Story: "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies..." (22 Pages)

Credits:

Walter Simonson (plot, script, pencils, inks)
John Workman (letters)
Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh (colors)
Joey Cavalieri (edits)

Feature Character:

Orion (also in flashback in between JLA #41 and main story)

Supporting Characters:

Highfather
Lightray
Dan Turpin
Maisie Turpin (Dan's daughter)

Villains:

Darkseid
DeSaad
Lady Justeen (first appearance)
Kalibak
Tigra (also in flashback preceding main story)
Para-Demons

Other Characters:

Seward Carpenter (the Governor of Lincoln's wife's cousin)
"Momma" (the owner of Mom's Kitchen, a small diner)
Lucinda (a waitress at Mom's Kitchen)
other inhabitants of Main Line, Nebraska (first appearance of all)
Jeremiah (first appearance; a highway patrolman; dies)
Chris Charon (first appearance; a news reporter)
Joe
Bill (first appearance; two police officers; both die)
The unnamed Governor of Lincoln, Nebraska (first appearance)