Story: "Out From The Ashes!" (23 Pages)

Credits:

Len Wein (plot, script)
Paris Cullins (pencils)
Bruce D. Patterson (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Anthony Tollin (colors)
Julius Schwartz (edits)

Feature Character:

Blue Beetle II (Ted Kord; last in 52 #52; origin retold)

Supporting Characters:

Melody Case (a scientist at Kord, Inc. and Ted's girlfriend)
Jeremiah Duncan (chief chemist at Kord, Inc. and an old friend of Ted's father)
Lt. Maxwell "Max" F. Fisher (a lieutenant at the Chicago Metropolitan police)
Angela "Angie" Revere (a receptionist at Kord, Inc. and the niece of Chronos)
Murray Takamoto (branch head of the Chicago branch of S.T.A.R. and Ted's former college roommate; first appearance of all five)

Villains:

Firefist, the Incendiary Man (Lyle Byrnes; first appearance; a former pyrotechnics lab researcher)
Doctor Alchemy (last in Flash Vol. 1 #289)
Conrad Carapax (first appearance)

Other Characters:

Frank (last name unrevealed; a Chicago police officer and Max Fisher's partner)
The Chicago firechief
Dombrowski and other Chicago firemen (first appearance of all)

Cameo Appearances:

Blue Beetle I and Jarvis Kord (both in flashback to Blue Beetle II's origin)