Synopsis: Walker Gabriel encounters a mysterious entity while attempting to steal an historical artifact. The entity shows Gabriel a variety of scenarios throughout history (the other stories in the issue) in order to help him to think about the meaning of his actions. Gabriel considers what he has been shown and makes a decision about his theft.
Synopsis: Jim Corrigan's girlfriend, Maxine Connors, is overcome by guilt over the death of her sister Patty. Maxine, Patty and their mother were all on the Titanic, but Maxine and her mother escaped, while Patty died. The Spectre allows her to revisit that night in order to assuage the consuming guilt that she feels.
Synopsis: Rita Farr, Elasti-Girl, returns to Hollywood to resume her career as a movie star. Her Doom Patrol friends, Robotman, Negative Man, and the Chief, accompany her to lend their moral support. Filming of Rita's new movie is interrupted by dangerous menaces that the Doom Patrol must combat, in front of the still-filming cameras. Rita must determine whether she is being cast in the movie as an actress, or a freak to gawk at.
Synopsis: Katar Hol and Shayera Thal, Hawkman and Hawkwoman, are alerted to crimes by speaking to birds in the area. However, they treat the birds as servants rather than friends. And so, fed up by this treatment, the birds help to free the Masked Marauder man-hawks. Seeing the error of their ways, the birds help defeat the man-hawks, and return to their cages to help in the Hawks' fight against crime.
Synopsis: Adam Strange rides the Zeta Beam to Rann to be with his wife Alanna, only to arrive as a phantom, invisible, inaudible, and intangible. He realizes that his condition is the result of a plot by a group of Rannian criminals to destroy Earth. The criminals turn their weapon against Rann, and Adam must find a way to stop them.
Synopsis: Raven seeks out help in defeating her father, Trigon. To determine who to recruit, she observes Robin as he fights Two-Face, Beast Boy arguing with his girlfriend, Donna Troy as she chases a mugger, Cybord as he argues with his father, and Starfire as she escapes from her Okaaran captors. She does not yet recruit them, but knows that these heroes will help her.
Synopsis: Rip Hunter has adventures throughout time in his often-malfunctioning time sphere. In order to keep Hunter from making immeasurable damage to history, Liri Lee and Travis O'Connell of the Linear Men intervene to save his life on numerous occasions. When Hunter eventually presents too large a threat to the universe, they bring him in line by recruiting him into the Linear Men.