Story: "Our Fighting Forces" (38 Pages)

Credits:

Karl Kesel (plot, script)
Aron Wiesenfeld
Paul Grist
Paul Chadwick and Steve Lieber (pencils, inks)
Amanda Connor (pencils)
Jimmy Palmiotti (inks)
Janice Chiang
Kurt Hathaway
Steve Lieber and John Workman (letters)
Ro Bleyeart (colors, separations)
Nachie Castro and Matt Idelson (edits)

Feature Character:

Harley Quinn

Guest Stars:

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #115; next in Action Comics #782)

Villains:

Qwaabla (first appearance; man-eating alien disguised as one of Gotham's finest)
Joe
Qué
Tim and Tom
Jude (former henchmen)
Stompa
Lashina
Mad Harriet
Bernadeth (the Female Furies; next in Young Justice #37
General Zod (last in Action Comics #782)
Faora (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #117; next in Action Comics #782)
Kancer (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #117)

Other Characters:

Ed Borgigne (a Midway sherriff; first appearance; dies)
'Kon Taaga Ru' (an alien; first appearance; dies)

Synopsis:

Aboard the alliance's Paradocs vessel, Jimmy Olsen stumbles across a communication from Braniac-13 that includes an awful lot of binary code which is dumped straight into his brain. He also finds himself spinning down towards Earth in what turns out to be an escape pod. He lands in Gotham, where he encounters aliens disguised as police officers. Running from them, he soon comes to a dead-end, but is saved by Harley Quinn, who is always happy to help those pursued by the law.

Jimmy decides his only option for staying alive is to tell a huge lie - he tells her he wants to get back to Metropolis to see his fiancée. Unfortunately for him, Harley is so moved by this that she won't just tell him how to get back there, but she'll take him herself - they are soon on their way in the Jokermobile. They have to stop for petrol at Midway, where they encounter an alien being and a paranoid local sheriff. Seeing that the situation is delicate, they get away as quickly as possible. As they do so, they see a big fireball erupt - you shouldn't shoot at aliens in a petrol station!

As they approach Metropolis, they run into the Female Furies, but luckily Harley is able to confuse Mad Harriet and Stompa, and Jimmy spouts binary code at Lashina, which bores her totally. Safely in Metropolis at last, they part company and Jimmy breathes a sigh of relief. Little does he know that Zod and his minions are waiting round the corner...