January 1: The series jumps ahead to five years where the Team has gained new members (consisting of Blue Beetle, Beast Boy, Bumblebee, Robin (Tim Drake), Lagoon Boy, Wonder Girl, Batgirl, and Mal Duncan) and some of the original ones have joined the Justice League. After the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo attacks the UN and reveals the Secretary-General Tseng as an alien in disguise, G. Gordon Godfrey is shown trying to turn the public against the Justice League on a news broadcast.
January 3: On the Watchtower, Adam Strange reveals that aliens from Rann have stolen zeta technology and used it to invade Earth. Members of the Team are dispatched to Rann while others are set to deal with the aliens on Earth.
January 4: The Team splits into three squads to destroy the different zeta platforms. Robin, Lagoon Boy and Blue Beetle stumble upon a massive base occupied by throngs of aliens, and liberate the human hostages. Meanwhile, Superboy, Miss Martian, Beast Boy and Adam Strange arrive on Rann.
Black Supherheroes this episode: Bumblebee, Mal Duncan, Rocket, Black Lightning.