Page 1, Panel 1 - Here we are introduced to Wesley Dodds, the Golden Age Sandman, and founding member of the Justice Society of America. Sandman and his sidekick Sandy the Golden Boy fought crime together until the mid-1990s, when Wesley retired.

Page 1, Panel 5 - Speed Saunders is the cousin of the Golden Age Hawkgirl (Sheira Saunders), as revealed in Sensation Comics #1 (part of the 1999 JSA Returns event). He is also the grandfather of someone soon to be revealed.......

Page 2, Panel 4 - The Gray Man present in this scene is the second to bear that name. The original was a Dr Fate villain, who collected the dream essence of the dead. Seemingly, the second Gray Man (first app: Justice League #31) does the same.

Page 3, Panel 1 - Mention is made of Nabu's power. Nabu was a Lord of Order who was exiled to Earth, becoming an Egpytian magician. It was Nabu who joined with Kent Nelson many years ago to become the original Dr Fate (More-Fun Comics #55).

Page 3, Panel 2 - Sandman: "You'll contact Sendak?" Here, Wesley is referring to Louis Sendak, also known as Scarab (more in #1).

Page 3, Panel 4 - The names "Alan" and "Sandy" are mentioned, referring respectively to Alan Scott (Sentinel, formerly Green Lantern), and Sandy, Wesley's sidekick from his crime-fighting days.

Page 5, Panel 1 - Wesley uses his patented Sleeping Gas-gun on the Dark Lord, to little effect. Along with his harpoon gun, Sandman's gas-gun was always one of his weapons of choice.

Page 6, Panel 2 - From left to right: Wildcat (Ted Grant), The Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick), Wonder Woman (Hippolyta) and Sentinel (Alan Scott). All four were members of the JSA in the 1940s, with Flash and Sentinel (then-Green Lantern) being founders.

Page 7, Panel 2 - Here we see Ted Knight (the original Starman, now retired) and the new Star-Spangled Kid, Courtney Whitmore. Mention is made of the original Star-Spangled Kid's sidekick Stripesy - Pat Dugan - who is now known as S.T.R.I.P.E. (see the "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E." series).

Page 7, Panel 7 - Courtney has the cosmic converter belt, originally given to the late Sylvester Pemberton (her predecessor in that role) by the original Starman (Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0).

page 9, Panel 1 - Pat Dugan (when he was Stripesy) met Wesley Dodds (Sandman) in Star-Spangled Comics #1, part of the 1999 JSA Returns event. This issue involved the original Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy teaming up with the Sandman and Sandy to defeat one of Stalker's disciples.

Page 9, Panel 2 - Here we see Jack Knight, the current Starman, and the son of Ted Knight. Jack assumed this role after the death of his brother, (and short-time Starman) David in Starman #0. For more information on Starman (past and present), see the Starman Compendium.

Page 10, Panel 1 - The Flash's thought balloon mentions Snapper Carr, who was a sidekick to the original JLA (see JLA: Year One) and is currently starring in the Hourman comic.

Page 10, Panel 3 - Introduced here is Hourman, a self-professed 'intelligent machine colony from the 853rd century', who has the memories of the original Hourman (and JSA founder), Rex Tyler, who was murdered by Extant in the Zero Hour mini-series (1994).

Pages 11-12 - Hourman's origin is recounted by the android himself. To read more about his origin and his time with the Justice Legion A in the 853rd century, read the DC One Million mini-series, and the current, monthly Hourman comic. Also, for more information on Hourman, see the Hourman "Man of the Hour" website.

Page 13, Panel 1 - The shadowed figure is Al Rothstein, formerly known as Nuklon. Under that name, Al was a member of the now-defunct 'JSA sons-and-daughters' group, Infinity Inc. He later joined the JLA for a brief time. Nuklon is the godson of the original Atom (Al Pratt), who was also killed by Extant in Zero Hour.

Page 13, Panel 2 - The top photo in Nuklon's scrapbook is of him, and Jade, the daughter of Sentinel. The bottom picture is of the original Atom, and (in the background), the Sandman (Wesley Dodds).

Page 13, Panel 4 - From L to R, some deceased Golden Age heroes: Black Canary (the original, Diana Lance), Dr Mid-Nite (Charles McNider, murdered by Extant), Zatara (magician, and father of former JLAer, Zatanna), The Atom, and Mr Terrific (Terry Sloane, murdered by the Spirit King in JLA #171, in 1979).

Page 14, Panel 3 - Nuklon becomes Atom-Smasher, in honour of his grandfather (Terry Curtis, Cyclotron) and his godfather (The Atom).

Page 15, Panel 2 - What does Atom-Smasher's costume remind Wildcat of? In the 1992 JSA series (by Len Strazewski and Mike Parobeck) The Atom wore a yellow and blue costume, of a very similar design to that of Atom-Smasher's (Justice Society of America #1-10, 1992).

Pages 16-17 - Black Canary (Dinah Lance) in action. Dinah is the daughter of the original Black Canary (see above) and was also a founding member of the Justice League of America (JLA: Year One). For more on Black Canary, visit the Birdwatching: Birds of Prey website.

Page 18, Panel 3 - Black Canary meets the Golden Age Wonder Woman (Hippolyta) for the first time. Hippolyta recently travelled from the present day into the past, where she joined the JSA from 1942-1950 (JSA: Secret Files timeline). More information on Hippolyta (as well as her daughter, the current full-time Wonder Woman) can be found at The WonderDome.

Page 18, Panel 5 - Wonder Woman: "They all have the same face. And it's a face that's familiar to me." These terrorists are all clones of Paul Kirk "Manhunter" - another Golden Age character. This plot point will be dealt with in a later story arc.

Page 19, Panel 2 - Here is the first appearance of Kendra Saunders, grand-daughter of Speed Saunders (see Page 1), and the new Hawkgirl.

Page 22, Panels 2-4 - Do the quotes here sound familiar? They came from Wesley Dodds (Sandman) on Page 3, Panels 4 & 8.

Page 22, Panel 3 - the photo on the bedside table is of Wesley and Sandy.