Green Arrow #25 – “Witch Hunt Part 1” – Mike Grell/Trevor von Eeden, J.J. Birch/Michael Bair
This one starts at a graveyard in a forest, where a woman is enacting some kind of ritual with a baby. An Owl warns her that some men with guns and dogs are coming, so she gives the baby back to its mother and takes off. The dogs run her down, but she calms them with her witchcraft and heads home to a large manor house. Her grandfather is waiting for her and gives her shit for practicing her
“abominations”. Apparently her mother was involved in witchcraft and it led to her death, so her grandfather hates the very idea. He’s about to beat her with his cane when he has a a heart attack and falls down the stairs. I’m not sure if the heart attack was from his agitation, or if his granddaughter caused it with her powers. In Seattle, Oliver (Green Arrow) Queen is enjoying the fall weather when he gets a letter from a solicitor in England named Geoffrey Dunston. Dunston wants Oliver to look into the death of his client. Oliver’s not too interested until Dinah points out the postmark is from Nottingham, the fabled home of Robin 
Hood. Oliver goes to England to meet Dunston, who tells him about his dead client, Alec Hawthorne (who’s obviously the old man we saw die in the intro). Hawthorne’s son died years ago, so he took in his daughter-in-law (Gwyneth) and granddaughter (Rowan). Gwyneth was Welsh and fancied herself a Druid, so she started dabbling in magic. She was found dead in the forest, so Hawthorne was worried when Rowan began getting into the witchcraft thing too. Dunston tells Oliver that Hawthorne’s death isn’t suspicious—he’d had other attacks and there was no problem with the post mortem—but Rowan has disappeared. Dunston assumes she’s blaming herself for her grandfather’s death, thinking she put a “spell” on him or something, so he
wants Oliver to find her before the locals (who consider her an evil witch) get their hands on her. Dunston says Rowan (and her mother) is deluded, possibly even crazy, but doesn’t want her killed (or blaming herself) for something she didn’t do. Oliver heads up to Nottingham, but his inquiries in the local pub cause a chill amongst the locals. Another visitor warns him that strange things are happening in Sherwood Forest, evil things. The stranger’s name? John Constantine.
Young All-Stars #30 – “When Titans Make War” – Roy and Dann Thomas/Lou Manna/Bob Downs, Dave Simons
Last issue, Iron Munro (accompanied by Georgia Challenger) found his father (Hugo Danner) still alive and living on a South American plateau straight out of Doyle’s “Lost World”. Danner had bred a number of local natives to be super-strong (calling them the Sons of Dawn), but they got tired of hanging around fighting dinosaurs and decided to go out and conquer the world, starting with the nearby nation of Rioguay. They piled rocks on Munro and Danner to keep them from interfering and took off with Georgia, heading for Rioguay’s capital, where Dyna-Mite and his
parents (who just happen to be the American ambassadors to Rioguay) are staying. Munro tries to break free but can’t do it, so he’s surprised when Danner busts out of his rocky restraints. Apparently, Danner is happy to see his creations spreading their wings and testing their strength and doesn’t much care if they destroy the outside world. In Rioguay’s capital, Dyna-Mite and his parents see the Sons of Dawn attacking the Embassy and pounding the shit out of the staff. Georgia tries to appeal to the Sons of Dawn leader (Xtoh) but he’s enjoying the carnage too much and gives her to Tohil to watch. Tohil isn’t 
so bloodthirsty as the others and actually has more sway among the tribe than anyone except Xtoh and his twin sister (Xavi), so Georgia hopes he can calm things down. But when the Marine guards attack the natives (who turn out to be bulletproof) things really get intense. (There’s a panel where Georgia sneezes on one of the natives, which I’m assuming will be significant later, as they probably have no immune system.) Dyna-Mite’s parents refuse to leave the Embassy, so he changes into his costume secretly (since they apparently don’t know about his superhero identity) and prepares to confront the attackers.
Georgia tries to run and Tohil saves her when one of the others tries to kill her. Xtoh leads the attack on the Embassy and Dyna-Mite goes out to fight. His mother recognizes him immediately, even in costume. Xtoh goes after Dyna-Mite’s parents, knocking his father around before Dyna-Mite can stop him. He tells his parents to get out and uses his explosive power to blast Xtoh. It doesn’t do much good and Xtoh is ready to waste Dyna-Mite when Tohil and Xavi stop him. Xavi seems to think Dyna-Mite is hot, but Tohil has a rivalry going 
with Xtoh for leadership of the tribe. Xavi takes off with Dyna-Mite and the Sons of Dawn rampage through the city, soon taking it over. The citizens do manage to put out an emergency call for help, which is picked up by Fury at All-Star headquarters in New York. Fury knows Dyna-Mite’s parents are in trouble, but isn’t sure what she can do to help since her teammates are scattered. She’s surprised when the entire adult All-Star Squadron shows up to tell her they’re ready to head to Rioguay on a rescue mission.
Suicide Squad #34 – “Armagetto” – John Ostrander, Kim Yale/John K. Snyder III/Geoff Isherwood
(According to Mike’s Amazing World, this issue and the next one both came out in November of 1989, but I’m moving it up here to fill the gap.) Last issue, Lashina finally dropped her Duchess identity and shanghaied or cajoled a bunch of the Squad (Shade, Vixen, Count Vertigo, Poison Ivy, Major Victory, Captain Boomerang, and Nightshade, plus Flo and Briscoe, a drugged-up Big Barda, and even Amanda Waller) through a Boom Tube to help her attack Apokolips. They make a crash landing in the slums and Shade is pissed off about all the people who were killed. He attacks Lashina and really lets loose, almost impressing her. But she points out that none of
them can get back to Earth without her help, so they’d better help her get what she came for. Back on Earth, Bronze Tiger is ready to use every criminal in Belle Rêve on a rescue mission, bringing Mr. Miracle to help find their way to Apokolips. But Sarge Steel orders him not to use any criminals and to stay clear of Mr. Miracle. Bronze Tiger decides to use someone else and tells Economos to find someone who knows how to get to Apokolips. Meanwhile, Lashina lets her “team” know why she’s brought them halfway across the galaxy. During their rescue mission for Glorious Godfrey, Bernadeth attacked Lashina and stranded her on Earth, taking over leadership of the Female 
Furies. In order to regain her status, Lashina has to kill Bernadeth, but she’s know considered weak so everyone on Apokolips will support Bernadeth. She needs the others as cannon fodder so she can get close enough to Bernadeth to kill her. She gives Waller a big-ass gun which Waller immediately tries to use on her, but she’s programmed it so it won’t work on her. The Squad are ready to attack Lashina, but when a horde of Parademons show up, they’re forced to follow her plan just to survive. They manage to fight their way through the Parademons, but Briscoe and the chopper are lost. On Earth, Bronze Tiger goes to Arkham Asylum to get Deadshot, threatening to break
his fingers if he doesn’t come willingly. On Apokolips, Lashina and her team run into the Female Furies, along with Granny Goodness (and Virman Vunderbar and Kanto). Granny tells Lashina she’s a loser and doesn’t deserve to lead the Female Furies, but Lashina wants Bernadeth dead. Waller knows she’s their only ticket home, so she starts blasting. On Earth, Bronze Tiger is trying to find someone who knows how to get to Apokolips, but they end up finding him when the Forever People show up out of nowhere.