Story: "Virtue and Vice" (94 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns and David Goyer (plot, script)
Carlos Pacheco (pencils)
Jesus Merino (inks)
Ken Lopez(letters)
Guy Major (colors)
Digital Chameleon (separations)
Dan Raspler (edits)

Feature Characters:

Atom II
Atom Smasher II
Batman
Captain Marvel, Doctor Fate IV
Doctor Mid-Nite II
Flash I
Flash III
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Hawkgirl II
Hawkman I
Hourman II
Jakeem Thunder
Martian Manhunter
Mister Terrific II
Plastic Man
Power Girl
Sand
Sentinel
Star-Spangled Kid II
Superman
Wildcat II
Wonder Woman

Guest Stars:

Black Canary II
Firestorm II
Green Arrow I
Zatanna
Captain Atom

Supporting Characters:

President Lex Luthor
Black Adam
Renée Montoya
Crispus Allen
Hooty
Amanda Waller
Shazam

Villains:

Doctor Bedlam (also in flashback between ??? and main story)
Seven Deadly Enemies of Man
Johnny Sorrow (also in flashback between JSA #20 and JLA/JSA Secret Files #1)
Sons of Anubis
Typhon
Surtur (the fire giant)
Despero (also in flashback between ??? and main story)

Guest Appearances:

Vixen
Mary Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr
Geo-Force
Katana
Black Lightning
Robotman II
Kid Slick
Nightwing II
Changeling
Impulse
Red Tornado II
Robin III
Wonder Girl II
Platinum I
Mercury II

Other Characters:

Janet Crawford (reporter for Gotham Broadcasting)

Synopsis:

The JLA and JSA, gathering together for Thanksgiving (as well as to discuss better coordination between the two groups) have their social activities interrupted by an incident in Africa, where Lex Luthor is attacked by Doctor Bedlam. On their return from this, various members of the groups begin to act very oddly, soon attacking their colleagues and destroying the JSA brownstone. It quickly becomes apparent that they have been possessed, sending some of their team-mates to Fate's tower and some of them to the limbo of Ragnarok. The reserves are called into action.

The unaffected heroes left on Earth discover that their friends have been possessed by the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, personifications of the deadly sins. Mister Terrific is Pride, Green Lantern is Envy, Plastic Man is Greed, Batman is Anger, Doctor Fate is Sloth, Power Girl is Lust and Captain Marvel is Gluttony, and their influence spreads to the ordinary people around them. The masterminds of this are revealed as Johnny Sorrow and Despero (who has inhabited Lex Luthor's body) and they key to their defeat is found in the power of Shazam. The sins are exorcised and once captured, Johnny Sorrow is forced to expel Despero from Luthor's body. In gratitude, Luthor arranges for a new JSA headquarters to be built in New York.