Story: "Avatar Rising" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Bob Layton (plot, script, inks)
Dick Giordano (pencils)
John E. Workman (letters)
Tom Ziuko (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Frank Berrios (assistant edits)
Joey Cavalieri (edits)

Feature Characters:

Question (last in Batman Chronicles #15/3)
Captain Atom (last in ???)
Sarge Steel (last in ???)
Blue Beetle II (last in ???)
Nightshade II (last in Superboy and the Ravers #12)
Judomaster I (last in flashback in issue #4)
Peacemaker III (Mitchell Black; first appearance)

Supporting Character:

Salt (first appearance; a representative of the Peacemaker Project)

Villains:

Avatar (first appearance; last in flashback in #4)
Ravanans (Rakshasas; first appearance; other-dimensional demons)

Guest Appearances:

Fate (last in Book of Fate #12; next in JSA Secret Files #1/2)
Rama Kushna (last in ???; next in ???)
Taj Ze (last in ???; next in ???)
Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman
Flash III
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Aquaman
Martian Manhunter
Orion
Big Barda
Steel III
Plastic Man (latter eleven as the JLA; all eleven next in issue #3)

Other Characters:

President Bill Clinton
Peacemaker agents (first appearance of all)
Nora (first appearance; Vic Sage's boss at GBS Evening News)
Bill Wultzer (first appearance; a reporter for GBS Evening News)
Lao (first appearance; an inhabitant of Nanda Parbat)