Story: "Every Hour Wounds, The Last Kills" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison and Greg Rucka and Mark Waid (plot, script)
Keith Giffen (breakdown pencils)
Eddy Barrows (pencils, inks)
Dan Green and Rodney Ramos (inks)
Rob Leigh (letters)
David Baron (colors)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Jeanine Schaefer (associate edits)
Michael Siglain (edits)

Feature Characters:

Black Adam
Renée Montoya (next in issue #47)

Guest Stars:

Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr.
Mary Marvel (all three last in issue #43; all three next in World War III: Book One)
Atom Smasher II (last in issue #29)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott; last in issue #29)
Fire (last in issue #42; next in World War III: Book Four)
Mister Terrific II (in between issue #25 and #49)
Sasha Bordeaux (last in issue #1; next in World War III: Book One)
August General in Iron
Ghost Fox Killer
Socialist Red Guardsman
Thundermind (all four in between issue #24 and #49)
Accomplished Perfect Physician (in between issue #32 and #49)
Celestial Archer (in between issue #6 and #49; latter six as members of the Great Ten)

Supporting Characters:

Isis
Osiris (both deceased; both buried in this issue)
Will Magnus (last in issue #39)
Amanda Waller (last in issue #34; next in World War III: Book One)
Steve Trevor II (last in Wonder Woman #208)

Villains:

Ugly Mannheim (in between issue #28 and #47)
Doctor Sivana
Veronica Cale
Doctor Tyme
Doctor Cyclops (all four last in issue #39)
Dr. Rigoro Mortis
Baron Bug (both last in issue #26)
I.Q. (last in issue #23)
Death II
The President of Bialya (dies)

Comments: Story continues from issue #44 and continues in issue #46.

Synopsis: