Story: "Threads" (22 Pages)

Credits: John Ostrander and Kim Yale (plot, script); John K. Snyder III (pencils); Geof Isherwood (inks); Todd Klein (letters); Carl Gafford (colors); Dan Raspler (edits)

Feature Characters: Amanda Waller, Vixen, Bronze Tiger, Jewelee; Major Victory, Poison Ivy, Punch II, Ravan, Deadshot (all five next in issue #38), Captain Boomerang, Count Vertigo (both next in issue #41), Nightshade (next in Captain Atom #44); Doctor Light III (as a ghost; next in flashback in issue #52), Shade the Changing Man

Guest Stars: Big Barda (next in Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #9); Mark Moonrider, Big Bear, Beautiful Dreamer, Serifan, Vykin the Black (all five as the Forever People)

Supporting Characters: John Economos (next in issue #39); Flo Crawley (deceased), Murph (in between issue #33 and #39), Doctor Mary White (last in issue #31), Richard Craemer, J. Dansfield Kale (both in between issue #32 and #39)

Villains: Damballah, Bocor (both last in issue #20), Mambo (first appearance; all three as the Loa); Stalnoivolk (last in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #81), Major Zastrow (becomes head of the Red Shadows, the Russian equivalent to Task Force X), Raskov (first appearance; a KGB agent)

Guest Appearance: Doctor Light II (as a ghost; next in flashback in issue #52), Wild Huntsman II (last in Justice League Europe #3; next in Justice League Europe Annual #1)

Other Characters: Ernesto, Hamad, Richie (first appearance of all three)