Countdown #5

Dates

Cover date

May 2008

On sale

March 26, 2008

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

  Barcode 76194126083900511

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Story arc: Countdown

This is part 69 of 82. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

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

Creators

Stories

• End Times · 20 pages

  With his world burning all around him, Buddy Blank and Una go looking for Buddy's grandson. They find him, but Una dies protecting him. Buddy takes his grandson to the Command D bunker to shelter him from the atomic bombs. Helpless to do anything further, the Earth-0 heroes boom tube away.

• The Origin of Mr. Freeze · 2 pages

  The origin of Mr. Freeze.

Characters

Reprinted in

Countdown to Final Crisis (2008), DC Universe: Origins (2010), Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)