Story: "Last God Standing" (22 Pages)

Credits:

John Byrne (plot, script)
Ron Wagner (pencils)
Joe Rubinstein (inks);Clem Robbins (letters)
Noelle Giddings (colors);Paul Kupperberg (edits)

Feature Characters:

Atom II
Flash III
Prysm (all three next in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13)
Martian Manhunter (next in Detective Comics #714)
Mary Marvel (next in Power of Shazam! #32)
Metron (in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #97 between pages; next in Jack Kirby's Fourth World #10)
Takion (next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #127)
Saturn Girl
Spark (both in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #97 between pages; both next in Superboy Vol. 3 #45)
Steel III (next in Steel #44)
Queen Hippolyta
Donna Troy (both next in Wonder Woman #127)
Warrior (next in ...)
Tigorr (next in Starman Vol. 2 #57; all of the above fourteen feature characters also in flashback in between pages of issue #3; latter thirteen in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #126 in between pages of flashback)
Aquaman (next in Aquaman Vol. 5 #38)
Artemis IV (next in Wonder Woman #127)
Captain Marvel (next in Power of Shazam! #32)
Cosmic Boy
Ultra Boy (both in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #97 between pages; both next in Superboy Vol. 3 #45)
Brainiac 5 (in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #97 between pages; all three next in Legionnaires #54)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; next in Green Lantern Annual Vol. 3 #6)
Jesse Quick (behind the scenes; next in Speed Force #1/2)
Impulse
Max Mercury (both next in Impulse #32)
Big Barda
Mister Miracle II (both next in Jack Kirby's Fourth World #10)
Lightray
Orion (next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #127)
Ray II (next in DC One Million #2)
Risk
Argent II
Joto (all three next in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13)
Supergirl (next in Supergirl Vol. 3 #15)
Superman (next in Action Comics #738)
Superboy
Kindred Marx
Kaliber
Aura
Half-Life
Hero
Sparx (latter seven as the Ravers; all seven next in Superboy and the Ravers #14)
Munchukk
Broot (all of the above feature characters in Superboy and the Ravers #14 in between pages)
Spectre (in between Spectre Vol. 3 #58 and #59)
Starman VII (next in Starman Annual Vol. 2 #2, page 5)

Supporting Characters:

Arzaz
Shazam (next in Power of Shazam! #46)
Koko (in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #97 between pages; next in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #98)

Villains:

Darkseid (next in Darkseid (Villains) #1)
DeSaad
Parademons (both next in Superman: The Man of Steel #73)
Kalibak (next in Jack Kirby's Fourth World #9)
Unnamed Old God
Ares (last in Jack Kirby's Fourth World #8)

Guest Appearances:

Robin III (next in Robin Vol. 2 #46)
Huntress II (next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #51)
Catwoman (next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #50)
Nightwing (last in issue #1; next in Nightwing Vol. 2 #12)
Wiley Wolverton (next in Hawk and Dove Vol. 4 #1)
Thunderhead II
Bonfire
Frostbite III (all three in between Young Heroes In Love #5 and #6)
Marlon Corbett
Brenda Ruskin
Kenn Kawa
Clay Brody (all four as the Challengers of the Unknown; all four in between Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 3 #9 and #10)
Pyra
Kadaver

Comment: Allthough every single being throughout space is linked to the source, and thus appears behind the scenes in this storty, only the ones actually shown in this issue have been listed as guest appearances.