Story: "Thunder in the Night!" (23 Pages)

Credits: Paul Kupperberg (plot, script); Mike Mignola (pencils); P. Craig Russell (inks); (letters); (colors); Mike Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Phantom Stranger

Supporting Characters: Bruce Gordon, Valentina Vostok (last in issue #1), Jimmy Olsen (next in ...)

Villains: Eclipso; Dmitri (a demon posing as a Russian Consular Attache), Rizzoli, Sgt. York (two shapeshifting demons; first appearance of all three); Lycaon, the Temple of Divine Light (behind the scenes)

Other Characters: President Ronald Reagan; Douglas Payton (the President's Chief of Staff); Colonel Evans, General Ashe, Henderson (White House officials); Russian President Boris Yeltsin; Illya Alexandrovish (a Russian Presidential aide); Tarkoff (head of the Gotham Broadcasting Company)