Story: "Stealing Thunder Part 1: Wish Fulfillment" (22 Pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns and David Goyer (plot, script)
Leonard Kirk (pencils)
Keith Giffen (pencils - prologue)
Keith Champagne (inks)
Milgrom (inks - prologue)
Ken Lopez (letters)
John Kalisz (colors)
Heroic Age (color separations)
Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters:

Sand
Hawkman I (under Ultra-Humanite's control)
Power Girl

Supporting Character: Jakeem Thunder

Villains: Icicle II
Geomancer (deceased)
Ultra-Humanite (behind the scenes)

Guest Appearances: Gunfire
Blue Devil
Starfire
Plastic Man
Solomon Grundy
Phantom Lady II
Firestorm
Weather Wizard (all eight in the Ultra-Humanite's tubes)
Black Lightning
Red Tornado II
Geo-Force
Mary Marvel
Major Force
Wonder Woman
Superman
Captain Atom (all seven under the Ultra-Humanite's control)
Crimson Avenger II (last in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9)
Captain Marvel
Hourman II (last three teamed with Power Girl and Jakeem Thunder as 'the new JSA')

Synopsis:

Sand is awakened from a dream world by the Icicle and discovers that the Ultra-Humanite has been controlling the entire world for months now, with numerous powerful heroes under his control, the rest experiencing a kind of virtual reality from within hundreds of tubes. When they reach the outside world, they watch Black Lightning being attacked by some of those under the Humanite's control and are then discovered by Jakeem Thunder, who takes them to relative safety. Here they meet others who have broken free or woken up, a very few heroes who are calling themselves the new JSA.