Story: "The Unborn Hour" (22 Pages)

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

Feature Characters:

Hourman II
Star-Spangled Kid II
Mister Terrific II
Sand
Hawkgirl II
Captain Marvel
Doctor Fate IV

Villains: Flaw
Black Barax

Supporting Characters: Black Adam
Rebecca Tyler
Doctor Iker

Guest Appearance: Mister Terrific I (in April 1944)

Other Characters: The Fate-child's mother (see second Comment for #44)

Comment: Story continues (for Captain Marvel, Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific and Black Barax) in the next issue

Synopsis:

Hourman has a flash-forward: Black Barax is going to arrive at Tylerco. in one hour, and the JSA need to be there to prevent whatever schemes he has. Several JSA members head out there, while Doctor Fate journeys to Gemworld to discover the truth about his comatose wife. The JSA are met with incredulity at Tylerco., but the villain arrives exactly on time. Captain Marvel, followed by Hawkgirl and Mister Terrific, finds himself in Black Barax's time cube, which soon disappears from view into another time period...