Countdown: Arena Vol 1 2

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"The Face of Death"

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Countdown: Arena Vol 1 #2
February, 2008

Cover Artists

Andy Kubert

Writers

Keith Champagne

Pencilers

Scott McDaniel

Inkers

Andy Owens

Colourists

Guy Major

Letterers

Nick Napolitano

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Appearing in "The Face of Death"

Featured Characters:
Rays

• Ray (Earth-10) (deceased)
• Apollo (Earth-50)
• Ray Palmer (Earth-6)

Blue Beetles

• Ted Kord (Earth-33) adopted mutant (deceased)
• Dan Garrett (Earth-39) (deceased)
• Blue Beetle (Earth-21) murderous swarm of beetles

Green Lanterns

• Hal Jordan II (Earth-12)
• Bruce Wayne (Earth-32)
• Hal Jordan (Earth-5)
  

Supporting Characters:

• Superman (Earth-31)
• Superman (Earth-30)
  

Villains:

• Monarch
  

Other Characters:

• Christopher Kent (Earth-16)
• Jay Garrick (Earth-2)
• Johnny Quick (Earth-3)
• Lia Nelson (Earth-9)
  

Locations:

• Monarch's interdimensional satellite
  

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Face of Death"

The next set of heroes fight which include the Rays, Blue Beetles and Green Lanterns while the others continue to try to formulate a plan to stop the Monarch while still fighting among themselves and their individual natures.

Notes

Variant cover

• This issue also shipped with a retailer incentive variant cover illustrated by Dale Eaglesham and Mick Gray.
• Includes DC Nation editorial #91 by Dan DiDio which announced Keith Giffen formally joining DC as an exclusive.

Trivia

As shown on the last page, the Earth-40 Bruce Wayne arises from his death as a vampire.

See Also

• Discuss Countdown: Arena Vol 1 2 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Countdown: Arena series

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• None.

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