Beige Countdown
Beige Countdown is a spin-off series from the Infinite Leadership Crisis multi-writer event. It depicts the year between Infinite Leadership Crisis and Beige Midnight. The ideas for the series were developed by Arthur Spitzer, Lalo Martins, Martin Phipps, Saxon Brenton, and Rob Rogers. The series has been written so far by Arthur Spitzer, Lalo Martins, Martin Phipps, and Rob Rogers. The numbering of the series counts down (eh? eh?), starting at issue number twelve and ending with issue number zero.
Contents
Skipped Issues
Beige Countdown #8 and #4-2 have been skipped; either the Writers for these issues haven't finished them, or no writer has taken them up. These issues might eventually be posted, but it is not necessary for a reader to read them in order to understand Beige Countdown.
The Series
The New Triumvirate
Beige Countdown Prologue
An Important Public Service Announcement!: Written by Arthur Spitzer.
Irony Man and Billy the Butterfly Magic Kid do a public service announcement about the LNH Registration Act!
Beige Countdown #12
The New Triumvirate (First issue): Written by Arthur Spitzer.
A mysterious Beige Clock Tower appears in the middle of Net.ropolis! The Ultimate Ninja is charged with the murder of wReamicus Maximus and Irony Man bails him out. In the wake of this and the events of Infinite Leadership Crisis, the Ultimate Ninja decides to resign temporarily from being LNH leader, creating a leadership triumvirate to replace him, made up of Catalyst Lass, Fearless Leader, and Irony Man.
Beige Countdown #11
Knight to Bishop to King: Written by Arthur Spitzer, Lalo Martins, and Martin Phipps.
President Hexadecimal Luthor (AKA the Beige King of the HexFire Club) reveals to Irony Man that wReamicus Maximus, is still alive, with his brain inside an Ultimate Ninja clone – a clone used to kill wReamicus Maximus's brainless body and frame the Ultimate Ninja!
Fearless Leader discovers a plot by the Legion of Net.Villains (led by Mynabird) and Bart the Dark Receptionist to free prisoners from a prison in deep space called the Ultimate Black Hole, which supposedly holds the worst of the Looniverse's worst. The Triumvirate picks the Ultimate Ninja to lead a team of heroes to stop them. The Ultimate Savior is revealed to be alive and working for Hex Luthor, as the Ebony Knight in the Hexfire Club.
The Ultimate Black Hole
Beige Countdown #10
Who Stole The Stars And Put Them In Your Eyes?: Written by Rob Rogers.
A team of LNH'rs led by the Ultimate Ninja chase down a space ship filled with members of the Legion of Net.Villains led by Mynabird. They catch up with them and have a big fight in space.
Betterman's Last Flight
Written by Rob Rogers
Beige Countdown #9
The Created and the Damned: Written by Rob Rogers
Beige Countdown #8
Beige Countdown #8: Not yet written by Rob Rogers
The Election
Beige Countdown Special
Debate This!: Written by Arthur Spitzer.
McLaughlin Man moderates a debate between the LNHers running for LNH Leader.
Beige Countdown #7
The Last Dance: Written by Arthur Spitzer.
The heroes are back from their space mission and the Ultimate Ninja is in prison (due to breaking his bail agreement, which forbade him from leaving the city of Net.ropolis). Manga Man and Hex Luthor decide to sacrifice their pawn, to destroy Fearless Leader's chance to become leader and put Irony Man on the throne.
Beige Countdown #6
[the Next Leader of the LNH is...]: Written by Arthur Spitzer and Martin Phipps.
Irony Man becomes the Beige Knight of the Hexfire Club while Hex Luthor does everything he can to destroy the other candidates for leadership of the LNH. Hex reveals to Irony Man that Catalyst Lass is now under the control of the Hexfire Club thanks to Mr. Tiddles (Beige Rook of the Hexfire Club) and a Freedom Chip that was put in her brain. Hex Luthor tells Irony Man of his plan to stop the Bryttle Brothers, which involves getting billions of people to have Freedom Chips in their brains (the Freedom Chip gives people who don't have powers, powers, and people who do enhanced powers).
Irony Man gets in an accident with a date of his who he gives a blood transfusion to save her life, which gives her powers. She calls herself the Ironic Woman and holds a press conference exposing Irony Man for this, which causes Irony Man's poll numbers to fall.
The Ultimate Ninja wins the election and the LNH battle a cloned version of the Ultimate Ninja who claims to be the one who killed wReamicus Maximus to frame the Ultimate Ninja. Irony Man kills the clone.
The Ultimate Ninja is pardoned by Hex Luthor and freed from prison, although it is revealed that the pardoned Ultimate Ninja is actually wReamicus Maximus in a cloned Ultimate Ninja body and the real Ultimate Ninja is trapped in one of Hex Luthor's secret prisons and being held in a dreamlike state by some alien creature.
Beige Countdown #5
[Bicycle in the River]: Written by Arthur Spitzer.
Bicycle Repair Lad (Hex Luthor's greatest arch-enemy) is framed for being the person who built the clone who claimed to have killed wReamicus Maximus and was sent to one of Hex Luthor's secret prisons without trial.
The 'Don't Know What Happens Here'
Beige Countdown #4
Beige Countdown #4: Skipped
Beige Countdown #3
Beige Countdown #3: Skipped
Beige Countdown #2
Beige Countdown #2: Skipped
The Conclusion
Beige Countdown #1
[the Palm of the HeartThrob]: Written by Arthur Spitzer.
The Ultimate Ninja breaks free from his dream like prison and seeks revenge on those that put him there.
Beige Countdown #0
[Book of Deus ex Machinas!]: Written by Arthur Spitzer (with a sentence by Dave Van Domelen).
Occultism Kid finds the Book of Deus ex Machinas and discovers that Dekay and Diskolor have been trapped inside the book. Bart follows Occultism Kid to the dimension where the book is held and frees the Bryttle Brothers. Hex Luthor is revealed to have most of the Cosmic Plot Device.
Legacy
In 2008, issue #10 won RACCies Favorite Single Issue.
