Countdown was utter crap.
I told myself I'd never buy another weekly series.
But...I had to check out my man Bags at DC. So I told myself, alright I'll give it one month.
One issue in, and it already pounded all 51 issues of Countdown into the dirt.
Characterization was great, Bagley's art was excellent, and the back up seemed to tie into the main story. If you had reservations about a weekly series after Countdown, this is a completely different book and deserves a look.