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* FollowTheLeader: The whole maxi-series was, at least structure-wise, copying the ''52'' series: a weekly series with focus on lesser-known/less popular characters, trips to many places of the larger DC Universe, and each plot thread eventually converging in the lead-in to the next big event. A [[https://comicsalliance.com/mark-waid-slams-dan-didio-and-dc-comics/ post by writer]] Mark Waid on his website mentioned that then DC editor Dan Didio referred to ''Countdown'' as "''52'' done right", implying it was intentional for the series to imitate its predecessor.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does ComicBook/SuperboyPrime show up as Super''man'' Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does ComicBook/SuperboyPrime show up as Super''man'' Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], (no, [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Fans didn't agree with his sentiments and the results was a hodgepodge mess of a story that had little to no coherency. This resulted in a real life AllForNothing as ''Final Crisis'' didn't even allude to this series let alone follow any of its storylines.
** For that matter, the appearance of the New Gods - Creator/GrantMorrison wanted DC to minimize, if not outright refrain from, using them, so when they ''did'' reappear during ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', their impact would be much bigger. Either DC ignored their request or didn't get it, and regardless of which was the case, they opted to do the inverse and have them appear everywhere - this series, ''Death of the New Gods'', and [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].
** For that matter, the appearance of the New Gods - Creator/GrantMorrison wanted DC to minimize, if not outright refrain from, using them, so when they ''did'' reappear during ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', their impact would be much bigger. Either DC ignored their request or didn't get it, and regardless of which was the case, they opted to do the inverse and have them appear everywhere - this series, ''Death of the New Gods'', and [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].
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** The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Fans didn't agree with his sentiments and the results was a hodgepodge mess of a story that had little to no coherency. This resulted in a real life AllForNothing as ''Final Crisis'' didn't even allude to this series let alone follow any of its storylines.
**For that matter, the The appearance of the New Gods - Creator/GrantMorrison wanted DC to minimize, if not outright refrain from, using them, so when they ''did'' reappear during ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', their impact would be much bigger. Either DC ignored their request or didn't get it, and regardless of which was the case, they opted to do the inverse and have them appear everywhere - this series, ''Death of the New Gods'', and [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].[[spoiler:''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].
** The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Fans didn't agree with his sentiments and the results was a hodgepodge mess of a story that had little to no coherency. This resulted in a real life AllForNothing as ''Final Crisis'' didn't even allude to this series let alone follow any of its storylines.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime show up as Super''man'' Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime ComicBook/SuperboyPrime show up as Super''man'' Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.back.
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** For that matter, the appearance of the New Gods - Creator/GrantMorrison wanted DC to minimize, if not outright refrain from, using them, so when they ''did'' reappear during ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', their impact would be much bigger. Either DC ignored his request or didn't get it, and regardless of which was the case, they opted to do the inverse and have them appear everywhere - this series, ''Death of the New Gods'', and [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].
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** For that matter, the appearance of the New Gods - Creator/GrantMorrison wanted DC to minimize, if not outright refrain from, using them, so when they ''did'' reappear during ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', their impact would be much bigger. Either DC ignored his their request or didn't get it, and regardless of which was the case, they opted to do the inverse and have them appear everywhere - this series, ''Death of the New Gods'', and [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Fans didn't agree with his sentiments.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Fans didn't agree with his sentiments.sentiments and the results was a hodgepodge mess of a story that had little to no coherency. This resulted in a real life AllForNothing as ''Final Crisis'' didn't even allude to this series let alone follow any of its storylines.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime show up as Superman Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
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** For that matter, the appearance of the New Gods - Creator/GrantMorrison wanted DC to minimize, if not outright refrain from, using them, so when they ''did'' reappear during ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', their impact would be much bigger. Either DC ignored his request or didn't get it, and regardless of which was the case, they opted to do the inverse and have them appear everywhere - this series, ''Death of the New Gods'', and [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'']].
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime show up asSuperman Super''man'' Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime show up as
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Needless to say, fans ...[[{{Irony}} didn't agree with his sentiments]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Needless to say, fans ...[[{{Irony}} Fans didn't agree with his sentiments]].sentiments.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Needless to say, fans ...[[{{Irony}} didn't agree with his sentiments]].sentiments]].
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime show up as Superman Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Why does SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime show up as Superman Prime ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion not that one]])? DC had lost the Superboy trademark to the Siegel family around the time of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''; while they were able to use the regular Superboy for that event to kill the character off until they got the rights back, since Prime was still around after the aforementioned ''Infinite Crisis'', their options were either not use him at all, or rename him and give him a PlotRelevantAgeUp. They ultimately wound up choosing the latter, although as soon as they got the Superboy trademark back, they undid said age up and changed his name back.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Needless to say, fans ...[[{{Irony}} didn't agree with his sentiments.sentiments]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue. Needless to say, fans ...didn't agree with his sentiments.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Dan Didio absolutely hated ''52'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ''entire premise of the series''. Dan Didio Creator/DanDidio absolutely hated ''52'' ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' because DC's editors had little to no say in how the series unfolded. ''Countdown'' was conceived as "''52'' done right" by Didio as a weekly series where DC's editors had ultimate control over every single issue.
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