Countdown #4

Countdown #4 Countdown - The Beginning of The End / The Origin of Ra's Al Ghul

DC Comics
Jun 2008
Modern Age / USA / English
Comic / 32 pages / 76194126083900411 / $2.99
Credits View More ↓
Writer Scott Beatty, Paul Dini, Sean McKeever
Artist Cliff Chiang
Penciller Jamal Igle
Inker Keith Champagne
Colorist Tom S. Chu
Letterer Travis Lanham
Cover Artist Adam Kubert
Cover Colorist Edgar Delgado
Editor Elisabeth V. Gehrlein, Mike Carlin
Characters View More ↓
Harley Quinn (Harleen Quinzel)
Holly Robinson
Nyssa al Ghul
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Mary Marvel (Mary Batson)
Firestorm (Jason Rusch)
Atom (Ray Palmer)
Talia al Ghul
Donna Troy
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Darkseid (Uxas)
Ra's al Ghul
Red Robin (Jason Todd)
Forager II
Jimmy Olsen
Monitor (Solomon)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Hippolyta
Plot
Arriving back on their Earth, the heroes split up, some leaving under a shadow, others just eager to return to their lives.

Mary Marvel returns to her apartment to discover Darkseid waiting for her. He offers her what appears to be a globular Eclipso diamond, claiming it is the rest of her power. He says that the Olympian Gods do not entirely trust her and had only returned a fraction of her power to her. Though hesitating, Mary takes the jewel.

The Monitor named Solomon admits that it was he who moved the Great Disaster from New Earth to Earth-51 in order to thwart Darkseid's plans but knows Darkseid is still likely to win.

The Challengers arrive at the Justice League's headquarters in order to speak with them and work out what's happening but Mary, clad once again in black, arrives and attempts to kidnap Jimmy Olsen. Though the Challengers put up a fight, Mary manages to snatch him from them.