Secret Origins of Super-Villains
Beginning with #37 each issue of Countdown featured the origins of a super-villain, written by Scott Beatty. The origins are:
- Issue 37: Poison Ivy
- Issue 36: Deathstroke
- Issue 35: Parallax
- Issue 34: Lex Luthor
- Issue 33: Riddler
- Issue 32: Eclipso
- Issue 31: Joker
- Issue 30: General Zod
- Issue 29: Penguin
- Issue 28: Trickster and Pied Piper
- Issue 27: Two-Face
- Issue 25: Killer Frost
- Issue 24: Desaad
- Issue 23: Mr. Mxyzptlk
- Issue 22: Deadshot
- Issue 21: Granny Goodness
- Issue 20: Mr. Mind
- Issue 19: The Scarecrow
- Issue 18: Dr. Light
- Issue 17: Monarch
- Issue 16: Sinestro
- Issue 15: Doomsday
- Issue 14: Gorilla Grodd
- Issue 13: Cyborg Superman
- Issue 12: Circe
- Issue 11: Solomon Grundy
- Issue 10: Harley Quinn
- Issue 09: Black Manta
- Issue 08: Bizarro
- Issue 07: Bane
- Issue 06: Felix Faust
- Issue 05: Mr. Freeze
- Issue 04: Ra's Al Ghul
- Issue 03: Amazo
- Issue 02: Darkseid
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