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JSA #38 September 2002 [$2.50] Cover Credits: Michael Bair (pencils, inks; signed);

Story: "Father's Day" (22 pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns and David Goyer (plot, script); Steve Sadowski (pencils); Andrew Pepoy (inks); Ken Lopez (letters); John Kalisz (colors); Heroic Age (color separations); Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters: Mister Terrific II, Power Girl, Doctor Mid-Nite II, Jakeem Thunder, Hourman II

Guest Stars: Hourman I (last in JSA #36, next in Hawkman Vol. 4 #23)

Supporting Characters: Lashawn Williams (Jakeem's aunt), Johnny Thunderbolt

Other Characters: Phil (Jakeem's father), his unnamed child, Jennifer (Phil's wife; first appearance of both)

Synopsis:

Power Girl helps Mr Terrific get the JSA's communications systems up and running again. Meanwhile, Jakeem and Hourman are finding Father's Day a little difficult and both set out to see their fathers. Jakeem has never met his, and asks Johnny Thunderbolt to find him - he is Phil, who is doing a graduate degree in engineering at Ann Arbor. Jakeem wants to tell him of their relationship, but when he discovers Phil has a wife and child, and doesn't know he had a son before, he decides it would be best not to - after all, the JSA is all the home and family he needs now. Hourman, meanwhile, visits his father and has a heart to heart with him, using another few minutes of their last precious hour together. On his return, he and Jakeem go out to watch a movie, discovering a bizarre shared interest in Hong Kong film.