. . "DC Countdown, commonly referred to as Countdown to Infinite Crisis, is a one-shot publication and the official start of the \"Infinite Crisis\" storyline. It was released 30 March 2005, sold out, and quickly went to a second printing. When this comic was first published, the cover showed Batman holding a shadowed corpse, so as not to ruin the surprise of who dies. For the second printing, the shadows were removed to reveal the identity of the corpse."@en . . "DC Countdown"@en . .