Story: "Public And Private" (22 Pages)

Credits: Kurt Busiek (plot, script); Tom Grummett (pencils); Prentis Rollins (inks); Comicraft (letters); Alex Sinclair (colors, color separations); Steve Wacker (assistant edits); Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters: Josiah Power (also in flashback following Power Company: Josiah Power #1 and preceding issue #1); Bork (also in flashback following Power Company: Bork #1 and preceding issue #1), Witchfire (next in flashback in issue #7); Striker Z (also in flashback following Power Company: Striker Z #1 and preceding issue #1), Skyrocket, Manhunter IV; Sapphire (joins the team)

Supporting Characters: Silver Shannon (next behind the scenes in issue #6); Charlie Lau (in flashback following Power Company: Striker Z #1 and preceding issue #2)

Villains: Number One II, The Strike Force; Nyi'tarla (behind the scenes as power inside mystic crystal; next in issue #6)

Guest Appearances: Christine St. Clair (last in issue #2), Asano Nitobe (last in Manhunter: The Special Edition)

Other Characters: Gwyneth Tate (last in Fury of Firestorm #62; TV reporter for KWHZ), Richard Benedict (first appearance; dies; next as a corpse in issue #6), Power Company Staff, KWHZ TV crew, TV Audience, San Francisco citizens, Jersey workers (in flashback)

Synopsis:

While the Power Company field agents are doing a TV interview, the Power Company building is invaded by the Strike Force. However, the combined forces of Josiah Power and the runaway Sapphire defeat the humiliated villains. Josiah then arranges for Sapphire to join the Company. Meanwhile, a jogger named Richard Benedict encounters a mystical crystal on the beach of San Francisco... and is killed when he touches it. And in the San Francisco Airport, Christine St. Clair and Asano Nitobe join up to investigate who is impersonating their old friend, Manhunter Paul Kirk.