PLOT:
Acting as the security system for the JSA brownstone, when Obsidian senses danger outside their door he immediately goes into lockdown mode. Cloaking the entire building in shadow, forcing
the junior members out and keeping the senior members in, Obsidian insists that this is for their betterment. But the JSA members worry that perhaps Alan's son has once again gone off his meds - a
fear that is only amplified when Hourman has one of his "future flashes" and witnesses some horrible unavoidable fate awaiting his wife, Liberty Belle. The team decides that the best course of action is
tracking down the other black sheep of the team, Atom Smasher and trying to have him talk some sense into Obsidian. Al tries to talk to Todd but he doesn't seem to be getting through - all Todd will say is that
the threat is a ghost and refuses to say anything further.
While Al is trying to talk some sense into Obsidian, a distressed looking Asian man claiming to have walked there from Fawcett City collapses outside the police barrier. Under orders from Mr. Terrific, Courtney tries to keep the man's body temperature
stable using her Cosmic Rod. But as she directs a current of energy at the man, a strange force travels back up through the power stream and takes over Stargirl's faculties.
Possessed by the energy, Stargirl walks
robotically towards the brownstone front door and begins blasting Obsidian's shadow barrier. Realizing that Stargirl is not herself, the team detects a unique power flowing in a circuit from her cosmic converter belt and
back through the Cosmic Rod. Atom Smasher and Powergirl short out the circuit but it's too late - convinced that something must be wrong with Todd, Green Lantern decided to also use his power ring to counter the shadows and Obsidian is forced
to retreat.
The Brownstone no longer protected, the spectral presence enters the JSA headquarters and makes itself known, swooping up Wildcat, Green Lantern, Liberty Belle, Hourman and Flash and transporting them back
to 1945 Japan. The poltergeist reveals itself to be an amalgamation of angry Japanese spirits that have been trapped in limbo ever since the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Since Liberty Belle's parents and the rest
of the JSA members present were members of the All Star Squadron during World War 2, the ghosts explain that it's only fitting that they experience the torment that they felt. Choosing to be represented by the Kung, a super powered
assassin for Hirohito, the death spirit holds the JSA members in place as the atomic bomb explodes on the horizon sweeping them all up in its red hot wake.
Back in New York the rest of the JSA is frantically trying to trace their teammates whereabouts. The man that was initially carrying the energy said to have walked from Fawcett which is where the team just
dealt with the Marvel family - could this have anything to do with them? Suddenly the room is filled with an eerie green light as the Spectre, God's Wrath and
Judgment makes himself known. He says that those willing to be judged
must come with him now for their teammates lives hang in the balance!
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