Cover: Andy Kubert

Countdown #49

Jul 2007 · DC · 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD

📊 ~81,458 copies sold its debut month

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In "Stretching the Truth," Killer Croc makes a dangerous move against Olsen while Mary Batson arrives in Gotham chasing the mystery behind her lost powers. Meanwhile, the Rogues put the Pied Piper and Trickster to the test in a high-stakes game of deception. Written by Paul Dini and Tony Bedard, with bold artwork by Carlos Magno and inks by Jay Leisten, this issue delivers a tense, character-driven chapter in the Countdown series, all wrapped in Andy Kubert’s striking cover.

Contains 2 stories

Stretching the Truth

20 pp · Superhero

Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]Mary Batson [Mary Marvel]Red Arrow [Roy Harper]Karate Kid [Val Armorr]Duela Dent (flashbackdeceased)MonitorsBear-Market BoeskyBlack Adam [Theo Adam] (villain)Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (villain)Trickster [James Jesse] (villain)Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain)Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch] (villain)

In "Stretching the Truth," Killer Croc makes a dangerous move against Olsen, while Mary Batson journeys to Gotham searching for the source of her lost powers. Meanwhile, the Rogues put the Pied Piper and Trickster to the test in a high-stakes challenge that pushes their skills to the limit.

History of the Multiverse Chapter One

4 pp · Superhero

MonitorsFlash [Barry Allen] (flashback)Flash (Jay Garrick)Joan GarrickFiddler [Isaac Bowin] (villain, flashback)Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (villain, flashback)Shade [Richard Swift] (villain, flashback)