Countdown #18

With the cover tag proclaiming "The Search Is Over! The New Life & Times of Ray Palmer!", this issue of Countdown to Final Crisis puts the Atom front and center — literally, as a blue-suited Ray Palmer plunges through a swirling, organic red landscape that looks unmistakably like the interior of a living body. Karl Kerschl's cover art gives the scene a sleek, kinetic energy that perfectly suits a hero whose world exists at a microscopic scale. With Paul Dini, Keith Giffen, and Sean McKeever sharing writing duties and Scott Kolins handling interior art, issue #18 promises a memorable chapter in this sprawling DC event series.