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Issue: Countdown to Mystery #5

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Publication Date: March 2008

Issue #5
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- #4
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Issues: #5 of 8 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [swirl]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 01/23/2008

Volume:

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194126608400511

Price: $4.75 CAD
$3.99 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Joey Cavalieri; Stephanie Buscema (assistant editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock:

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Miniseries

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2 Content Items
- Startling Changes in the Lives of... Doctor Fate and Eclipso [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- More Pain Comics, Part Five: Head Pieces [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (4 total)

Startling Changes in the Lives of... Doctor Fate and Eclipso

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Mario Alberti (signed)

Inker(s): Mario Alberti (signed)

Colorist(s): Mario Alberti (signed)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): Eclipso; Doctor Fate

Character(s): Doctor Fate [Kent V. Nelson]; Eclipso; Bruce Gordon

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Dr. Fate: Countdown to Mystery #[nn] published November 2008
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Pages: 1

The Music of the Spheres, Part 2: Perihelion

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Matthew Sturges

Penciller(s): Chad Hardin

Inker(s): Dan Green

Colorist(s): Dan Brown

Letterer(s): Steve Wands [as Swands]

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): Eclipso

Character(s): Spectre [Crispus Allen]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Creeper [Jack Ryder]; Dove [Dawn Granger]; The Proletariat; Mona Bennet; VILLAINS: Eclipso [Bruce Gordon]; William Hanson (ghost)

Synopsis: Bruce Gordon tries to destroy the final Eclipso diamond, but finds that he is unable.

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Pages: 22

More Pain Comics, Part Five: Head Pieces

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Gerber

Penciller(s): Tom Derenick (pages 1-4, 8, 12, 15-16); Shawn McManus (pages 5-7, 9-11, 13-14)

Inker(s): Wayne Faucher (pages 1-4, 8, 12, 15-16); Shawn McManus (pages 5-7, 9-11, 13-14)

Colorist(s): Chris Chuckry

Letterer(s): Travis Lanham

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): Doctor Fate

Character(s): Doctor Fate [Kent V. Nelson]; Inza Fox (flashback); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (photo album); VILLAIN: Negal (flashback); MORE PAIN COMICS CHARACTERS: Killhead; Jacaranda

Synopsis: Kent reads Inza's MORE PAIN COMICS comic book, looking for insight into her character.

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Dr. Fate: Countdown to Mystery #[nn] published November 2008
as More Pain Comics, Part Five: Head Pieces [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 16

DC Nation 97

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Didio

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): DC Nation

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Pages: 1

Notes: Week three of Dan Didio's walk down the halls of DC Editorial, checking in on Joey Cavalieri, Tom Palmer, Jr., Jeanine Schaefer and Ian Sattler. Hot list - COUNTDOWN #14, COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #5 and WONDER WOMAN #16. House ad for COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #6.