8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Amongst the programmes that were chosen to be merged for the evening of specials, production teams on "Countdown" and "8 Out of 10 Cats" agreed to merge the two formats of their respective programmes together - the crossover between the two formats meant that "Countdown"s arrangement of games would be interspersed with "8 Out of 10 Cats"-style banter. As part of the merger, both Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assumed their roles from the programme, while Jimmy Carr took on the mantle of host, with both Sean Lock and Jon Richardson competing as
Captain Comet due to become a regular character, as otherwise it would have clashed with the "Adam Strange" limited series published around the same time. He was then part of the "R.E.B.E.L.S." series which continued from "L.E.G.I.O.N." That series was canceled with "R.E.B.E.L.S. ’96" #17 (March 1996), and had a solo story in "Showcase ’96" #10 (November 1996), after which another hiatus followed. Since 2005, under the writer Jim Starlin, Captain Comet has had his highest profile in DC Comics publications since the 1950s, featuring in the "Rann–Thanagar War" miniseries (2005), starring in the 8-issue miniseries "Mystery in Space (vol 2)" (2006),