Story: "Black Pieces" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Robert Loren Flemming (plot, script)
Colleen Doran (pencils)
Ray Kryssing (inks)
Gaspar Saladino (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
K.C. Carlson (edits)

Feature Character:

Eclipso (last in Eclipso Annual #1; in flashback in #1 in between flashbacks, and in #7-#8 in between flashbacks, and in flashback in between issue #8 and House of Secrets Vol. 1 #61)

Guest Star:

Darkseid (last in ...; next in ...; also in flashback to childhood; see Comment)

Supporting Character:

Henry Gordon (in flashback preceding Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1, and in flashback in between issues #7 and #17)

Guest Appearances:

Heggra (Darkseid's mother; dies)
DeSaad (both in flashback)

Other Characters:

Zeke
Deke (both last in #7; both die; in flashback)

Comment: Darkseid also appear in a childhood flashback in this story. However that flashback might very well be a fabrication of Darkseid's, as he according to Jack Kirby's Fourth World did not get his grotesque looks till after he had reached adulthood.