Story: "...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart" (8 Pages)

Credits:

James Owsley (plot, script)
Gil Kane (pencils, inks)
Albert DeGuzman (letters)
Anthony Tollin (colors)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Supporting Characters:

John Stewart
Katma Tui (dies; both also in flashback in #602 in between pages)
Arisia

Villain:

Star Sapphire (also in flashback in #602 in between pages)

Second Story: "Moral Stand, Chapter One: Point of Order" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Max Collins (plot, script)
Terry Beatty (pencils)
John Nyberg (inks)
Gaspar Saladino (letters)
Michelle Wolfman (colors)
Mike Gold (edits)

Feature Character:

Wild Dog

Supporting Characters:

Lieutenant Andy Flint
Detective Calloway
Susan King (a TV reporter)
Len (her cameraman)

Villains:

The Committee for Social Change (first appearance; a terrorist group)

Other Character:

Captain Lange

Third Story: "Listening to the Mockingbird" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Martin Pasko (plot, script)
Dan Spiegle (pencils, inks)
Carrie Spiegle (letters)
Carl Gafford (colors)
Dick Giordano (edits)

Feature Characters:

Luke McKendrick (an Olympic Gold medalist in track)
La Donna Jameal (a former actress)
Vic Sommers (a former US Marine)
Mitch Hoberman (a former sculptor, model-maker and special-effects artist)
Maria Verdugo (a mathematician and computer specialist)
Anthony Mantegna (a former Pulitzer Prize winning writer; first appearance of all six)

Supporting Characters:

Mockingbird
Carlo di Rienzi
King Savage
Lili de Neuve
Kit Langman (formerly Kit Dawn)
Mike Tempest
Dr. August Durant
Rafael de Rienzi (first appearance; Carlo's son)
Melanie (first appearance; Vic Sommers' ex-wife)
Gus (first appearance; Carlo di Rienzi's butler)

Villains:

Warren Lichfield
Ed Flaum (first appearance of both; employees at Technodyne)
Elvis Brockman (behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

Thorsen (Durant's chauffeur)
Heppel
Jeremy

Fourth Story: "Faster Than A Speeding Bullet!" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Roger Stern (plot, script)
Curt Swan (pencils)
John Beatty (inks)
Bill Oakley (colors)
Tom Ziuko (colors)
Mike Carlin (edits)

Feature Character:

Superman

Villains:

Charlie
Dave
one other (first appearance of all three; three hired guns)
Charles Culpepper (first appearance; an agent of the Consortium)
the Consortium (behind the scenes)

Other Character:

Bob Galt (first appearance)

Fifth Story: "The Section Chief" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Mike Baron (plot, script)
Dan Jurgens (pencils)
Tony DeZuniga (inks)
Steve Haynie (letters)
Liz Berube (colors)
Barbara Randall (edits)

Feature Character:

Deadman

Villains:

Major Grace Kasaba (first appearance; a CIA Section Chief)
Barry
Lewis (first appearance of both; CIA agents)
Talaoc (first appearance; an alien being having taken the form of an old war god; takes possession of Grace Kasaba in this story)

Other Character:

Fulgencio Flores (first appearance; a professor of ancient civilizations at Dakota Wesleyan University)

Sixth Story: "Another Fine War" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Mike Grell (plot, script)
Rick Burchett (pencils)
Pablo Marcos (inks)
Steve Haynie (letters)
Tom Ziuko (colors)
Mike Gold (edits)

Feature Character:

Blackhawk (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #48)

Supporting Character:

Cynthia Hastings (first appearance; a nun)

Other Character:

Zalecki (first appearance; a gambler)

Comment: Story takes place in February 1947