Story: "Opening Gambit!" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Paul Kupperberg (plot, script)
Steve Erwin (pencils)
Al Vey (inks)
Janice Chiang (letters)
Julianna Ferriter (colors)
Mike Gold and Jonathan Peterson (edits)

Feature Characters:

Harry Stein
Harvey Bullock
Grace Guinness (all three last in Action Comics #598)
Phil Kramer (last in Vigilante #47; next in issue #3)
Scott Jameson (last in Vigilante #47)
Checkmate Knight Gary Washington (last in Vigilante #37)

Supporting Characters:

Black Thorn (last in Vigilante #50)
B.J. (first appearance; Stein's secretary; next in issue #3)
John Reed (first appearance; also called 'Pawn One'; last in flashback in #5/2)
Gilroy (first appearance)
Pawn-Two (first appearance)

Villains:

Kevin Maxwell (first appearance; head of the American Supremacist Party) and the American Supremacist Party (first appearance; Larry, Dave and Moose named)
William Cross (first appearance; a recording secretary of the American Supremacist Party and war veteran; dies)

Guest Apperance:

Amanda Waller (last in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #12; next in Justice League International Vol. 1 #13)

Other Character:

O'Connell (first appearance; a federal agent)