Countdown #1

The weekly odyssey reaches its finale with Countdown to Final Crisis #1, boldly declaring "The End!" as a sprawling ensemble of DC heroes surges forward. Dominating the cover by Andy Kubert is a fierce dark-haired woman in a star-spangled black outfit, hands outstretched, flanked by a Green Lantern channeling emerald energy, a red-and-white armored figure, a blue-costumed hero in flight, a blonde woman, a red-headed young man, and a figure in a brown jacket — the full cast of a year-long multiversal saga converging at last. Writers Paul Dini and Keith Giffen, alongside artist Tom Derenick, bring "Loose Ends" to this milestone conclusion of DC's ambitious 2008 weekly series.