Countdown #15
NM
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Condition
Description
Countdown - Splitting The Atom / The Origin of Doomsday
On Paradise Island, Mary has been found by Holly and Harley and brought before Hippolyta who asks her to join them. On Earth-51 Kyle and Ray battle Monarch's forces. Ray tells Kyle that this Earth's Palmer had discovered the Morticoccus virus and realised that it might exist in the other universes. As he was immune to it, he planned to seed the other Earths with his own immunity, providing an inoculation. After he died, Ray continued his work and where he inoculated someone, he left them with a mark like his Atom symbol (see The Search For Ray Palmer) Batman allows Jason to go free and reveals the reason there is little crime on the world when he shows him evidence of having killed most of the super villains of Earth-51. Donna battles one of her counterparts who lets slip that she is working with Queen Belthera (see Countdown #33 - #35) At the Nexus, Superman-Prime attempts to force Solomon to help him before they are interrupted by Forerunner who has arrived to kill the Monitor. In Bludhaven, Brother Eye continues to assimilate the city using Firestorm as a power source and Karate Kid wonders whether, because of Desaad's presence, it now has Boom tube technology.
Release Date: 2008
THE HIGH GRADES (Investment Quality)
- 9.9 – 10.0 MINT: Near perfect. No discernible defects.
- 9.8 NM/MT: High-end; negligible stress or bindery tears.
- 9.6 NM+: Nearly perfect; very minor surface wear.
- 9.4 NM: Standard high-grade; minor corner blunting.
- 9.2 NM-: Excellent; small stress lines (no color break).
- 9.0 VF/NM: Great eye appeal; minor spine stress.
THE MID GRADES (Collector Quality)
- 8.5 VF+: Clean copy; small amount of wear/creasing.
- 8.0 VF: Very attractive; minor surface wear or foxing.
- 7.5 VF-: Slight accumulation of defects; minor blunting.
- 7.0 FN/VF: Solid copy; minor creases or color breaks.
- 6.0 FN: Average mid-grade; small spine splits or tears.
- 5.0 VG/FN: Significant wear; small pieces may be missing.
THE LOW GRADES (Reader Quality)
- 4.0 VG: Average used copy; heavy creasing or scuffing.
- 3.0 GD/VG: Heavily read; major creases or staple rust.
- 2.0 GD: Well-worn; covers may be detached but present.
- 1.0 FR: Heavily damaged; large chunks missing.
- 0.5 PR: Fragile; missing pages or severe degradation.
Our raw grading is an opinion based on 30+ years of experience. We do not guarantee a specific numeric grade from 3rd party services (CGC/CBCS) but strive for maximum accuracy.
