Story: "Last of the Czarnians" (20 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison and Greg Rucka and Mark Waid (plot, script)
Keith Giffen (breakdown pencils)
Chris Batista (pencils)
Ruy Jose and Jack Jadson (inks)
Phil Balsman (letters)
David Baron (colors)
Jann Jones and Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Stephen Wacker (edits)

Feature Characters:

Adam Strange
Animal Man
Starfire (all three next in issue #19)

Guest Stars:

Lobo (next in issue #19)
Red Tornado II (last in flashback in issue #5; next in issue #21)
Natasha Irons
Erik Storn
Eliza Harmon
Hannibal Bates
Gerome McKenna
Jacob Colby (latter six as Luthor's Justice League; all six in between issue #9 and #21)

Villains:

Lex Luthor
Mercy (both next in issue #21)
Devilance (last in issue #9; dies)
Kobra Cult

Comments: Story continues from issue #16 and continues in issue #18.

Synopsis:

Second Story: "The Origin of Lobo" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Waid (plot, script)
Keith Giffen (pencils)
Jack Jadson (inks)
Richard Horie and Tanya Horie (colors)
Nick J. Napolitano (letters)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Stephen Wacker (edits)

Feature Character:

Lobo

Comment: This is a retelling of Lobo's origin.