Story: "Homecoming" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Keith Giffen (plot, breakdown pencils)
Alan Grant (script)
Barry Kitson (pencils);Inker: Mike DeCarlo (inks)
Gaspar Saladino Saladino (letters)
Lovern Kindzierski (colors)
Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Characters:

Vril Dox II (revealed as the son of Brainiac; also in flashback preceding flashback in issue #23 and preceding Invasion! #1; also in flashback in between panels of flashback in issue #23)
Garryn Bek (both last seen in Invasion! #2; both also appear in flashback in between Invasion! #1 and #2)
the Durlan
Lyrissa Mallor (the shadow powered heraditary planetary champion on Talok VIII)
Strata (a native of the planet Dryad)
Stealth (first actual appearance; all six also in flashback following Invasion! #2 and preceding this issue)

Villains:

The Computer Tyrants of Colu (first appearance; also in flashback following in flashback in issue #23 and preceding main story)
Brainiac (in flashback preceding flashback in issue #23)

Other Characters:

Bard'l Buuzh
Veran Buuzh
Ka'teen Buuzh
Veran J. Buuzh
Marus Buuzh
M'Kel Byaarn
Farga Byiin
Janoz Byiin
Ermel Caalon
Carnn (citizens of Culu; all die behind the scenes)

Flashbacks: The Computer Tyrants of Culu eliminates Brainiac; Vril Dox II taken hostage by the Invasion Alliance; Dox and Bek escape Starlag prison cell; Dox, Bek, the Durlan, Mallor, Strata, Stealth escape Starlag and heads for Culu.