Story: "Family Ties" (31 Pages)

Credits: Beau Smith (plot, script); Mitch Byrd (pencils); Joe Staton (pencils; uncredited); Dan Davis (inks); Albert De Guzman (letters); Stuart Chaifetz (colors); Eddie Berganza (edits)

Feature Character: Warrior (last in Justice League International Quarterly #16; also appears in flashback to prom night following flashback in Guy Gardner #12 and preceding flashback in Guy Gardner #13; next in Deathstroke, the Hunted #42)

Guest Star: Phantom Stranger (last in ???; next in ???)

Supporting Characters: Buck Wargo, Joey Hong, Rita Muldoon, Tiger-Man II, Veronna (all five last in issue #23), Arisia (last in issue #21), Heather Adkins (last in issue #22:; also in flashback preceding issue #22), Queen Olaf (last in Justice League America #91)

Villains: Dementor (in between issue #22 and #28), Militia (last in issue #19; next in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #60), The Quorum (in between issue #19 and #27; behind the scenes)

Other Characters: Becky Crawford (last in issue #22), Chuck (first appearance; one of Buck's helicopter pilots), Ice Guardians

Comment: This issue also includes the following pin-ups: "Guy Gardner: Emerald Dawn" by Joe Staton (pencils) and Terry Austin (inks) and Tom McCraw (colors), "Guy -n- Ice" by Adam Hughes (pencils, inks) and Gene D'Angelo (colors), "Guy Gardner Reborn" by Howard Porter (pencils, inks) and Pat Garrahy (colors), "Doomsday!" by Dan Jurgens (pencils), Art Thibert (inks) and Glenn Whitmore (colors), "Guy vs. Militia" by Mitch Byrd (pencils), Dan Davis (inks) and Bob LeRose (colors), "Emerald Fallout" by Gene Ha (pencils, inks) and Greg Wright (colors), "Warrior" by Scott McDaniel (pencils, inks) and Mark Chiarello (colors).
This issue marks the first appearance of the Warriors bar & gym.
It is revealed that Guy was informed of Ice's death through Blue Beetle's televised message in Justice League International #67.