Countdown: Arena #1

Dates

Cover date

February 2008

On sale

December 5, 2007

In stores

December 5, 2007

Pages

52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Andy Kubert Cover

  Barcode 76194126638100111

  Source ↗
• Dale Eaglesham / Mick Gray Cover

  Barcode 76194126638100121

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Countdown

This is part 47 of 87. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Spectacular Spider-Man #6
2. Spectacular Spider-Man #7
3. Spectacular Spider-Man #8
4. Spectacular Spider-Man #9
5. Spectacular Spider-Man #10
6. Countdown (2007) #51
7. Countdown (2007) #50
8. Countdown (2007) #49
9. Countdown (2007) #48
10. Countdown (2007) #47
11. Countdown (2007) #46
12. Countdown (2007) #45
13. Countdown (2007) #44
14. Countdown (2007) #43
15. Countdown (2007) #42
16. Countdown (2007) #41
17. Countdown (2007) #40
18. Countdown (2007) #39
19. Countdown (2007) #38
20. Countdown (2007) #37
21. Countdown (2007) #36
22. Countdown (2007) #35
23. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #1
24. Countdown (2007) #34
25. Countdown (2007) #33
26. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Wildstorm (2007) #1
27. Countdown (2007) #32
28. Countdown (2007) #31
29. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #2
30. Countdown (2007) #30
31. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society (2007) #1
32. Countdown (2007) #29
33. Countdown (2007) #28
34. Countdown (2007) #27
35. Countdown (2007) #26
36. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists (2007) #1
37. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #3
38. Countdown (2007) #25
39. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Red Rain (2008) #1
40. Countdown (2007) #24
41. Countdown (2007) #23
42. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Gotham by Gaslight (2008) #1
43. Countdown (2007) #22
44. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists (2007) #2
45. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #4
46. Countdown (2007) #21
47. Countdown: Arena (2008) #1
48. Countdown (2007) #20
49. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Red Son (2008) #1
50. Countdown: Arena (2008) #2
51. Countdown (2007) #19
52. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Superwoman / Batwoman (2008) #1
53. Countdown: Arena (2008) #3
54. Countdown (2007) #18
55. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #5
56. Countdown: Arena (2008) #4
57. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists (2007) #3
58. Countdown (2007) #17
59. Countdown (2007) #16
60. Countdown (2007) #15
61. Countdown (2007) #14
62. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists (2007) #4
63. Countdown (2007) #13
64. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #6
65. Countdown (2007) #12
66. Countdown (2007) #11
67. Countdown (2007) #10
68. Countdown (2007) #9
69. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists (2007) #5
70. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #7
71. Countdown (2007) #8
72. Countdown (2007) #7
73. Countdown (2007) #6
74. Countdown (2007) #5
75. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & the Extremists (2007) #6
76. Countdown to Adventure (2007) #8
77. Countdown (2007) #4
78. Countdown (2007) #3
79. Countdown (2007) #2
80. Countdown (2007) #1
81. Countdown to Final Crisis (2008) #1
82. Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) #nn
83. Countdown to Final Crisis (2008) #2
84. Countdown Presents: Lord Havok and the Extremists (2008) #nn
85. Countdown to Final Crisis (2008) #3
86. Countdown to Final Crisis (2008) #4
87. Superman vs. Darkseid (2015) #nn

Also part of: Countdown to Final Crisis

Creators

Stories

• The Blood-Soaked Sands · 38 pages

  Monarch collects superheroes from various universes and pits dopplegangers against each other to find the strongest heroes for his army. After Nightshade, Eve of Shadows, and the Shade and the three Batmen face off, Superman from the Dark Knight universe urges the heroes to mount an offensive against Monarch.

Publisher’s description

The villainous Monarch begins the last chapter of his campaign against the Monitors, combing the entire Multiverse to enlist the most powerful or deadly heroes and villains from throughout existence--and pitting them literally against themselves! This issue, three Batmen fight, but only one survives!

Reprinted in

Countdown: Arena (2008)