Countdown to Final Crisis #4

Dates

Cover date

2008 [January 2009]

On sale

November 19, 2008

Pages

276

Editions and covers

• Original edition

  Barcode 978140121912351999

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Story arc: Countdown

This is part 81 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

• Come Together · 20 pages

  The Challengers of the Beyond, Jimmy Olsen & Forager, Holly, Harleen & Mary Batson, Pied Piper and Karate Kid & Una are all drawn to Apokolips.

• Eye of the Beholder · 20 pages

  The Challengers of the Beyond, Holly, Harleen & Mary Batson, Pied Piper and Karate Kid & Una are fighting individual battles on Apokolips. Jimmy Olsen & Forager go to The Habitat, looking for the Hairies.

• The Gods Must Be Crazy! · 20 pages

  Mary, Holly and Harley rescue the Gods who were trapped on Apokolips, and they give Mary her powers back, and also give temporary powers to Holly and Harley. Desaad tries to get the Pied Piper to play his flute, which he believes will release the anti-life equation.

• Pay the Piper · 20 pages

  Brother Eye disects Karate Kid while using his OMACs to take over Apokolips. Pied Piper plays his flute, killing Desaad and breaking Brother Eye's hold on Apokolips.

• Homeward Bound · 20 pages

  Darkseid and Solomon the Monitor continue their cosmic chess match, putting their final pieces in motion. Solomon sends all the heroes back to Earth, including the infected Karate Kid.

• Gone Tomorrow · 20 pages

  The heroes find out they weren't transported back to New Earth. Jimmy takes them to this Earth's Cadmus, but it may be too late for Karate Kid.

• Outbreak · 20 pages

  The morticoccus virus is released to devasting effect, turning the people of Earth into animals and the animals into humans. There doesn't appear to be a cure for the virus.

• 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 Beginning of the End · 20 pages

  The heroes arrive back on their Earth, and go their separate ways. Mary Batson arrives at her apartment and finds an unexpected guest: Darkseid, and he's got an offer she can't refuse.

• Owned · 20 pages

  Superman versus Darkseid. Evil Mary Marvel versus Donna Troy and Kyle Rayner.

• Darkseid Equals Death · 20 pages

  Darkseid battles Jimmy Olsen, trying to get at the New Gods powers stored within him. Orion arrives and appears to kill Darkseid.

• Loose Ends · 23 pages

  Various loose ends are wrapped up as the weekly series comes to a close.

Characters