Countdown #26

Issue #26 of DC's weekly Countdown to Final Crisis series arrives dated October 31, 2007, promising "The Turning Point!" — and the cover by Claudio Castellini earns that tagline. A caped, red-eyed figure in blue-and-gold armor dominates the composition, arms raised triumphantly as shattered panels of DC heroes and villains swirl around him, while shadowy figures loom in the foreground. With Keith Giffen, Paul Dini, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Justin Gray guiding the story and Scott Kolins handling interior art, this chapter of the road to Final Crisis carries real momentum as the weekly countdown ticks ever closer to zero.