Countdown

DC’s Countdown is an eight-issue miniseries from 2000–2001, written primarily by Jeff Mariotte with art by Aaron Lopresti. This tightly wound thriller follows a group of characters caught in a race against time, as a mysterious countdown timer appears across the DC Universe, signaling an impending catastrophe. A tense, character-driven story that explores how ordinary heroes and villains react under the pressure of a literal deadline, it stands as a focused, self-contained thriller from the era.