Story: "Grander Than Fire" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Jack C. Harris (plot, script)
Joe Quesada (pencils)
Art Nichols (inks)
Steve Haynie (letters)
John Cebollero (colors)
Jim Owsley (edits)

Feature Character:

Ray II (Raymond "Ray" Terrill; first appearance; not to be confused with his father, Happy Terrill, the Ray I)

Supporting Characters:

Hank Terrill (first appearance; Ray's cousin; also in flashback to events preceding this story)
Jennifer A. "Jenny" Jurden (first appearance; Ray's childhood neighbor and best friend; also in flashbacks preceding flashbacks in #3)
Ray I (first post-Crisis appearance; also in flashback; in flashback in Ray Vol. 2 #0 between flashbacks)
Thomas Terrill (first appearance; in flashback preceding flashback in Ray Vol. 2 #0, and in flashback in between flashbacks in Ray Vol. 2 #0; Ray's uncle and foster father; dies)
Ray's foster mother (first appearance; in flashback)

Villains:

A band of bank robbers (first appearance of all)

Other Characters:

Candwell the Candle Man (Dr. Candwell Dayzl (first appearance; a former scientist of RONOL, Research On the Properties Of Light)
Sister Rosemary
Sister Mary Rose (first appearance of all three; the latter two, Ray's childhood teachers, behind the scenes, exept in flashback in between flashbacks in Ray #0)
Kolpan (first appearance; in flashback; a tv reporter)

Comment: Ray Terrill born in flashback. Appears in flashback in Ray Vol. 2 #0 between flashbacks, then in flashback in #3 and Ray Vol. 2 #0 between flashbacks, then in flashback in #3 in between flashbacks, then in flashback preceding main story.