Captain Atom attempts unsuccessfully to track an alien into space, then rescues Hal Jordan from a desert, after which Hal finds his power battery in the hands of some common crooks and confronts them to recharge his ring and capture them.; The Phantom Stranger confronts Tannarak and Tala, after Tala appears to defeat Cassandra Craft.; Dick Grayson returns to Ireland after Speedy defeats some Sanas and some police are found to be causing murders as the Friends of The Empire.; Black Canary tracks Cat Maddox, who commits another murder and eludes capture.; The Blackhawks discuss espionage with President Truman while some C.I.G. operatives kidnap Natalie Reed, and a Nazi plot to steal LSD begins.; Superman fights the Consortium after discovering it is receiving the same rays from outer space that his worshippers are.