Story: "Sins of the Child Part I: Jack's Day (the First Half)" (22 Pages)

Credits:

James Robinson (plot, script)
Tony Harris (pencils)
Wade Von Grawbadger (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Gregory Wright (colors)
Archie Goodwin (edits)

Feature Character:

Starman VII

Supporting Characters:

Ted Knight
Mikaal Tomas
Solomon Grundy (see Comment below for chronology of all three characters)
Clarence O'Dare (last in issue #10)

Villains:

Nash (last in issue #10; appears in the following issue in between pages)
Doctor Phosphorus (appearance same as panel in the following issue)

Other Characters:

Cardiff Mayhugh (a retired reporter)
Bill Delaney (a retired pathologist; first appearance of both; both die; both last in flashback in issue #18)

Comment: The events in issues #12-#16 take place in the course of one day. As the stories in issues #12-#15 all take place during the exact same timeframe the appearances of Jack and Ted Knight as well as Mikaal Tomas and Solomon Grundy have been arranged in chronological order according to the time as shown in the actual issues.

8.44 AM: Ted Knight and Mikaal Tomas [issue #15, page 1 through page 2, panel 4]
9.44-10.44 AM: Mikaal and Grundy [issue #15, page 2 panels 5 and 6]
9.59 AM: Jack Knight and Ted Knight [issue #13, page 1]
10.00-10.19 AM: Jack and Ted Knight [issue #12, pages 1-3]. Appearance at 10.19 AM also shown in issue #13, page 2, panel 1.
10.20-10.27 AM: Jack and Ted Knight [issue #13, page 2, panels 2-8]
10.45 AM: Mikaal and Grundy [issue #12, pages 4-7]
11.08 AM: Jack and Ted Knight and Mikaal and Grundy [issue #15, page 3, panels 1-4]
11.09-11.34 AM: Jack and Ted Knight and Mikaal and Grundy [issue #12, page 7 through 9, panel 1]
11.25 AM: Mikaal and Grundy [issue #13, page 4]. Appearance on panel 6 also shown in issue #12, page 7, panel 1.
11.32 AM: Mikaal and Grundy [issue #15, page 3, panels 5-6].
11.33 AM: Mikaal and Grundy [issue #15, pages 4-6]. Mikaal and Grundy's story continues on pages 8 through 22 of issue #15.
11.25-11.33 AM: Jack and Ted Knight [issue #12, page 9, panels 2-6]. Appearance on panels 5-6 also shown in issue #13, page 5, panel 1.
11.34-11.41 AM: Jack and Ted Knight [issue #13, page 5, panels 2-5]
11.41-12.10 AM: Jack and Ted Knight [issue #12, page 10, panels 1-5]. Appearance on panels 4 and 5 also shown in issue #13, page 5, panel 6. Jack's story then continues on pages 11 through 22 of issue #12. Ted Knight's story continues on pages 6 through 22 of issue #13.

Please note: Although issue #14 takes place during the same timeframe it does not feature any of these characters, but rather the Hope family, and is therefore not featured in the above list. The stories of all four issues come to a close in issue #16.

Synopsis: