Story: "A Book in the Beginning" (22 Pages)

Credits: Grant Morrison (plot, script); Ryan Sook (pencils); Mick Gray (inks); Rob Leigh (letters); Nathan Eyring (colors); Harvey Richards (assistant edits); Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Character: Zatanna

Supporting Characters: Misty Kilgore; Cassandra Craft (first post-Crisis appearance; also in flashback in between Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #41; see Comment), Prowley (first appearance; Cassandra's cat)

Villains: Gwydion, A Spine-Rider of the Sheeda

Guest Appearances: Phantom Stranger; Ali Ka-Zoom (in flashback following Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #2)

Comment: Cassandra Craft's last pre-Crisis appearance was in Superman Vol. 1 #344 but as a result of the Crisis that story is probably no longer in continuity making Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #41 her last previous appearance.