Story: "Close Encounters" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Waid and Tom McCraw (plot)
Tom McCraw (script)
Jeffrey Moy (pencils)
Ron Boyd (inks)
Pat Brosseau (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
K.C. Carlson (edits)

Feature Characters:

Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn)
Live Wire (Garth Ranzz)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen)
Apparition (Tinya Wazzo; first post-Zero Hour appearance; last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #102/2)
Triad (Luornu Durgo; both join the Legion of Super-Heroes)

Guest Stars:

Gim Allon (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #6/4; a Science Police lieutenant)
Kid Quantum (James Cullen; a contender in the annual planetary championship competition on Xanthu; in between flashbacks in #60)
Jenni Ognats (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #6/2)
Chameleon
Querl Dox (in between panels of flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #77)
Lyle Norg (last in flashback in #66; first post-Zero Hour appearance of all; all chosen as their world's representative in the Legion of Super-Heroes)

Supporting Characters:

R.J. Brande (next in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #77)
Gigi Cusimano (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #6/4; a U.P. officer; next in Showcase '95 #6/3)
Rond Vidar (Querl Dox's lab assistant; first post-Zero Hour appearance of both; latter next in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #77)
Ambassador Winema Wazzo (first post-Zero Hour appearance; Tinya's mother and the ambassador of Bgtzl; last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #102/2)

Villains:

Roderick Doyle
Jando
President Jeanne Chu

Guest Appearances:

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Star Boy (first post-Zero Hour appearance of both; contenders in the annual planetary championship on Xanthu; both next in flashback in #60)