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"The Home Front: Working Man's Blues"

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Countdown to Adventure Vol 1 #2
November, 2007

Executive Editor

Dan DiDio

Cover Artists

Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert, Rod Reis

Writers

Adam Beechen

Pencilers

Eddy Barrows

Inkers

Julio Ferreira

Colourists

Tanya Horie, Richard Horie

Letterers

Phil Balsman

Editors

Eddie Berganza

"Forerunner Part Two: The Origin of Species"

Writers

Justin Gray

Pencilers

Travis Moore

Inkers

Saleem Crawford

Colourists

Tanya Horie, Richard Horie

Letterers

Pat Brosseau

Editors

Eddie Berganza, Adam Schlagman

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Appearing in "The Home Front: Working Man's Blues"

Featured Characters:

• Animal Man
• Adam Strange
• Starfire

Supporting Characters:

• Alanna Strange
• Aleea Strange
• Maxine Baker
• Healers

Villains:

• Champ Hazard
• Styx Cult

Other Characters:

• Otholla (First appearance)
• Shasoth (Final appearance; Dies)
• Zaradak
• Burt the postal worker (First appearance)

Locations:

• California

• Del Mar
• San Diego

• Rann

• Ranagar

• Planet Soad

Items:

• Assembly line robot
• Rannian Jet Pack
• Rannian ray gun
• Zeta-Beam

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Home Front: Working Man's Blues"

Buddy Baker and Adam Strange both find it hard to adjust to being home after having been in space for a year, though Kori finds happiness in her new role as the Bakers' nanny. Meanwhile, a disease begins to spread on Earth and Rann, one whose symptoms seem strangely familiar.

Appearing in "Forerunner Part Two: The Origin of Species"

Featured Characters:

• Forerunner

Supporting Characters:

• Monarch

Villains:

• Nazi soldiers
• JLAxis

• Superman (Earth-10)
• Batman (Earth-10)
• Wonder Woman (Earth-10)
• Flash (Earth-10)
• Hawkman (Earth-10)
• Hawkgirl (Earth-10)

Other Characters:

• Monitors
• Monarch's Army

Locations:

• Earth-10

• Kansas

• The Bleed

Items:

• Hawkgirl's mace
• Hawkman's mace
• Kryptonite darts
• Lasso of Truth

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Forerunner Part Two: The Origin of Species"

Forerunner arrives on a parallel Earth where the Nazis won WWII, and begins wondering just what kind of a man her new employer is.

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See Also

• Discuss Countdown to Adventure Vol 1 2 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Countdown to Adventure series
• Images from Countdown to Adventure Vol 1 2

Recommended Reading

• Countdown to Adventure

• Infinite Crisis
• Rann-Thanagar War
• 52
• Countdown to Final Crisis
• Rann-Thanagar: Holy War
• Justice League of America (Volume 2)

• Countdown to Final Crisis

• Countdown
• Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer
• Countdown Presents: Lord Havok and the Extremists
• Countdown to Adventure
• Countdown to Mystery
• Countdown: Arena
• Death of the New Gods
• Salvation Run

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