Story: "Old Business" (23 Pages)

Credits:

Kurt Busiek (plot, script)
Tom Grummett (pencils)
Yanick Paquette (flashback pencils)
Prentis Rollins (inks)
Comicraft (letters)
Alex Sinclair (colors, color separations)
Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters:

Josiah Power (last in flashback in issue #7; also in flashback in events prior to flashback in Power Company: Josiah Power #1)
Skyrocket
Manhunter IV (both last in flashback in issue #7)
Bork
Witchfire
Sapphire (all three last in flashback in issue #7; all three next in JLA #61/2)

Guest Stars:

Green Arrow I (last in Hawkman Vol. 4 #6; next in issue #8; also in flashback between Green Lantern Vol. 2 #84 and #85)
Black Canary II (in flashback between Green Lantern Vol. 2 #84 and #86)

Supporting Characters:

Margo (first appearance; Power Company's receptionist; next in issue #10)
Charlie Lau (last in issue #2; next in issue #14)
Silver Shannon (behind the scenes; last in issue #4, next in flashback in issue #8)
Rupe (last in Power Company: Josiah Power #1; next in issue #8)

Villains:

Jack Spheer (in flashback, next as Biomax in flashback in issue #8)
mutated pigs and cows (in flashback)
Nyi'tarla (behind the scenes as power inside crystal; last in issue #4; next in JLA #61/2)

Guest Appearances:

Hal Jordan (in flashback in between Green Lantern Vol. 2 #84 and #85)
Carol Ferris (in flashback in between Green Lantern Vol. 2 #84 and #89)

Other Characters:

Jason Spheer (first appearance; in flashback; also behind the scenes in framing story; next in flashback in issue #8)
Heath and his dad (first appearance of both; one of them possibly next in JLA #61/2)
Richard Benedict (last in issue #4; as a corpse)
Power Company Staff
San Fransisco Citizens

Comment: The framing story of this issue is partly simultaneous with issue #7 (Striker Z's adventure in Canada).

Synopsis:

The partners of the Power Company are in constant quarrel over their different ideologies and their attitudes towards their work, and they are only held together by the calm, competent leadership of Josiah Power. Charlie Lau tests Sapphire's powers and finds out that her gem does not give her powers – it's the gem that is psychically sensitive and responds to Sapphire's thoughts, meaning she gives IT powers. Josiah Power agrees to take an assignment from BioSpheer Chemical Company. Meanwhile, Green Arrow prepares to interfer with these "corporate slimeballs". And on the Marin County beach, two more people fall under the spell of the mysterious crystal. In a flashback story, we see Green Arrow and Black Canary's first clash with the rogue Jack Spheer of BioSpheer, and with their attorney, a young Josiah Power...