Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!
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Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! | |
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ISBN 1563891840 |
"Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!" is a
In the storyline,
Background
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! was the follow-up to the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series. This event served as an opportunity to reconcile continuity problems left unaddressed by Crisis and other problems that had been unintentionally caused by it. In particular, the revised characters of the post-Crisis universe had been rolled out gradually, with DC continuing to feature the old versions until the new versions were launched.
Plot
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The story begins when characters from alternate realities such as
suddenly start appearing in the DC Universe. A wave of entropy then moves from the end of time to the beginning, erasing entire historical ages in the process.The villain of the story is Extant, formerly
Aftermath
DC published a fold-out timeline inside the back cover of Zero Hour #0 which identified various events and key stories and when they occurred. Although fixed dates were given for the debut of historical characters such as the JSA, the debut of Superman was presented as "10 years ago" and subsequent dates were expressed the same way, keeping the calendar years of these events fluid and relative to the present as a way to keep the characters at their present ages.
The Legion of Super-Heroes was completely rebooted following Zero Hour, and the various Hawkman characters were merged into one. Each ongoing series at the time retold the origin of its heroes in a #0 issue published after the end of Zero Hour and resumed their previous numbering the following month or went on to #1.
Tie-in issues
- Action Comics #703
- The Adventures of Superman #516
- Anima#7
- Batman #511
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31
- Catwoman (vol. 2) #14
- Damage #6
- Darkstars #24
- Detective Comics #678
- Flash(vol. 3) #94
- Green Arrow (vol. 2) #90
- Green Lantern (vol. 3) #55
- Guy Gardner: Warrior #24
- Hawkman (vol. 3) #13
- Justice League America#92
- Justice League International (vol. 2) #68
- Justice League Task Force #16
- L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #70
- Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #61
- Legionnaires#18
- Outsiders (vol. 2) #11
- Robin (vol. 4) #10
- Showcase '94 #8-10 (prelude)
- Steel (vol. 2) #8
- Superboy (vol. 3) #8
- Superman (vol. 2) #93
- Superman: The Man of Steel #37
- Team Titans #24
- Valor #23
- Comics Values Monthly #95
- Zero Hour Sampler
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Ashcan Edition
- Zero: The Beginning of Tomorrow
Series ending with Zero Hour
- Team Titans (a spin-off of The New Titans)
- L.E.G.I.O.N. '94
- Valor
- Justice League International (vol. 2)
Series rebooted during Zero Hour
- Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) and Legionnaires (after Zero Hour, both titles were treated as one bi-weekly series, much like the Superman books at the time)
Series launched following Zero Hour
- Extreme Justice
- Fate
- R.E.B.E.L.S. '94 (replacement for L.E.G.I.O.N. '94)
- Manhunter
- Primal Force
- Starman (vol. 2)
- Xenobrood (miniseries)
Zero Month
Following the end of Zero Hour, every DC Universe title published a #0 issue retelling the character or team's origins and featured the slogan "The Beginning of Tomorrow!" in an event dubbed "Zero Month".[citation needed]
- Batman #0
- Deathstroke the Hunted #0
- Flash (vol. 3) #0
- Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0
- Primal Force #0
- The Spectre (vol. 3) #0
- Superboy (vol. 3) #0
- Superman: The Man of Steel #0
- Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #0
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #0
- The Demon (vol. 3) #0
- Green Lantern (vol. 3) #0
- Hawkman (vol. 3) #0
- Justice League America #0
- The New Titans #0
- Starman (vol. 2) #0
- Superman (vol. 2) #0
- The Adventures of Superman #0
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #0
- Detective Comics #0
- Fate #0
- Gunfire #0
- Justice League Task Force #0
- Legionnaires #0
- Outsiders (vol. 2) #0
- The Ray (vol. 2) #0
- R.E.B.E.L.S.'94 #0
- Steel (vol. 2) #0
- Xenobrood #0
- Action Comics #0
- Anima #0
- Aquaman #0
- Catwoman (vol. 2) #0
- Damage #0
- The Darkstars #0
- Green Arrow (vol. 2) #0
- Guy Gardner, Warrior #0
- Lobo #0
- Manhunter #0
- Robin (vol. 4) #0
Booster Gold #0 (2008)
In 2008, 14 years after the end of Zero Hour, an issue of
In other media
Some elements of Zero Hour storyline were loosely adapted into Green Lantern: Beware My Power as part of the Tomorrowverse.
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
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Zero Hour: Crisis in Time | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4-0 and material from Showcase '94 #8-9 | August 1994 | 978-1563891847 |
Batman: Zero Hour | Batman #0, 511; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #0, 31; Detective Comics #0, 678; Catwoman #0, 14; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #0; Robin #0, #10 | June 2017 | 978-1401272586 |
Justice League: Zero Hour | Justice League Task Force #0, 15-16, Justice League International #67-68, Justice League America #0, 92, The Ray #0, Extreme Justice #0, Guy Gardner, Warrior #0, 24 | June 2019 | 978-1401291648 |
Superman: Zero Hour | Adventures of Superman #0, 516, Superman #0, 93, Superman: The Man of Steel #0, 37, Superman in Action Comics #0, 703, Steel #0, 8, Superboy #8, 0 | June 2018 | 978-1401280536 |
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus | Action Comics #703, Adventures of Superman #516, Anima #7, Batman #511, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31, Catwoman #14, Damage #6, Darkstars #24, Detective Comics #678, The Flash #0 and #94, Green Arrow #90, Green Lantern #0 and #55, Guy Gardner: Warrior #24, Hawkman #13, Justice League America #92, Justice League International #68, Justice League Task Force #16, L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #70, Legionnaires #18, Legion of Super-Heroes #61, Outsiders #11, Robin #10, Steel #8, Superboy #8, Superman #93, Superman: Man of Steel #37, Team Titans #24, Valor #23, Zero Hour #4-0, Zero Month Sampler and material from Showcase '94 #8-10 | October 2019 | 978-1401294366 |
References
- ^ ISBN 9780756667429.
In DC's blockbuster Zero Hour, writer/artist Dan Jurgens and finisher Jerry Ordway crafted a five-issue story that began with issue #4, and counted backward to zero.
- ^ Booster Gold (vol. 2) #0 (Feb. 2008)