Create your own Countdown mini-series! [Archive]

Jack Zodiac

08-19-2007, 10:25 PM

As of Countdown: Arena, DC is officially opening its doors to any and all ideas for Countdown mini-series, because they've figured out that you guys will buy anything! Pitch a title, pitch a team, and pitch a catch, if that's metaphysically possible. The only rule is, it has to tie into Countdown in some way, be it a character connection or storyline connection. Otherwise, it's free game!

I'll go first. Countdown to Exposure! Written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis, and drawn by Keith Giffen himself! As more and more heroes are getting exposure on the pages of DC's hit weekly comic book, Countdown, Ambush Bug fires up a plan to get as much exposure as inhumanly possible, with the help of some of DC's limbo-bound characters. The hook is, at the end of the series, you vote for one character, and that character is the only one who won't die in the pages of Final Crisis!

Nintendite

08-20-2007, 09:49 AM

Countdown to Hilarity! 2-part series written by the DC staff of writers and drawn by Jeff Smith! Remember when Comics were comical? As the DC Multiverse is becoming more and more dark as the 52-week miniseries Countdown continues, a group of humorous characters decide to open a comedy club in Gotham City... unless if the Joker gets the last laugh!! Join Sugar, Spike, Casey the Cop, Flatfoot Burns, the Raccoon Kids and 'Mazing Man in.... Countdown to Hilarity!

Cayman

08-20-2007, 11:01 AM

Countdown To Madness!

Writer: Simon Oliver Artist: Scott Hampton

Rac Shade, The Changing Man returns to the DCU and assembles a team of motley and mentally iffy characters including The Creeper, Thorn (of Rose & fame), Jason Woodrue The Floronic Man, Ragdoll, and Phobia. Together, they strive to fight back a wave of madness that is infecting the DCU. The villains are revealed as Johnny Sorrow and a regenerated Psycho Pirate, whose power level has been ramped up as a result of his proximity to the energies with which Alexander Luthor created "New Earth".

The recent low-selling Steve Niles Creeper mini is revealed to be out of continuity.

Joe Acro

08-20-2007, 11:03 AM

Countdown to Revelation! Written by Grant Morrison and drawn by George Perez, learn the real truth behind the 52 and the Multiverse! Odd things are happening that even the Monitors can't explain. Why is Orion in Jonah Hex's time? How did Captain Carrot end up on Earth-10? Why does Animal Man claim to have found more Earths? Learn the secret behind the Multiverse in this six-week epic that lays the groundwork for Final Crisis!

Deus ex Chris

08-20-2007, 11:15 AM

Countdown to Good Comics
Written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Ryan Sook

This mini will feature a host of DCU characters and creators and will try to uncover exactly why most of the line is a massive train wreck. Where has the quality gone? Is it that Marvel has most of the good writers and artists? Is it really Didio's fault? Is the horrid disaster called Countdown the source of the poor quality or just indicative of the problem? Join Morrison--DC's last, best hope--and Sook in the book that leads up to Final Crisis and the DCU being good again!

Cayman

08-20-2007, 11:52 AM

Countdown: Stampede!

What happens when the Justice League of America and several of their deadliest villains are transported to a barren alien world by the malicious Greek God Ares - and tranformed into centaurs? Find out in this 3 issue mini, spinning off from the popular Countdown weekly comic!

See Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Gorilla Grodd, Lex Luthor, Dr. Light, Despero, Mr. Action, Geo-Force, and more in the DCU's greatest, most hoof-pounding, most tail-swishin' centaur battle ever! And when the dust settles, will any of these characters walk on two legs again? You can't stop the Stampede!

Written by Kurt Busiek with art by Luke Ross.

Jack Zodiac

08-20-2007, 11:58 AM

Centaurs, eh? And Grodd as a centaur, no less? I think we have a mini-series to put JLApe to shame!

Countdown to Revelation! Written by Grant Morrison and drawn by George Perez, learn the real truth behind the 52 and the Multiverse! Odd things are happening that even the Monitors can't explain. Why is Orion in Jonah Hex's time? How did Captain Carrot end up on Earth-10? Why does Animal Man claim to have found more Earths? Learn the secret behind the Multiverse in this six-week epic that lays the groundwork for Final Crisis!

Earth-10 is the old Earth-X, right? This series is sold! Immediately!

mattx110

08-20-2007, 12:49 PM

countdown to countdown
new daily title.
learn what happened in the 6 hours that were lost between 52 and countdown. in real time! each issue represents 1 second of actual time throughout the entire DCU on multiple earths. title will ship every single day for a year except christmas, the 4th of july, new years, labor day and mardi gras!

mattx110

08-20-2007, 12:50 PM

sorry about doubling. anyway, cayman, i would read that. shade, the changing man. it has this generations swamp thing all over it.

Rattlehead

08-20-2007, 02:52 PM

Countdown to Conversations

Written by: Brad Meltzer and Special Guest Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: Ed Benes draws 4 panels worth of art, Frank Cho draws 4 more, and Photoshop does the rest!

It is revealed that the Marvel Universe is Earth-656 in the newly established DC Mulitverse, which leads to a classic meeting between The Justice League and Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Watch in awe as these classic teams discuss their previous meetings, their greatest battles, and previous continuity! On this new Earth, a team must be forged to be it's Champions of Justice! Watch in anticipation as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and Ms. Marvel decide who will make up this legendary team. Featuring nail-biting action of these titanic heroes sitting around a table, finishing each other's sentences, and addressing each other by their real names! They'll talk and talk and talk, and talk some more. This legendary team-up will be a 12-Issue Prestige Format Limited Series, which promises to deliver plenty of talking heads and guarantees that only 11-issues will be pointless padding! Don't miss out on your chance to be part of comics' most boring team-up ever.

Magneto Rocks

08-20-2007, 03:23 PM

Countdown to Cliché!
As written by the hit team behind Countdown!
What will happen when the identities of the world's super heroes conveniently gathered in a single databse are targetted for the sixty fifth time??? Two villains on the run, accused of a crime they didn't commit enter hilarious misunderstanding after hilarious misunderstanding! A hero associated with naivety decides to take advice and power from an evil force and slowly becomes corrupted without even realising it! Darkseid sits in his fortress while vaguely commenting every so often that everything is proceeding by his plan! And Jimmy Olsen gets powers! Again!

Don't miss the series that builds on sixty years of continuity by plucking out parts and doing them all over again!

Countdown to Cliché- At a Comic Store Near You!

titanfan

08-20-2007, 04:50 PM

The hook is, at the end of the series, you vote for one character, and that character is the only one who won't die in the pages of Final Crisis!

You just know the winner of such a contest would be someone like Batman--who was never in danger of being killed in Final Crisis to begin with.

Countdown....to Cancellation
by Judd Winick
Atom, Blue Beetle, Shadowpact, Captain Marvel and characters of other mid-to-low selling DCU titles star! Desperate crossover storyline featuring a last gasp attempt at gaining an audience for several B-Level books! At the end of the mini-series one of these titles will be cancelled to make room for yet another Final Crisis spinoff. You fans decide!

Jack Zodiac

08-20-2007, 05:20 PM

You just know the winner of such a contest would be someone like Batman--who was never in danger of being killed in Final Crisis to begin with!

Note, the cast of the book would be Z-listers.

DubipR

08-20-2007, 08:09 PM

Countdown to Career Change

DC's latest way to milk and annoy DC fans is here!
A book that depends on you! Each week Judd Winnick and Ian Churchill team up for retched action defiling and despoiling your childhood heroes. Once the book is done for the week, you the reader goes online and votes if Dan Didio has a job.

Cayman

08-20-2007, 08:10 PM

Infra-Man

08-20-2007, 09:57 PM

Countdown to "The Final Countdown"
Written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis
Art by Bart Sears

Spinning out of Countdown: Arena, Swedish hard rock band Europe finds themselves trapped in a pocket universe and must fight their way back to reality in order to play a concert. Unfortunately, Europe must trade blows with the evil Justice League Europe from Earth 29! How do both these groups fit into Monarch's plans?

Jack Zodiac

08-20-2007, 10:14 PM

Most epic comic ever? I think so.

Nintendite

08-21-2007, 09:56 AM

Salvation Army: Spinning out of Salvation Run, the epic spin-off of Countdown! Who does charity work in the land of Salvation Run?. Why, there could only one! The multiverse's greatest super-charity group..... the Salvation Army!

Cayman

08-21-2007, 10:13 AM

Countdown to Magic

A magic event involving all the main supernatural players in the DCU, including the new or revamped mystics from the Helmet of Fate one-shots. Doctor Occult would be a key player, with the intent of raising his profile more in the DCU. He would be teamed with Zachary Zatara and Misty Kilgore from the Seven Soldiers Zatanna mini.

The payoff would be the introduction of Timothy Hunter into the DCU proper, now that three Vertigo ongoings starring the character have come and gone.

Written by Tad Williams Art by Dennis Calero.

EnDwiGast

08-21-2007, 11:16 AM

Countdown to Redemption.

#1 The Return of the original Hawk
#2 The Return of Kon-El
#3 The Return of Ted Kord/Blue Beetle
#4 The Return of Orin/Aquaman

LordEd1976

08-21-2007, 01:40 PM

Countdown: Animal Planet

Vixen lost her powers fighting Amazo. In order to try to get them back, she goes off on a quest to track down other animal-themed heroes and villians in the DCU to see if any of them have clues as to how she can restore her lost abilities. Features guest appearances by Animal Man, Gorilla Grodd, Detective Chimp, Freedom Beast, Rex the Wonder Dog, Wildcat and son, Tawky Tawny, Congo Bill and Congorilla, Krypto, Cheetah, Catman, Tasmanian Devil, Bushmaster, King Shark, Shark, Hawkman and Hakwgirl, and many many more. Unleash your wild side.

Captain Shady

08-21-2007, 02:16 PM

The Count (aka Captain Count) and his cohorts from Earth 12345..678910...1112 reveals themselves to the multiverse in an Alex Ross epic. The true masterminds of the crisis of countdown, in a gritty noir epic, mercilessly slay DC heroes to remind them comics are for kids and the darker turn of the DC universe is a mistake. Oh the irony, as the new powers corrupt absolutely in this bloodfest.

Watch Batman and Robins get blinded and sizzled by the astounding George-Forman esque grilling stripes of Sesame Street's own dynamic duo, Bertman and Nerniehawk!

See Big Bird ruffle her/his feathers against the hawkmen and peck them to death in mind-blowing splash page after splash page, then see her bomb bludhavens anew when she discovers she can fly!

Relish the cookie-monster (aka cookie-monster) consume DC's supermen like a Matter Eating Boy gone wild. You like Zombie action this is even better as the Supermen's mangled arms, legs, and feet try to reality punch their way out of his belly!

Sip on a lemonade and enjoy Oscar the Grouch use the ever growing spikes of his unibrow to tentacle strangle the heroines of DC (covers featuring powergirl, powergirl, and powergirl).

Be astounded to see Elmo get biten by a radioactive... elmo and tickle the green lantern corps to death, and get mindblown by the Snuffleluffagus and kermit the frog teamup as they lay waste to every b-lister that dares mistake Miss Piggy for a friend of Captain Carrot.

Who will save the day? DC darkest hour is here.

Special guest appearences by the Rolling Stones, a mailman, the osh-kosh-by-gosh factory workers, and Allen Iverson (Sesame Street's own answer to the Question).

Cayman

08-21-2007, 02:35 PM

Countdown To Romance!

Join Lana Lang, Jason Bard, Helena Sandsmark, Valerie Perez, and Felix Faust as they each find unexpected love, exciting and new, in this romantic 5 issue mini. But can even the truest of loves survive in a world hurtling inexorably towards a Final Crisis? Cuddle up with someone you love and enjoy the Countdown...to Romance!

Each issue includes a back-up story focusing on a romantic moment from the lives of DC's greatest couples: Superman and Lois Lane, Nightwing and Starfire, Barry and Iris West, the Batman and Catwoman of Earth 2, and Monsieur Mallah and The Brain.

Written by Andi Watson with art by Takeshi Miyazawa.

revolver86

08-21-2007, 11:57 PM

Joe Acro

08-22-2007, 07:22 AM

Countdown Presents: Countdown Idol

With 51 of the Earths already predetermined, you, the readers, will be able to choose the final one. In this five part series, five Earths will be showcased, one per issue. At the end, you simply send in your vote. The winning Earth becomes the last of the 52 Earths. What Earths can you choose? What will be the ultimate winner? Find out starting in January!

KingEli

08-22-2007, 01:11 PM

Countdown to Superdick!!

The return of the DCU's biggest asshole means holy hell for his "Friends". Watch as his kills Lois 5 times during a week, wreck Perry's Business, challege Batman to a gun duel. Then just uses his Superspeed to punch his head off!

And find out why the real reason why Jimmy must die: Becauise Superman is a Dick that's why! After he marries him to a gorilla of course.

Jamie

08-22-2007, 03:37 PM

:) Sad part is, I could imagine them doing this!!!

The really sad part is that I could imagine buying it.

Sean Walsh

08-22-2007, 03:50 PM

Countdown to Downcount

Where Superman sits in front of a mirror and sees the DCU that could be....

Batman is a really socialable guy to everyone!
Jimmy Olsen is a pimp!
The JLI and New Gods LIVE!
Jean Loring, Ray Palmer, Sue & Ralph Dibny are all married to each other, have cured all the world's known diseases and brought about world peace with their happiness!
Lex Luthor owns a hair salon!
Blue Beetle is a successful millionaire who drinks beer out of Max Lord's empty head!
Criminals are colorful, non-lethally violent and utilize inhumanly large props & pieces of furniture in their headquarters!
Captain Carrot is a hedgehog!
Deathstroke and the Joker only appear very rarely and are easily dealt with and given hefty prison terms which they abide by most of the time!

With appearances by Booster Gold and Rip Hunter, who can only fly by and comment to themselves that they sadly can't make this Earth the real one...

Infra-Man

08-22-2007, 04:00 PM

Countup to Bizzaro Triumph
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Frank Quietly

While Countdown is raging through the DCU, how are the events affecting Bizarro World? Witness as the inhabitants of Bizarro World countup to a non-earth shattering event, after which everything will be the same!

Cayman

08-22-2007, 04:15 PM

Countdown To Piracy

Arrr! It's high crime on the high seas as some of DC's most vicious villains set sail in this tie-in to the popular Countdown event. It's cutthroat action as Cheshire, Killer Croc, Weather Wizard, Bane, The General, Warp, Hector Hammond and more of DC's most roguish become the scourge of seafarers everywhere. And in their wake, hope follows in the form of the all-new Sea Devils: Dane Dorrance, Bork, Dolphin, Bette Kane, Killer Shark, and surprise stowaway Lian Harper! Avast ye scurvy dogs, here be Countdown To Piracy!

Written by Chuck Dixon Drawn by Jerry Ordway.

matt_hatyber

08-22-2007, 04:28 PM

countdown to Comic!

written by grant morrison, and drawn by frank miller.

A new superhero rises into the dark dc universe. The Comic. A superhero that can make comic books come to life. He uses his powers to stop petty crimanals. But then he brings back The most horrifing Comic Book villian of all time. DISATRO. A man that can blow anything up. It is up for the Comic to stop DISATRO froming destorying the universe.