Story: "Black Vengeance, Conclusion" (30 Pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Don Kramer, Leonard Kirk and Stephen Sadowski (pencils)
Keith Champagne and Michael Bair (inks)
Rob Leigh (letters)
John Kalisz (colors, color separations)
Harvey Richards (associate edits) Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters:

Mister Terrific II
Doctor Mid-Nite II
Hawkgirl II
Hourman II
Power Girl
Sand
Stargirl
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Wildcat II (both also in flashback)
Atom I (in flashback) Flash I (Jay Garrick; in flashback)

Guest Stars:

Hawkman I (also in flashback)
Captain Marvel

Supporting Character:

Atom Smasher II (also in flashbacks)

Villains: Black Adam (also in flashback)
Spectre Force
Eclipso III (both next in Day of Vengeance #2)
Northwind
Feitherans
Per Degaton

Other Character: Mrs. Devries (first appearance; a schoolteacher of Al Rothstein's; in flashback)
Julie Jacob (first appearance of both; two classmates of Al Rothstein; in flashback)

Comment: Continued from the previous issue.

Synopsis:

As Atom Smasher recalls the steps that led him to become a hero and to join Black Adam in Kahndaq, Eclipso taunts both him and Stargirl before disappearing from the scene. Although Hawkgirl sticks a spear in her eye and Black Adam breaks her neck, Eclipso appears unstoppable. Atom Smasher faces up to the Spectre, making a deal - if her will face judgement and vengeance, the Spectre will leave Kanhdaq alone. The Spectre does so, and as Per Degaton once predicted, Atom Smasher's heart seems to burst with sin. He falls to the ground, dead, as the Spectre disappears. Black Adam is able to use Shazam's lightning to revive Atom Smasher, who is taken away by the JSA.