Legion of Super-Heroes #19 – “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” – Paul Levitz/Greg Larocque/Larry Mahlstedt
This one starts on Manna-5, a planet that’s recently experienced some damaging tidal waves. Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl, and Colossal Boy are there to help the victims and prevent any more tsunamis. Everything’s going fine until Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy suddenly vanish. Colossal Boy calls headquarters, where Timber Wolf and Blok are on monitor duty. They summon Element Lad, but before he can figure out what to do, he vanishes as well. At Science Police headquarters, Chief Zendak is pissed off about the recent brainwashing of some of his officers to commit acts of terror and he tells
the rest of them they’d better find out who’s behind it soon. At Legion HQ, a meeting is called with Brainiac 5 (who’s deputy leader) in charge. Turns out Shrinking Violet and Chameleon Boy are missing too, and Brainiac 5 points out that the five Legionnaires who have vanished are the same ones who were lost in Limbo back in issue 8. Before they can figure out a strategy, a Controller shows up and tells them he’s taken their teammates because he needs them to finish something they disrupted while in Limbo. Elsewhere (possibly in Limbo, but it’s not really clear), the Controller explains things to the five Legionnaires he’s taken. He reminds them of the Sun-Eater they destroyed and shows them a gigantic 
planet travelling through space. The planet (Tyrraz) is like one giant weapon that’s capable of blowing away planets, kinda like the Death Star. The Controller was supposed to eliminate Tyrraz with the Sun-Eater, but now that’s no longer an option, so he wants the five Legionnaires to help stop Tyrraz. Back at Legion HQ, various Legionnaires (White Witch, Sensor Girl, Dawnstar, Mon-El) use their powers to look for the missing Legionnaires, but to no avail. Brainy is having trouble concentrating since Supergirl’s death in the Crisis and finds his mind wandering to the mystery of Sensor Girl’s identity. Out in space, the Legionnaires scout Tyrraz and almost get blown away (and
we see the inhabitants of Tyrraz look like Tyr, from the legion of Super-Villains). They wonder how the hell they can stop this massive engine of destruction. The Controller gives Element Lad shit for preventing him from destroying Tyrraz, but Element Lad reminds him the Legion Code forbids killing, so they had to stop him from wiping out a whole planet. The Controller points out that Tyrraz will be within range of inhabited planets soon, so Element Lad’s morality might get billions of people killed.
“Freedom of Choice” – Paul Levitz/Chuck Patton/Mike DeCarlo
This is a back-up story about Invisible Kid (Jacques Foccart) undergoing some tests on Medicus One to see if there’s a way to control his teleportation powers. Dr. Gym’ll tells him he can remove Jacques’ invisibility powers, his teleportation powers, or both (and recommends the latter). Jacques goes for a walk to consider things and runs into some scumbags trying to steal drugs. He defeats them with the help of his invisibility, so he decides to keep that power but get rid of the teleportation (which he’s been leery about since he accidentally killed someone with it back in issue 10).
New Teen Titans #17 – “For Better … For Worse” – Marv Wolfman/Eduardo Barreto/Romeo Tanghal
This one continues from last issue, with Blackfire leading a rebel army toward the capital of Tamaran, where her sister Starfire is getting married to a Tamaranian prince to seal a diplomatic treaty. Blackfire thinks her father is weak and has abandoned the martial values that Tamaranians prize so highly … and judging by the army she’s amassed, a lot of Tamaranians agree with her. She’s bringing Dick (Nightwing) Grayson, Jericho, and her brother Ryand’r, who were all captured last issue. Ryand’r breaks free and rags Blackfire into the sky, threatening to drop her if she
doesn’t free his friends (apparently Blackfire can’t fly), but she refuses. Dick and Jericho break free on their own (and we see Jericho can use his mind-replacing powers even when he’s already in someone else’s body). Ryand’r drops Blackfire and the three escapees head for the capital to warn the king. But when they arrive, Starfire and Karras’s wedding has already started, so they decide not to interrupt it with news of the imminent invasion (which you think would take precedence, but whatever). Dick wants to stop the wedding (or try, at least) but he figures Starfire could stop it herself if she really wanted to and would 
resent his interference. Meanwhile, Starfire is hoping Dick will say something and when he doesn’t, she wonders how much he really loves her. Starfire and Karras are married (which seems to involve an actual melding of souls) and Dick’s so worked up he completely forgets about Blackfire until her troops are already inside the city. Dick and Jericho are both wounded by laser fire and Blackfire’s troops push through to the palace. Her soldiers have orders to capture her parents (the current King and Queen) so they can be exiled, not executed. Starfire jumps into the fight and even she notices the poor state of preparation of the palace guards and how they’ve lost their fighting spirit.
Karras is shot and Starfire isn’t sure if she should hope for his death (which would dissolve their marriage), but when she’s told he’ll live, she’s relieved. Starfire attacks Blackfire and is mad enough to kill her, but Blackfire tells her she’s rigged a bomb to the central power supply, so if Starfire doesn’t surrender, the entire capital will be blown to hell. Blackfire points out how weak the Tamaranians have become and when her father (Myand’r) hears the crowds chanting for Blackfire to be the new leader, he decides to step aside. (Some of the “adulation” was forced by Blackfire’s troops.) Blackfire tells her parents they’ll be exiled and points out (with relish) that Starfire’s marriage is pointless now and she could’ve stayed with the man she truly loves. Dick, 
Jericho, and Karras are thrown in prison and Starfire, Ryand’r, and their parents are put on a ship to Okaara, where they’re to be exiled (supposedly voluntarily). Blackfire shows her true motivations for usurping the throne have more to do with jealousy than anything else. But Blackfire has other plans for her family; she broadcasts a feed from the exile ship and has some lackey pretending to be a dissident show up and spout a bunch of rhetoric about how he hates the royal family. The feed goes dead and Blackfire urges the guards on the exile ship to find the dissident before he harms her family. But she has the ship rigged and blows it up, pretending it was something the “dissident” did. Watching from prison, Dick, Jericho, and Karras are horrified.
All-Star Squadron #54 – “The Crisis Comes to 1942” – Roy Thomas/Mike Clark, Arvell Jones/Alfredo Alcala, Vince Colletta
This one opens with various All-Stars searching for their missing members, as well as the Monster Society of Evil, who got away from them last issue. At the Perisphere, Hourman is startled when Green Lantern shows up with Batman and Robin. GL explains that he, Liberty Belle, and Johnny quick were on their back from Earth-S when Johnny and Libby disappeared. GL managed to pick up the Dynamic Duo on his way back to Earth-2. Hourman fills him in on the JSAers’ disappearance, the Monster Society, the Freedom Fighters going to Earth-X, and Firebrand still missing.
Elsewhere, Oom (who took over the Monster Society after ousting Mr. Mind last issue) wants to attack the All-Stars at their headquarters. The other Society members think Oom is nuts, but are too scared to contradict him. Dummy tries to trick Oom into giving him the Moonstone containing Oom’s power, but Oom swallows it instead. Flash shows up at the Perisphere just in time to help fight the Monster Society when they attack. The all-Stars do pretty well, except GL gets knocked out by Dummy, since his ring can’t affect anything made of wood. A bright light flashes and two All-Stars (Amazing Man and Tarantula) vanish, leaving Hourman to face Oom. Dummy wakes 
GL up and tells him about the Moonstone Oom swallowed, so GL blasts Oom’s chest, disintegrating the Moonstone and Oom along with it. Dummy is about to show his gratitude by killing the weakened GL, but Dr. Fate and a bunch of All-Stars show up to take care of the remaining Monster Society members. None of them knows where Firebrand or the other missing members are, and they all wonder if the weird weather and red skies mean the end of their world … or all worlds. We find out that Tarantula and Amazing Man were shanghaied to the Monitor’s satellite (along with Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle), where the Monitor is (or was—damn time-travel stories) assembling a
bunch of heroes. Meanwhile, Firebrand is at Cape Canaveral in in 1985, surrounded by a host of time-lost heroes: Miss Liberty, Black Pirate, Silent Knight, Roving Ranger, Trigger Twins, Don Caballero, Viking Prince, Valda, and Golden Gladiator). Firebrand was headed to Florida to check on Terri Rothstein (Nuklon’s mom), but Monitor sent the historic heroes with her. Firebrand’s not sure why, until they reach Canaveral and find a bunch of Native Americans attacking the launch pad, led by Super-Chief.
Infinity Inc. #23 – “Feithera By Stormlight” – Roy and Dann Thomas/Todd McFarlane, Mike Harris/Steve Montano, Tony DeZuniga
This one starts in the midst of the Crisis, with several JSA members taking a breather. They’re discussing Wildcat’s injuries (which happened in the Crisis series) and how he’ll be crippled for life. They’re unaware that Wildcat’s protégée, Yolanda Montez, is listening to their conversation and that she’s taken on the mantle of Wildcat herself. Yolanda considers revealing herself, but decides to prove herself first. Star-Spangled kid rescues Jonni Thunder (the modern female version) from plummeting to the ground, and we see a villain named Knodar making plans before
vanishing. Elsewhere, Northwind is determined to fly home to Feithera, the bird-city in the Arctic where he was born, to warn them about the Crisis. Jade and Brainwave Jr. try to hold him back, since the weather’s too wild for flight. Northwind is too stubborn, so Brainwave knocks him out with a mental blast. They decide to rest overnight and Jade and Brainwave admit they have feelings for each other and end up banging. The next day, the trio head for Feithera in Jade’s force bubble, which is much safer. They make it to Feithera and find all the inhabitants gathered in the Hall of Music. Northwind’s (human) grandfather explains that the great glacier outside Feithera has 
started moving in, threatening to crush the city. The Feitherans won’t leave, since they feel themselves mystically bonded to their birthplace … or something like that. While Northwind and his grandfather try to talk to Feitherans into leaving, Jade goes out to see if she can slow the glacier. She finds Solomon Grundy (who the Feitherans freed when the glacier started moving) near the edge. Grundy’s still hostile toward Jade (because he has a murderous hatred of her father, Green Lantern),but when Grundy gets mad at the glacier for “attacking” him, Jade gets an idea. She promises to surrender herself to Grundy if he can help her hold back the glacier for ten minutes. Grundy agrees and Jade hopes it’ll be enough time for the others to convince the Feitherans to evacuate. But the Feitherans instinctive love of their home is too strong, until Northwind has Brainwave use his mental powers to dredge up ancient memories of the Feitherans first coming to the Arctic. Once they remember that their race predated their city, they decide to leave to save themselves from extinction.
Jade goes back to try and save Grundy, but he refuses her help and is overwhelmed by the glacier. As they watch the glacier destroy Feithera, Jade admits to Brainwave that she’s sorry she couldn’t save Grundy, even if he wanted her dead.