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That's an excellent ad. Looks like it should be a cover. Old school villains, old school logo (and the word "alive" is cleverly in ruins)... which Flash is that supposed to be, exactly?

That would be Bart.

The image actually *was* a cover. Not sure what issue exactly, but a very similar image was a great cover for an old-school Barry Allen Flash issue.

I'm still wavering about Countdown as a story, but the advertising and art direction for it rocks!

And please note, Bart seems to have one foot in the gray. (Rimshot!)

I wish I had one foot in Didio's ass.

It's a great looking ad, but I'd be highly disappointed if I bought the book based off it.

"Oh, so, all they did was actually just beat him to death. SUBSCRIPTION TIME!"

I don't think I had ever noticed that that was Sook's art! I love me some Sook.It is an awesome cover, and even more so if you move the image so that the 'Countdown' byline isn't showing.

Man, I hope the Flash is okay.

It's based on Flash v.1 #174, the "Stupendous Triumph of the Six Super-Villains!" by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (1967)

Interestingly enough, two decades ago, Mike Mignola redid the cover for Secret Origins #41 (1989), an issue which told the origins of a half-dozen Rogues.

Scans of both at the above link for comparison.

Right, sorry, guys, my brain is so wired with cover homages from Snark Free Corner that I just automatically assume that other people recognize notable cover homages.

My bad!

Still, what a great piece.

Oh, by the by, when is Sook going to do interiors again?

He did a short story in the 'The Goon: Noir' anthology that came out two weeks ago. The man sure knows how to handle a pencil.