Story: "Red Star Rising" (25 Pages)

Credits: Marv Wolfman (plot, script); Tom Grummett (pencils); Al Vey (inks); John Costanza (letters); Adrienne Roy (colors); Jonathan Peterson (edits)

Feature Characters: Nightwing, Cyborg, Phantasm II, Pantha

Guest Stars: Deathstroke, Red Star

Supporting Characters: Steve Dayton, Arella; Captain Arthur Hall (last in ???)

Villains: Wildebeest, Wildebeest Society

Guest Appearances: Mirage II (Miriam Delgado), Prestor Jon (Jonathan Levine; first appearance of both; both last in flashback in issue #80; both next in issue #79)

Other Characters: Doctor Pyotr Raskov; Gregoff (first appearance; a KGB agent), Cherry Alexander (first appearance; a reporter for Channel 3 News), Gregory (first appearance; Captain Hall's assistant)