Story: "Double Trouble!" (32 Pages)

Credits: Mark Waid(plot, script); Rod Whigham (pencils); Romeo Tanghal (inks); Bob Pinaha (letters); Gene D'Angelo (colors); Brian Augustyn (edits)

Feature Characters: Blue Beetle II, Booster Gold, Fire, Ice, Power Girl Elongated Man, Flash III; Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #29; next in Green Lantern Annual Vol. 3 #1)

Guest Star: Norman the Doorman

Supporting Characters: Maxwell Lord, Claire Montgomery, Oberon

Villains: Fiero, Frostbite I, Scarab II, Elasti-Man, Deadeye, Element Man, Slipstream

Guest Appearances: Mindgrabber Kid (last in Justice League of America #70; next in Primal Force #10), Zeep, the Living Sponge (behind the scenes)

Other Characters: Bobby (Claire's assistant); Sonarr, Martian Womanhunter, Stinkbug, Will o'the Whiff (candidates to join the Congolmerate)

Synopsis:

The Conglomerate and JLI are due to take each other on in Gladiators-style events but all the members of the Conglomerate have quit. After a fruitless recruitment drive, Claire Montgomery (with the help of Norman the Doorman) gets hold of new members from another world, but they turn out to be evil Qwardians and the JLI must battle for their lives before sending them back to their rightful world.

Second Story: "It's...It's a Ballroom Blitz! Or, The Rook's a Crook" (12 Pages)

Credits: Mike Collins (plot, script, pencils); José Marzan Jr. (inks); Albert De Guzman (letters); Matt Hollingsworth (colors); Brian Augustyn (edits)

Feature Characters: Power Girl Flash III

Guest Star: Thunderbolt IV (between Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 and #4)

Supporting Character: Cairo De Frey (between Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 and #5)

Villain: Rook

Other Characters: Sir Hubert Abercrombie (senior Home Office civil servant; next in Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #??); Marcus St. James (a councillor)

Synopsis:

The Rook crashes a charity gala attended by Power Girl and Flash. They are only able to defeat her with the aid of Thunderbolt, back in action after several years.

Third Story: "Yesterday's News - A Pre-Breakdowns Flashback" (12 Pages)

Credits: Elliott S. Magin (plot, script); Tim Hamilton (pencils); Trevor Scott (inks); Clem Robins (letters); John Cebollero (colors); Brian Augustyn (edits)

Feature Characters: Martian Manhunter, Fire, Ice, Blue Beetle II, Booster Gold

Supporting Character: Maxwell Lord

Other Characters: Sylvia Duani; Bambi (Fire's friend and Max's date), Dick (Fire's date, a photographer)

Synopsis:

Fire discovers that reporter Sylvia Duani, very hostile to the JLI, was once (briefly) Max's wife, and arranges a date for the two of them.

Fourth Story: "The Real Return of...the Global Guardians!" (12 Pages)

Credits: Kevin Dooley (plot, script); Andy Smith (pencils, inks); Clem Robins (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); Brian Augustyn (edits)

Feature Characters: Rising Sun, Owlwoman, Seraph, Tasmanian Devil, Jack O'Lantern I, Dr Mist, Godiva, Bushmaster, Impala, Wild Huntsman II, Tuatara, Thunderlord, Olympian

Villain: Rumaan Harjavti

Synopsis:

Dr Mist's allies go into Bialya to rescue the rest of the Global Guardians and are surprised to encounter absolutely no resistance. Luckily, although their friends have been hypnotically programmed to kill them that night, deaths are avoided and Harjavti's subliminal command is overcome. The Global Guardians really are together again.