike Marts, Jeanine Shaeffer Cover artist(s) Andy Kubert, Moose Baumann

Stretching the Truth: Karate Kid

(Entire story: 20 pages/82 panels, Legion-related: 2 pages/9 panels)

Roll Call

Legionnaires

• Karate Kid (6 panels)

Other Heroes

• Red Arrow (7 panels)

Planets and Settings

• JLA Satellite (9 panels)

Solicitation

COUNTDOWN #51-48

COUNTDOWN #51 is on sale May 9, 2007
COUNTDOWN #50 is on sale May 16, 2007
COUNTDOWN #49 is on sale May 23, 2007
COUNTDOWN #48 is on sale May 30, 2007
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by PAUL DINI and others
Breakdowns by KEITH GIFFEN
51 Written by PAUL DINI; art by JESUS SAIZ
50 Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI AND JUSTIN GRAY; art by JIM CALAFIORE
49 Written by TONY BEDARD; art by CARLOS MAGNO
48 Written by ADAM BEECHEN; art by DAVID LOPEZ
Covers by ANDY KUBERT and TIM TOWNSEND

The event of the year is here! This brand-new, year-long weekly series features a cast of hundreds where anything goes! With head writer Paul Dini and a rotating team of some of the industry’s best writers and artists, COUNTDOWN will serve as the backbone of the DCU in 2007.

When a character dies in COUNTDOWN 51, it sets off an unexpected ripple that will touch virtually every character in the DC Universe.

The COUNTDOWN is on…so begins the end!

Reprints

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See also

• Announcements

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• General informtion
  • Wikipedia article

• Other links in Legion Wiki
• Legion Publication History - Other issues published in 2007
• Legion Publication History - Other issues of Countdown
• Lightning Saga Chronology
• Quick index of links to other Countdown issues

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