At the Heywood family reunion a group of Nazis, the Fourth Reich, are killing all of Commander Steel's family. Hawkman is there to stop them. One of the villains, Reichsmark, is composed of the same metal that was part of Commander Steel. He has the ability to turn others into statues made of this metal. When he attacks Nathan Heywood, Nathan stabs him through the mouth with his crutch. This causes Reichsmark to bleed the metal onto Nathan. The Fourth Reich leaves after killing most of the Heywood family. Medics arrive to find the metal fusing with Nathan. Hawkman takes him to see Dr. Mid-Nite.

Wildcat is meeting with his son that he didn't know he had. The son is not expecting anything from him.

At JSA headquarters Sand arrives to give them information he's found out in his nightmares. In addition to Mr. America and Commander Steel, the families of General Glory and Minute-Man have been killed. He believes heroes who symbolize American patriotism are being targeted. Two other likely targets are Liberty Belle and Stripesy. The JSA splits up to protect them. In Philadelphia and Blue Valley these two heroes are attacked by Nazis.

From conducting an autopsy of Mr. America, Dr. Mid-Nite has found an arrow-head in his left lung. He believes Mr. America meant this to be a clue to the identity of the killers' leader.

As Wildcat is leaving his son's apartment he is attacked by Vandal Savage. He admits to being the leader of the Nazis but wants to personally kill the families of the original members. Wildcat's son transforms into a wildcat to fight him.