Countdown vol. 1

COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. ONE collects issues #51-39 of the weekly series starring Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Donna Troy, Karate Kid, and all the other major characters of the DC Universe. COUNTDOWN is what follows after the events of INFINITE CRISIS and 52 and leads to DC's next major event, FINAL CRISIS. It is written by Paul Dini, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Adam Beechen, Tony Bedard and Sean McKeever; Breakdowns are by Keith Giffen; Art by Jesus Saiz, Jim Calafiore, Carlos Magno, David Lopez, Tom Derenick, Dennis Calero, Manuel Garcia and others; Cover was done by Andy Kubert.

Unlike 52, this compilation does not have extra features and is not in "realtime". I will reserve judgement on the series until after I have read through the 4 volumes. Offhand though, the plot and stories are as interesting as those in 52.