Story: "The Summoning" (29 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Matt Smith (pencils)
Steve Mitchell (inks)
Comicraft (letters)
James Sinclair (colors)
Kevin Dooley (edits)

Feature Characters:

Doctor Occult (appears in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #4 in between pages)
Phantom Stranger
Zatanna
Madame Xanadu
Deadman
Raven
Ragman
Faust (all eight as the Sentinels of Magic)
Superman
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; last in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #118)
Martian Manhunter (last in JLA #34; next in Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #12)
Wonder Woman
Zauriel
Big Barda
Orion
Steel III
Atom II
Oracle (behind the scenes)
Firestorm
Sentinel
Flash I
Wildcat II
Mister Miracle II
Katana (last, behind the scenes, in Batman: Day of Judgement #1)
June Moon
The Enchantress
Batman (last in Batman: Day of Judgement #1)
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr.
Mary Marvel (behind the scenes)
Star-Spangled Kid II
S.T.R.I.P.E (all five in between panels of Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #4)
Damage
Argent

Villains:

Etrigan the Demon
Asmodel
Neron
The Spectre-force

Guest Appearances:

Highfather
Shazam
Guardian (from Kingdom)
Rick Flagg
Vigilante II
Sargon the Sorcerer (as spirits trapped in purgatory)

Other Characters:

Alan Dale (first appearance)
Eric (first appearance; a bartender)

Synopsis:

Etrigan contrives to cleave the fallen angel Asmodel to the Spectre force and cause utter chaos on the Earth, taking out Neron along the way. Asmodel extinguishes the flames of hell and leads the demons to the mortal realm. This has many effects on Earth, unleashing the Enchantress and stirring such heroes as Zatanna and Doctor Occult to assemble all the magical might they can. When the conventional heroes take on Asmodel they are taken down in a variety of unpleasant ways, leaving only Earth's mystical defenders, banding together temporarily as the Sentinels of Magic.