Story: "Tests and the Truth" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Jim Starlin and Paris Cullins (plot)
Jim Starlin (script)
Paris Cullins (pencils)
Bob Lewis (inks)
Bob Pinaha (letters)
Tom Ziuko (colors)
Renée Witterstaetter (edits)
Mike Carlin (edits)

Feature Characters:

Orion
Lightray
Highfather
Metron (both also in flashback)
Lonar (last in New Gods Vol. 1 #15)
The Commander (head of military detachments)
Madame Nature (security chief)
Teledar (planetary science officer; first appearance of all three; members of New Genesis's Ruling Elite along with Highfather and Lonar; all three also in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Eve Donner (last in issue #1)
Forager II
All-Widow
Prime One
Kradlock (first appearance; All-Widow's personal bodyguard)
The Insect Colony (in flashback preceding flashback in issue #2)

Villains:

Darkseid
DeSaad (both last in issue #3)
Mantis
Cyborg-87
Iota (first appearance of both; two of Darkseid's servants)