Story: "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (20 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison and Greg Rucka and Mark Waid (plot, script)
Keith Giffen (breakdown pencils)
Joe Prado and Tom Derenick (pencils)
Jay Leisten and Rodney Ramos (inks)
Pat Brosseau (letters)
David Baron (colors)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Jeanine Schaefer (associate edits)
Stephen Wacker and Michael Siglain (edits)

Feature Characters:

Renée Montoya
Question (both last in issue #30)
Ralph Dibny (next in issue #39)
Adam Strange
Animal Man
Starfire (all three next in issue #35)
Black Adam (last in issue #26)

Guest Stars:

Batwoman (last in issue #30)
Nightwing (last in issue #30; next in flashback in Robin Vol. 2 #175)
Starlight
Everyman
Jade II (all three last in issue #31)
Nuklon II
Skyman II
Fury III
Matrix (all four last in issue #29; latter seven as Infinity, Inc. II)
Beast Boy
Raven VI (both next in issue #35)
Flash I
Wildcat II (both in between issue #29 and #46)
Atom Smasher II (last in issue #24)

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth (last in ???; next in ???)
Isis (last in issue #26)
Osiris
Sobek
Amanda Waller (last in issue #24)

Villains:

Lex Luthor
Mercy (both last in issue #21)
Dennis Laughlin (in between issue #8 and #35)
Felix Faust (next in issue #39)

Guest Appearances:

Emerald Head of Ekron (next in issue #35)
Ellen Baker (in between issue #5 and #36)
Oliver Queen (last in issue #24)
Dinah Lance
Mia Dearden
Connor Hawke (both last in ???)
Clark Kent (last in issue #18)
Lois Lane (last in issue #10; next in World War III: Book One)
Firestorm III (last in flashback in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 2 #30; next in World War III: Book One)
Cyborg (last in issue #5)
Fire (in between issue #4 and #35)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner; in between issue #1 and #35)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in flashback in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #14; next in issue #37), Hawkgirl II (in between issue #5 and #35)
Pieter Cross (in between issue #29 and #38)
Red Tornado II (in between issue #28 and #50)
Selina Kyle (last in ???; next in ???)
James Gordon (last in ???; next in World War III: Book One)
Captain Boomerang II
Count Vertigo
Electrocutioner III
Persuader
Plastique (all five along with Atom Smasher as the Suicide Squad)

Other Character:

Luis Dominero (behind the scenes; Everyman test subject #72126)

Comments: Story continues from issue #32 and continues in issue #34.

Synopsis:

Second Story: "The Origin of Martian Manhunter" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Waid (plot, script)
Tom Mandrake (pencils, inks)
Alex Sinclair (colors)
Pat Brosseau (letters)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Jeanine Schaefer (associate edits)
Michael Siglain (edits)

Feature Character:

Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onnz)

Supporting Character:

Saul Erdel

Guest Appearances:

Aquaman
Flash II Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Wonder Woman

Comment: This is a retelling of the Martian Manhunter's origin.