Story: "Spies Like Us" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Dan Curtis Johnson (plot, script)
Derec Aucoin (pencils)
Claude St. Aubin (inks)
Ken Bruzenak (letters)
Digital Chameleon (colors)
Tony Bedard & Maureen McTigue (edits)

Feature Character:

Cameron Chase (appears in DCU Villains Secret Files #1 between pages)

Guest Star:

Martian Manhunter (disguised as Sarge Steel for much of the story; (appears in DCU Villains Secret Files #1 between pages)

Supporting Character:

Director Bones

Villains:

"Bucco" Pirelli
Davey Filippi (mobsters)
Word II (first appearance, between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Bonny Hoffman
Carmen Leno (as the Body Doubles, between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)

Guest Appearances:

Captain Marvel
Wildcat I
Anarky
Blue Beetle II
Hitman, Natt the Hatt (appearance of both same as part of, and appear next in DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Resurrection Man (between pages of DCU Villains Secret Files #1)
Sentinel

Synopsis:

Cameron Chase and Sarge Steel check in on various heroes of the Eastern coast of the U.S.A. to see whether the D.E.O.'s data is up to date. However, Chase is unaware that she is actually being accompanied by the Martian Manhunter, who wants to check up on the D.E.O., and not Sarge Steel at all.

Second Story: "A Guide to Resurrection Man's Powers" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (plot, script)
Gary Erskine (pencils, inks)
Annie Parkhouse (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters:

Cliff DeWitt (in between Resurrection Man #20 and #22)
Mr Fangle (first appearance; dies)

Synopsis:

Cliff DeWitt asks an employee for information on Resurrection Man's powers; but the employee is only able to give him a list of what powers he has displayed, not the how or the why of it. So DeWitt has him killed.

Third Story: "[No Title]" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant (plot, script)
Greg Luzniak (pencils)
Mark Propst (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters:

Lobo (between Lobo #59 and #60)
Bludgeon (first appearance?)
The Great Carlini (Mike Carlin)

Synopsis:

The Great Carlini insists that Lobo tone down the violence and become the family-friendly Superbo. He gets a punch in the face for his trouble, but knows he'll have the last laugh - if Lobo doesn't agree, his book will be cancelled!

Fourth Story: "An Anarky Primer" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant (plot, script)
Norm Breyfogle (pencils, inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters:

Anarky
Senator Tork (a politician)
Capital Eagle (patriotic hero)

Synopsis:

Anarky battles the 'government tool' Capital Eagle in order to make a point about a corrupt politician.

Credits:

Keith Giffen (plot, script)
Mike McKone (pencils)
Mark McKenna (inks)
Bob Lappan (letters)
Digital Chameleon (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters:

Baby Vext (first appearance of Vext)
L'il Paramour (first appearance of Paramour)

Synopsis:

Even as a child, Vext's life wasn't great.

Feature: "D.E.O. Headquarters Map" (1 Page)

Credits:

Eliot Brown (text, pencils, inks)
Digital Chameleon (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: Diagram of the interior of several floors of the D.E.O.'s headquarters

"Vext - The Formative Years" (1 Page)

Sixth Story: "[Lost Pages: Above Top Secret]" (4 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Millar (plot, script)
Matthew Clark (pencils)
Tom Simmons (inks)
Clem Robins (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Characters:

Lex Luthor
unnamed D.E.O. accountant (first appearance; dies)

Synopsis:

A member of the D.E.O.'s accounts team is disturbed by the fact that the Department has been concocting plans to kill all the country's super-heroes, should it ever become necessary. He takes this informatio to Lex Luthor, but Luthor is well aware of it - he promises to give the information back to Director Bones, and has the mole killed.

Feature: "6⁰ of the DCU" (1 Page)

Credits:

Matt Brady (text)
Adam DeKraker (pencils)
Rich Faber (inks)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: For no apparent reason, a DCU version of the 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' game.

Feature: "Wildcat/Captain Marvel" (1 Page)

Credits:

Beau Smith (text)
Drew Johnson (pencils)
Rich Faber (inks)
Ken Lopez (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: The similarities and differences between Captain Marvel and Wildcat.

Feature: "Timeline" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Matt Brady (text)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: A timeline of events concerning those characters profiled in this issue.

Feature: "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Blue Valley High Yearbook" (1 Page)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (text)
Lee Moder (pencils)
Dan Davis (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: Courtney Whitmore's high school yearbook.

Feature: "Profile Pages" (xx Pages)

Credits:

D. Curtis Johnson (text - Chase)
J.H. Williams (pencils - Chase)
Mick Gray (inks - Chase)
Lee Loughridge (colors - Chase)
Digital Chameleon (separations - all)
Matt Brady (text - Martian Manhunter, Hitman, Captain Marvel, Lobo, Magical Heroes, Wildcat, Atom and The L.A.W.)
Tom Mandrake (pencils, inks - Martian Manhunter)
Tom McCraw (colors - all except Chase)
John McCrea (pencils, inks - Hitman)
Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (text - Resurrection Man)
Butch Guice (pencils, inks - Resurrection Man)
Peter Krause (pencils - Captain Marvel)
Jerry Ordway (inks - Captain Marvel)
Greg Luzniak (pencils - Lobo)
Mark Propst (inks - Lobo)
John Francis Moore (text - Chronos)
Paul Guinan (pencils - Chronos)
Steve Leialoha (inks - Chronos)
Dusty Abell (pencils, inks - Magical Heroes)
Sergio Cariello (pencils - Wildcat)
Danny Miki (inks - Wildcat)
Geoff Johns (text - Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E.)
Lee Moder (pencils - Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E.)
Dan Davis (inks - Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E.)
Georges Jeanty (pencils - Atom)
Jason Martin (inks - Atom)
Keith Giffen (text - Vext)
Mike McKone (pencils - Vext)
Mark McKenna (inks - Vext)
Alan Grant (text - Anarky)
Norm Breyfogle (pencils, inks - Anarky)
Dick Giordano (pencils - The L.A.W.)
Bob Layton (inks - The L.A.W.)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: Profile pages of Chase, MArtian Manhunter, Hitman, Resurrection Man, Captain Marvel, Lobo, Chronos, Magical Heroes (2 pages), Wildcat, Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E., Atom, Vext, Anarky and the L.A.W.