written by Paul Dini, art by Jesus Saiz, Cover by Andy Kubert and Tim Townsend

The event of the year is here! This brand-new, year-long weekly series features a cast of hundreds where anything goes! With head writer Paul Dini and a rotating team of some of the industry's best writers and artists, Countdown will serve as the backbone of the DCU in 2007. When a character dies in Countdown 51, it sets off an unexpected ripple that will touch virtually every character in the DC Universe.