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.