Countdown #40 - DC

Ok, another installment of our weekly DC drama. The soap opera from all across the multiverse. We start out in the Palmerverse with Donna, Ryan and Jason. They find the villagers that used to provide lodging for Ray Palmer. But when they see the colors of Ryans costume, they aren't very hospitable. If fact . . . they're downright aggressive. They fight them tooth and nail, until Donna is able to convince them that they're looking for Ray to help him. They aren't out to hurt him. They haven't seen him in a while, but they do tell them where the next best place to look would be. Meanwhile, in Metropolis, Jimmy has jumped in to action as Mr. Action. Lois is starting to get reports from her people on the streets about the new action hero in town. Mary Marvel has gone looking for some help. She knows that something is off. She a little more aggressive than she used to be. Actually . . . than she ever was. So she gone to find Zatanna. She's on a cruise ship, so she's waiting until her show is over. But even before she can get to her, Zatanna already senses that there is something wrong with her. In the Athenian Women's Help Shelter, Holly is learning that even paradise has some dark spots. She overhears Harley talking to a women a child that are looking for a place to stay. But Harley turns them down flat. When Holly confronts her, she says that it's because she's to young, and she had a child. They aren't set up for those kind of conditions. Harley suggests that she should talk to Athena . . and . . . I believe Holly probably will. Or at least she'll try. Meanwhile on Apokolips, Darkseid is having his own problems. One of his concubines suggests that he's starting to show his sensitive side. He atomizes her. But, in the shadow, there's a kind of bug looking creature. He's been crawling around looking for clues in to the death of LightRay. But he can't find anything, so he's on his way to Metropolis to look. And finally, Piper and Trickster have ended up at Penquins club asking for sanctuary. He doesn't want to help them, because he knows that every hero will be looking for them, but after they trade some future favors he agrees to let them stay in the basement. However, Oracle, who has eyes everywhere, finds out where they are. And she has the new Question heading there now to arrest them. Basically this really is like one big soap-opera. As the DC Universe turns. "Like sands through the hour-glass, so to are the days of Donna, Ryan, Jason, Bob, Jimmy, Lois, Mary, Zatanna, Holly, Harley, Darkseid, Desaad, Penquin, Trickster, Piper, Oracle and Renee's life."