COUNTDOWN #36

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Magical Mystery Tour COVER DATE: August 22, 2007 WRITER(s): Paul Dini; Antony J L Bedard PENCILER(s): Jim Calafiore INKER(s): Jack Purcell COLORS: Tom S. Chu LETTERS: Ken Lopez EDITOR(s): Michael Carlin; Elisabeth V. Gehrlein; Mike Marts; Jeanine Schaefer COVER: T Matt Banning; Shane Davis; Alex Sinclair PRICE: $2.99 U.S./$3.50 Canada CHARACTERS: Zatanna Zatara; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Una [Luornu Durgo]; Bob the Monitor; Jason Todd; Donna Troy; Atom [Ryan Choi]; Mr. Action [Jimmy Olsen]; Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Saunders]; Red Arrow [Roy Harper]; Red Tornado; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; VILLAINS: Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Trickster [James Jesse]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Deathstroke [Slade Wilson]; Eclipso [Jean Loring]; Equus; Mr. Orr COVER ART:

PLOT: Donna Troy and Jason Todd are dealing with magical bugs in the nanoverse. Some force is preventing the Monitor from transporting them away. They are captured by the bugs as the unseeen leader waits with Atom's bang stick. Pied Piper and Trickster are being interrogated by Poison Ivy. She is waiting for her partner to arrive and Trickster tries to convince her that it was her partner that told them to meet him there. She releases them from her ivy but soon her partner, Terminator, arrives and blows their story. Mary Marvel is studying books provided by Zatanna but is impatient at Zatanna's slow pace of teaching. She grabs a magical object, forcing Zatanna to take it away from her. A fight begins between the two as Mary Marvel is secretly provoked by Eclipso. Superman has brought Mr. Action before the JLA. They are not impressed with him. Karate Kid and Una have tracked Mr. Orr to an abandoned military base in Nebraska. The mysterious Orr sends Equus out to take care of them. Karate Kid is dealing with him until Equus takes Una as a hostage. NOTE: Two page end of issue story entitled, "The Origin of Deathstroke the Terminator"

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