Legion of Super-Heroes #20 – “To Control a World” – Paul Levitz/Greg LaRocque/Larry Mahlstedt
Last issue, five Legionnaires (Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl, Shrinking Violet, Chameleon Boy, and Element Lad) were taken across the galaxy by a Controller to help stop Tyrraz, a Death Star-type planet that’s about to start obliterating worlds. This Controller was trying to eliminate Tyrraz before by using a Sun-Eater, but these particular Legionnaires destroyed it, so the Controller figures they should help him destroy Tyrraz now. The Legionnaires aren’t eager to wipe out an inhabited planet, no matter how dangerous it is (especially Element Lad, since his planet was wiped out
by space-pirates). As they try to think of a way to stop Tyrraz without killing the entire population, they’re confronted by one of the inhabitants … Tyr, the Legion of Super-Villains member they’ve encountered before. On Earth, Sun Boy and Gigi Cusimano are hanging out and Sun Boy puts the moves on her. When she asks about his dalliance with Shrinking Violet, he says it’s no big deal and Gigi seems kinda interested. In space, Dawnstar is using her mutant tracking ability to search for the missing Legionnaires. She’s having trouble, but resists Wildfire’s attempts to console her. On Tyrraz, Ultra Boy mixes it up with Tyr, while the others try to figure out how to stop the planet without 
destroying it. Element Lad comes up with a plan. Back on Earth, Lightning Lass and Shadow Lass are wondering why Brainiac 5 has holed up in his lab instead of trying to find the missing Legionnaires. Shadow Lass is more sympathetic to Brainy’s anguish over losing Supergirl than Lightning Lass is, but it turns out Brainy isn’t brooding over Supergirl … he’s trying to figure out who Sensor Girl is. But since this is the start of a sub-plot where we’re supposed to think that Sensor Girl might be Supergirl, I guess Brainy is still brooding over her. On Tyrraz, Element Lad points out that the death planet hasn’t advanced very far into United Planets territory yet, so if they destroy its anti-matter engines it won’t be a threat any longer. They bust into the
engine room and are forced to fight guards and robots to get to the engines. Element Lad gets close, but ends up fighting Tyr and exhausting much of his power. Meanwhile, Dawnstar’s power has led her, Wildfire, and Mon-El to Tyrraz and they come in to offer help wrecking the engines. While they’re discussing the possibilities, the engines grind to a halt, sending huge tremors through the entire world. Turns out Phantom Girl and Shrinking Violet sabotaged the engines from the inside, rendering them inoperable. They end up removing the disabled engines so they can be destroyed permanently and the Controller decides to stay on Tyrraz, hoping his vast power can do some good.
“Night of Madness” – Paul Levitz/Keith Giffen/Mike DeCarlo
This is a goofy little story about Dream Girl and White Witch (who are sisters). The plot (such as it is) has to do with them tracking some aliens who are planning something. White Witch isn’t too interested, so Dream Girl has to talk her into helping, but it turns out the “aliens” are just people wearing masks because the story is set during Halloween. And what’s Halloween without a Witch? The story is nothing special, although there are plenty of panels with Dream Girl in various states of undress, so I guess that’s something (depending on your taste for such things).
New Teen Titans #18 – “Homecoming” – Marv Wolfman/Eduardo Barreto/Romeo Tanghal
Last issue, Blackfire took over Tamaran, exiling her parents and siblings to another planet. But Blackfire had the ship blown up (supposedly by a dissident) with Dick (Nightwing) Grayson, Jericho, and Karras (Starfire’s new husband) forced to watch from prison. Dick is devastated, but a guard shows up and liberates them, saying that King Myand’r has loyal people among Blackfire’s troops. He also lets them know the King knew about Blackfire’s double-cross and everyone is still alive, hiding on a moon of Okaara. He gets them to a ship and they take off to find Starfire and her family. After a complicated series of maneuvers to throw off Blackfire’s forces, they teleport Dick and the others to the moon.
Since their marriage was a diplomatic necessity, Starfire and Karras greet each other immediately for the sake of appearances, but that’s like a knife in Dick’s heart. It gets worse as Starfire and Karras bond while training together and Dick decides he may as well go back to Earth. Starfire urges him to stay, but Dick doesn’t want to be her side-piece so he and Jericho leave, with Starfire screaming her love for him melodramatically. Back on Earth, the Crisis is over and the other Titans are wondering about their missing teammates. (We also learn Kole was killed in the Crisis; she sure didn’t last long.) Gar (Changeling) Logan wants the others to help him find his adoptive father 
Steve Dayton, whose Mento helmet has recently turned him into a homicidal nutcase. But Donna (Wonder Girl) Long is taking off to help her husband Terry with his writer’s block on a research paper he has to write to keep his tenure. (Writer’s block was something Marv Wolfman was apparently experiencing himself around this time). Gar throws a tantrum and Victor (Cyborg) Stone tries to talk him out of it. In Massachusetts, the Church of Blood have captured Raven and her mother, but haven’t managed to corrupt them yet. They have brainwashed Azrael into believing he’s the (literal) Angel of Death, but he’s still all angsty about Kole and just wants his pain to end. Ryand’r drops Dick and Jericho off on Earth and heads back to Tamaran. Jericho goes to see Donna and Terry, telling them everything that happened and he finds out about Kole. Dick is turning into a useless mess, so Donna goes to give him
shit. Dick actually has the nerve to get mad at her because of everything that’s happened since he left, but after yelling at him (and slapping him around a bit), Donna tells him she’s there if he wants to talk. Cyborg and Changeling track down Dayton, who’s rambling on about John Constantine (a reference to a story in Swamp Thing). Cyborg wonders if they should call the others, but naturally Gar is ready to jump without considering the consequences. Dick goes to see Batman, but he and Jason (Dick’s replacement as Robin) are busy on a case and Dick feels abandoned again. Cyborg and Changeling bust in on Mento, but he’s too strong (and too crazy) for them to deal with. After blasting Gar with his mental powers, Dayton starts taking Cyborg apart from the inside out.
All-Star Squadron #55 – “Crisis at Canaveral” – Roy and Dann Thomas/Arvell Jones/Vince Colletta
Last issue, Firebrand and a band of historical heroes (Valda, Miss Liberty, Viking Prince, Black Pirate, Trigger Twins, Silent Knight, Don Caballero, Golden Gladiator, and Roving Ranger) ended up at Cape Canaveral in 1985 because of the Crisis. They found a bunch of Native Americans (led by Super Chief) attacking a shuttle on the launch pad and jumped in to stop them. Firebrand fights Super Chief and the others mix it up with the Indians, some of whom are famous too (like Strongbow and Arak, who ends up fighting Valda, his sorta girlfriend). After Firebrand
saves Super Chief from falling to his death, he realizes the newcomers aren’t all bad and tries to tell them why his people are attacking the shuttle. That sets off the guards, who start shooting indiscriminately. Firebrand realizes her group and the Indians are on the same side and they start fighting the guards together. Turns out Ultra-Humanite (in his ape form) is aboard the shuttle and wants to launch it for his own purposes. Terri Rothstein has the launch codes and won’t give them up until Ultra threatens to start wasting people. Terri starts the launch and Ultra knocks her out, but he’s confronted by Cyclotron (who supposedly died in Annual #2, but even dead people can show up in Crisis). Cyclotron can’t stop Ultra and has to back off when Ultra uses Terri 
as a hostage. Firebrand leads her combined forces into the shuttle to fight the guards and notices Cyclotron (who was her boyfriend at one time). She lets him know that Terri is actually his grown-up daughter, and that he has a grandson named Nuklon. Cyclotron can’t let Ultra harm his daughter, so he goes after the ape again. Cyclotron saves Terri but gets blasted, dying again and vanishing back to the time of his original death. Ultra takes off in the shuttle and Firebrand has to absorb the jet blast to keep Terri from being barbecued. Terri tells Firebrand that Ultra has installed death rays on the shuttle, but assures her it’s no problem, since Terri’s launch code programmed the shuttle to fly straight into the sun. Firebrand thanks the historical heroes for their help.
Sandman – “Shanghaied Into Hyperspace 2” – Roy Thomas/Tim Burgard
This is another back-up story showing what happened to the JSA members who were thrown into alternate dimensions by Harbinger a few issues back. These stories are based on comics from the 1940s, where the JSA really did (supposedly) visit various planets, but these stories are set in alternate dimensions where the planets of our solar system are inhabited. Basically Sandman lands on Uranus and helps defeat a villain who’s trying to kill everyone.
Infinity Inc. #24 – “Back From the Future” – Roy and Dann Thomas/Todd McFarlane, Ron Harris/Tony DeZuniga, Dick Giordano, Arne Starr
We get a few pages of various Infinitors preparing to deal with the Anti-Monitor. Huntress and Power Girl discuss the future, Nuklon worries about his mom, and Fury convinces Silver Scarab that Helix aren’t the bad guys in this particular situation. The main story is about Star-Spangled Kid and Jonni Thunder (the female private detective) landing in Hollywood after falling through a space warp last issue. Except this Hollywood isn’t completely modern, it’s an amalgam of the present (1986) and the past (1935), divided
neatly down the middle of the street. Coincidentally, Jonni’s office is right down the street so she and SSK head that way, not noticing that the space warp that deposited them here also dumped Knodar, a super-criminal from the 25th Century. Some 1930s gangsters start making trouble, forcing SSK to intervene. He’s overwhelmed by sheer numbers and Jonni saves his ass, getting him away on a police horse. Knodar decides to take over the gang and establishes his cred by wasting their boss with his metal-controller (which looks like a spatula). After a quick rundown of Knodar’s origin, he suggests he and the gangsters knock off Fort Knox. At Jonni’s office, she 
introduces him to her rabbit Shamus and relates her own origin story. Basically, she found a gold statuette that contained a Thunderbolt essence kinda like Johnny Thunder’s, except this one was female and she could transfer her mind into it for a limited time. Since the Crisis, her T-bolt has disappeared, but Jonni’s not too worried since she never really considered herself a superhero anyway. SSK tries to impress Jonni by talking about his plans to re-open Stellar Studios, but they’re interrupted by Knodar and his gang, who want to use the studio as a hideout. SSK is ready to fight, but Knodar has control of Jonni’s gun and the other gangsters are armed too, so SSK and Jonni go along for the moment. They head out to the studio in Jonni’s
classic T-Bird (which Knodar modifies with his metal-controller, much to Jonni’s annoyance). At the studio, SSK and Jonni break away from their captors and lead them through various movie sets, taking them out one at a time, with some help from Fury’s Kanga. SSK ends up taking Knodar down by dumping a rocket model on him (which his metal-controller can’t affect, since it’s made of wood) and Jonni takes the last gangster out with a sandbag. Jonni does agree to go to lunch with SSK, so I guess it’s a happy ending for him.