Story: "Five By Five, Part Two: Strength in Numbers" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Judd Winick (plot, script)
Tom Raney (pencils, inks)
Phil Balsman (letters)
Gina Going (colors)
Tom Palmer, Jr. (associate edits)
Eddie Berganza (edits)

Feature Characters:

Arsenal IV
Grace II
Indigo
Jade
Nightwing II
Shift
Thunder III

Supporting Character:

Arsenal's mysterious informant (behind the scenes in telephone conversation only)

Villains:

Gizmo (dies)
Jinx
Mammoth
Psimon
Shimmer
Sivana

Other Character:

Dr. Chelsea Hoover (of S.T.A.R. Labs)

Comment: Continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Jade finds herself alone against Mammoth and Shimmer and takes quite a beating before Thunder and Arsenal appear on the scene. Thunder has the water in her lungs turned to water by Shimmer, and almost drowns before the villains are transported to safety. Here, the Fearsome Five try to turn against Sivana, but he kills Gizmo as a demonstration that he is not to be trifled with. Having retrieved a box of his belongings from a Lexcorp facility, Sivana orders the remaining Fearsome Five to leave him - if they ever come near hm again, he'll kill all of them. Back in New York, Thunder is treated by Dr. Hoover, while Jade tries to make Nightwing see how his distance from his team-mates is likely to end with one or more of them getting killed. At that moment, Arsenal gets a tip that the team need to get to Joshua Tree, quickly, because the remaining Fearsome Five members have located 23 nuclear missiles stockpiled by Lex Luthor.