Story: "O Deadly Darkseid" (18 Pages)

Credits: John Byrne (plot, script, pencils, inks, letters); Buzz Setzer (colors); Paul Kupperberg (edits)

Feature Characters: Orion (next in JLA #20), Metron, Takion

Supporting Character: Arzaz (last in Genesis #4)

Villains: Darkseid (last in issue #14; released from the wall of the Source), DeSaad (last in issue #14), Kalibak, Tigra; Granny Goodness, Virman Vundabar, Kanto (all three last in Darkseid (Villains) #1), Para-Demons

Other Characters: The Nameless One, Prodigian

Second Story: "The Guardian of Infinity" (4 Pages)

Credits: John Byrne (plot, script, pencils, inks, letters); Buzz Setzer (colors); Paul Kupperberg (edits)

Feature Characters: Drax (becomes the new Infinity Man); Infinity Man (Astorr of Apokolips; dies)

Comment: This story is the first part of a "Tales of the New Gods" telling the origin of the Infinity Man.