Story: "Gathering Storms" (22 Pages)

Credits: James Robinson and David S. Goyer (plot)
David S. Goyer (script)
Scott Benefiel (pencils)
Mark Propst (inks)
Ken Lopez (letters)
John Kalisz (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters:

Wesley Dodds (last in ...; dies)
Sentinel
Flash I
Wildcat II
Wonder Woman (Hippolyte)
Starman VII
Ted Knight
Hourman III
Atom Smasher II (Albert Julian Rothstein; formerly Nuklon)
Sandy Hawkins
Pat Dugan (behind the scenes; all twelve next in JSA #1)
Black Canary II

Guest Stars:

Grey Man
Hawkgirl II (Kendra Saunders; first appearance; next in JSA #2)

Supporting Characters:

Star-Spangled Kid II
Speed Saunders (both next in JSA #1)

Villains:

Sportsmaster Clones
Mordru

Synopsis

Sandman and Speed Saunders rendezvous with the Gray Man in Tibet. They are given details of three unborn children, one of whom is destined to be the next incarnation of Dr Fate. Saunders and the Gray Man will contact various people for help while Sandman remains. He is discovered by the Dark Lord, who attempts to gain the information about the fate child from him. In order to prevent this happening, the hero throws himself from the mountain.

The surviving members of the Justice Society - Sentinel, Flash, Wildcat and Hippolyta (the Golden Age Wonder Woman) - learn of the Sandman's death, and gather those heroes related to the Society for his funeral: the Star-Spangled Kid and Starman, the android Hourman, Nuklon (now going by the name of Atom Smasher) and Black Canary. Meanwhile, Kendra Saunders dons the wings of Hawkgirl for the first time, and Sanderson Hawkins awakes from an unusually disturbed sleep.

Second Story: "Dead Ends" (5 Pages)

Credits: Steven Grant (plot, script)
Eddy Newell (pencils, inks)
Janice Chiang (letters)
Gloria Vasquez (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters: Black Canary II
Fate (last in L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) #1; both next in JSA #1)

Villain: Mordru (next in JSA #1)

Synopsis

Black Canary asks Fate to attend Wesley Dodds' funeral in honour of his predecessors as Dr Fate. He is uninterested as he feels no connection to the Golden Age heroes, or to any others for that matter. He explains how he spends his time - finding and fighting demons - saying that this makes him different from the other heroes. Canary reluctantly agrees to let him do as he wishes.

The Dark Lord discovers Fate's location.

Third Story: "History 101" (4 Pages)

Credits: Ron Marz (plot, script)
Chris Weston (pencils, inks)
Janice Chiang (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Maureen McTigue and Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters: Sentinel
Star-Spangled Kid II

Synopsis

Acting on a suggestion from Ted Knight, Sentinel shows the new Star-Spangled Kid various trophies from the Justice Society's long heroic career. She is generally disinterested until the subject of her predecessor comes up.