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April 19, 2007: Dan Didio Prepares to “Countdown”

Newsarama.com spoke with Dan Didio about the DC Universe heading into a new year of weekly events with "Countdown". Here's some of what he had to say...

    "This week is a kickoff week in a lot of ways for the DCU," Didio said. "This is due largely to the fact that we have World War III coming together, and closing those final doors to One Year Later in enough of a satisfying manner for the fans who were left wondering about the changes. Now, as we move into the new stories, most of the previous questions have been answered. We've also got the Nightwing Annual coming out which wraps up another big part of the One Year Later storyline, so it's a lot of big stuff coming down this week, and things are only going to keep getting bigger as we roll towards the end of 52, we've got Amazons Attack starting, and then, into Countdown."

    Looking at it from the outside, Didio prefers to call the present time a "transition period" as 52 winds down and Countdown revs up, but what about for those poor saps who are on the inside? How do the characters in the DCU see their world right about now?

    "You sure can remember when things were better," Didio laughed. "I think it's an interesting time. The best way to put it is that everybody thinks that they're established back into their respective groove after some very, very rough times. Everything is operating the way they think it should be. The heroes have reached a level of comfort with what they've achieved and where they're going, and I almost want to say that they're ready to move past all the turmoil of the past few years. This is the moment where they feel they can almost take a breath and move on with life itself.

    "Unfortunately, things are going to turn in completely the opposite direction. Things that they thought were part of the norm, are now going to be part of events that will be taking them down a very, very crazy path."

Read the complete article at Newsarama.com.



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