Comic Title: Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #80
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: October 11, 1988 Shipping Date October 11, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #9

Shipping Date October 13, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #150

Copyright Date October 18, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "The Battle Joined"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Firestorm (Post-Crisis)

Crossover Event:
Invasion

Writer: Robert Greenberger
Penciller: Thomas Grindberg
Inker: Sam DeLaRosa
Letterer: Duncan Andrews
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Firestorm (last appearance in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #79; next appearance in Starman #5)
• Mikhail Arkadin (last appearance in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #79; next appearance in Starman #5)
• Martin Stein (as part of Firestorm; last appearance in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #79; next appearance in Starman #5)

Guest Star(s)

• Power Girl (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Starman #5)
• Starman (last appearance in Starman #5; next appearance in Starman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Firehawk (last appearance in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #77; next appearance in Starman #5)

Villain(s)

• Khunds (Commander Leron named; last appearance in Invasion #1; next appearance in Starman #5)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Adam Strange (last appearance in Invasion #1; next appearance in Starman #5)
• Easy Company (Sgt. Tall Tom, Grusin, Bacharach, Conti, George Jenkins, Gibson, Welles, Laforge, Jacobs, O'Quinn, and Berganza named; first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Swamp Thing #82; next appearance in Starman #5)
• An unnamed general (not identified; possibly Wild Man; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A government agent (no further appearances)
• Several software developers (Andrew, Micki, and Mike named; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Flash (on a television screen)
• Soyuz (on a television screen)

Comments:
This issue is labeled as an Invasion First Strike Extra.

This story continues in Starman #5.

Synopsis:
Following the alien invasion of Australia, Ronnie Raymond receives a call from an unidentified source telling him to go to the South Pacific as Firestorm. He is also told to bring Firehawk. How the caller knows his secrets is unknown, but Ronnie agrees. As Firestorm heads out, he passes Power Girl in the air. She decides to join him.

Firestorm, Firehawk, and Power Girl soon encounter an alien ship. They enter it and discover Starman inside. The new hero has little idea how he got there, but he joins their group. Power Girl then pilots the ship to the South Pacific where Easy Company is currently fighting the aliens alone. When the Khunds see their commandeered ship they fire on it.