Story: "Justice Be Done" (22 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson and David S. Goyer (plot)
David S. Goyer (script)
Stephen Sadowski (pencils)
Michael Bair (inks)
Ken Lopez (letters)
John Kalisz (colors)
Heroic Age (color separations)
Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters:

Sandy Hawkins
Sentinel
Flash I
Wildcat II
Wonder Woman (Hippolyta)
Black Canary II
Starman VII
Atom Smasher
Hourman III (all nine last in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1/1)

Guest Stars:

Star-Spangled Kid II (last in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1/1)
Kid Eternity (dies)
Fate (last in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1/2; dies)
Scarab (last in Scarab #8)
Dream II

Supporting Characters:

Ted Knight
Speed Saunders (both last in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1/1)
Johnny Thunder
Kent Nelson
Wesley Dodds (last in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1/1; deceased; buried in this issue)

Villains:

Mordru (last in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1/2)
the Sons of Anubis
Ian Karkull (last in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #3; next in issue #5)
Todd Rice (Obsidian)

Synopsis:

Kid Eternity is pursued through the sewers and killed by the Dark Lord while Sand has a dream in which he learns of Sandman's death and makes contact with Dream of the Endless.

Wesley Dodds' funeral is held, at which Sand gives a eulogy. Also in attendance are the active JSAers (Wildcat, Flash, Sentinel and Hippolyta) along with Ted Knight and Johnny Thunder, Starman, Hourman, Atom Smasher, Star-Spangled Kid and Black Canary. Jade is unable to attend due to problems in New York arising from the time she spent as a Green Lantern. Elsewhere, Obsidian meets a mysterious man called Ian in a restaurant.

After the funeral, the Flash sees a vision of Kent Nelson, the former Doctor Fate, mere seconds before Jared Stevens, current bearer of the helm of Nabu, arrives, collapsing due to a knife in his back. He has been murdered. Before the assembled heroes truly have time to react, the Sons of Anubis - ancient Egyptian zombie-like creatures - burst from the ground to steal Fate's artefacts, which disappear once the heroes remove the threat they pose. Scarab arrives, telling the heroes that their help is urgently needed.