Story: "Seven Days in Nanda Parbat" (20 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison and Greg Rucka and Mark Waid (plot, script)
Keith Giffen (breakdown pencils)
Patrick Olliffe (pencils)
Drew Geraci (inks)
Travis Lanham (letters)
Alex Sinclair (colors)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Jeanine Schaefer (associate edits)
Stephen Wacker and Michael Siglain (edits)

Feature Characters:

Adam Strange
Animal Man
Starfire
Ralph Dibny

Guest Stars:

Lobo (next in issue #35)
Accomplished Perfect Physician (last in issue #24)
Beast Boy (last in issue #29)
Raven VI (last in issue #21)
Zatara II (last in issue #21; next in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #42; all three as the Teen Titans)
Captain Marvel Jr. (in between issue #25 and #35)
Yeti (Hu Wei; first appearance; a reserve member of the Great Ten; next in issue #50)
Rama Kushna (last in ???; next in issue #47)

Supporting Characters:

Osiris
Sobek (both last in issue #26)
Fishy (next in issue #35)

Villain:

Felix Faust

Guest Appearance:

Emerald Head of Ekron
Emerald Eye (behind the scenes; latter next in issue #35)
Aquagirl IV (in between issue #1 and #35)
Kid Devil (last in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #30; next in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #42)
Argent
Flamebird
Mirage II
Red Star (last in issue #1; next in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #38)
Bombshell (chronologically earliest appearance)
Miss Martian (chronologically earliest appearance; next in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #37)
Offspring (next in issue #35)
Young Frankenstein (first appearance; next in World War III: Book Two)
Talon (first appearance; next in World War III: Book Three)
Mas
Menos (first actual DCU appearance of both)
Riddler's Daughter
Joker's Daughter (both next in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #43)
Molecule
Pulsar (first appearance of all four)

Comments: Story continues from issue #31 and continues in issue #33.

Synopsis:

Second Story: "The Origin of Blue Beetle" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Waid (plot, script)
Cully Hamner (pencils, inks)
Alex Sinclair (colors)
Travis Lanham (letters)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Jeanine Schaefer (associate edits)
Stephen Wacker and Michael Siglain (edits)

Feature Character:

Blue Beetle III (Jayme Jaynes)

Supporting Characters:

Brenda
Paco

Comment: This is a retelling of the Blue Beetle's origin.