Countdown to Arena #1 of 4

First off, this issue is a fun read. The art from penciller Scott McDaniel, inker Andy Owens, and colorist Guy Major is excellent capturing the styles used for each Earth of the multiverse. Earth-12 (Batman Beyond), Earth-19 (Gotham by Gaslight), Earth-21 (New Frontier), and Earth-31 (Darker DC) are spotlighted here. With a little explanation from Monarch, the battles begin with Nightshade going first. Writer Keith Champagne is having fun with the different versions of DC heroes and has provided distinct personalities for each. I like his newly created bald Superman. The main fight this issue has three versions of Batman going at it. The action is presented nicely.

The fights are good and the interactions between the various versions are handled well. While this is really the equivalent of comic fast food, I enjoyed this issue and will be picking up the next three.

From DC Nation #89:
Earth-2: Home of the original Justice Society (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-3: The Crime Society's world (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-4: Home of the Charlton characters (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-5: Home of the Fawcett (Shazam) characters (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-8: World of Lord Havok and the Extremists (COUNTDOWN #29)
Earth-9: Tangent Universe (upcoming in TANGENT: SUPERMAN'S REIGN #1)
Earth-10: Home of the Quality (Freedom Fighters) characters (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-11: World of reversed genders (ARENA #1 and THE SEARCH FOR RAY
PALMER: SUPERWOMAN/ BATWOMAN #1)
Earth-12: The Next Generation, beyond Batman (ARENA #1)
Earth-13: World of dark and arcane heroes (ARENA #1)
Earth-15: World of heroes realized (Donna Troy, Wonder Woman) (COUNTDOWN #30)
Earth-16: Home of the Super-Sons (ARENA #1)
Earth-17: A post WWIII, apocalyptic universe (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-18: World of the Elseworld's JUSTICE RIDERS (ARENA #1)
Earth-19: World of Elseworld's GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT (THE SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT #1)
Earth-21: World of Elseworld's NEW FRONTIER (ARENA #1)
Earth-22: Elseworld's KINGDOM COME Universe (first appearance 52 #52)
Earth-26: Universe of Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo Crew (CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARK #1)
Earth-30: World of Elseworld's SUPERMAN: RED SON (COUNTDOWN #32)
Earth-32: World of Elseworld's BATMAN: DARKEST KNIGHT (ARENA #1)
Earth-34: World of Elseworld's AMAZONIA (ARENA #1)
Earth-37: World of Elseworld's THRILLKILLER (ARENA#1)
Earth-40: World of Elseworld's LIBERTY FILES (ARENA #1)
Earth-43: World of Elseworld's BATMAN: RED RAIN (THE SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER: RED RAIN #1)
Earth-48: Forerunner's world (COUNTDOWN #46)
Earth-50: Wildstorm Universe (first seen 52 #52)