Mary Marvel Will You Marry Me?
I always looked at Mary Marvel as silly and with no emotion. Now after Countdown, I see how really deep she is. I really feel her pain of feeling powerless and alone. She is my fave of the characters being represented here. We also have Black Adam...I wonder how he guessed his word. Maybe Eclipso helped him and he will be the bridge for Eclipso to help Mary. Don't know...but Mary is soooo beautiful in this issue and so innocent that it makes me worry about the next issue when she becomes the dark Mary Marvel.
I hate Jimmy Olsen. The whole giving him powers thing is dorky to me. The rest of the issue is so strong though that it eclipses Olsen. I hope Jimmy does die. Lightray was also a welcome death that I hope is permanent. Everynow and then a big company like DC needs to clean house and keep characters dead.
The whole Jason Todd thing is wierd. I like how the issue put in the Teen Titans, JLA, and JSA and all the current events. Jason is a psycopath and him showing up to hang with heroes (even though he feels a connection with one kinda seems out of character but maybe I am wrong...I think he should have stayed dead.)
Overall I really liked the issue...and the art and story eclipses the crap that is there and the boring Olsen. I also hate Superman saying Great Rao all the time.