(New Adventures of Superboy #31, 32) - After a series of bizarre roberies Detective King disappeared during a press conference, being replaced by Whitefire. Whitefire was using Earth to store loot he took in his own dimension, but had to take Earthly items to bring home because of conservation of mass. Once the police of his world stopped pursuing him he made an appearance on Earth to reclaim his bounty. Christopher King turned into Power Punch, but had difficulty battling the villain because he was suffering from a cold. Vicki joined him as Sirocco, but Whitefire teleported her to his home dimension. She found that she'd lost her powers under the white-sun, but by turning back into Vicki she gained superpowers, defeating Whitefire's gang. On Earth Power Punch used his cold to his advantage, taking out Whitefire with a super-sneeze. He seized Whitefire's trident and used it to return him to his dimension and bring Vicki and Gregory back.

(Hawk and Dove Annual #1) - Mal and Bumblebee were working at S.T.A.R., analyzing the powers of metahumans, with Chris King being their most recent test subject. Chris no longer had the H-Dial, but he'd absorbed so much of its energy that every hour he turned into a new superhero for a few minutes. When the Washington S.T.A.R. Labs opened a portal to Limbo, Flamebird, influenced by Lilith, decided to reunite the Titans West. Hawk, the new Dove, Mal, Golden Eagle, Bumblebee and Chris King joined together to enter Limbo to find Director Simons, the creator of the portal, and the rescue team that's been sent in after him. Deceased villains Iron Major, Top, Clayface, El Papagayo, Electrocutioner and Icicle were seeking to escape the underworld and return to Earth through the portal. They'd already taken the rescue team hostage to appease their demon jailer, a devil impersonating Etrigan. Hawk, Dove and the Titans battled them, and the tide turned when General Jeb Stuart came from Heaven to give Hawk his Haunted Tank. The false Etrigan was merely toying with the dead villains, and when he sent them through a portal, it turned out to be an entrance to Hell. The heroes returned to Earth with the rescue squad, and S.T.A.R. shut down the portal. Flamebird wanted the Titans West to reform, but no one was that interested.

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