My problem with Countdown

[Joe-Dono]

My problem with countdown is all the Tie in books you have to get to see the whole picture, not only do you have to get the Core book but there are also the Countdown to .... books to get and the reguler tie in books too.

I know this isnt 52 and never set out to be 52 but I think the one thing that 52 did right was having only the core book, I am sick of getting the extra books incase it talks about something in one of the extra books that I know noting about.

I hope if they do another weekly book after this one they keep it as just one book.

[DonC]

So don't buy 'em. I read Countdown but I've only read one tie-in comic - the first Wildstorm "Search for Ray Palmer" issue. Never bought Countdown to Adventure. And I won't be getting whatever the name of the Extremists book is, either. The tie-ins are meant to expand the plot, not advance it. There shouldn't be anything in them you absolutely need to know to understand Countdown. If there is that's bad storytelling on DC's part.

[Jack Zodiac]

I generally don't read Countdown, I flip through it at the shop sometimes, but I do read Countdown to Adventure and I checked out Countdown to Mystery, and just two issues in, Adventure is a much stronger, much more entertaining book than the weekly title it spun out of, and its only connection to the weekly is the back-up, which I don't even bother reading 'cause I could give a flying crap about Monarch and Forerunner.

[Captain Jim]

I agree with Don. You don't "have to get them." I've gotten everything up to now, but drew the line this week with the second "Search for Ray Palmer" book. Nor do I intend to get any more of the same. Buy what interests you.

[gwor]

I think it would be a great idea for there to be a summary page at the start of each Countdown, to mention stuff that might've happened in other books.

Of course, that would defeat the crass marketing ploy of forcing readers to pick up lame tie-in issues to a lousy gimmick series....

[DonC]

The problem with that is they would read something like this:

"In The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Syndicate, the Challengers went to Earth 3 looking for Ray Palmer. He wasn't there. But, hey, how cool is the Jokester? He's the hero on his world and Batman's the villain. That's funny, right? That makes you want to buy stories set there. We know it does.





Please?"