Hank Hall – original Hawk from the super-duo Hawk & Dove – had been unmasked as the Monarch during ARMAGEDDON 2001 (1991-1992), which came out of the blue for readers of that event as DC Comics were clearly alluding to Captain Atom being the good-guy-turned-bad behind it all (more on that when I run that event). But what was Hank Hall going to do now?
When the Linear Men discover disruptions in the time stream, Waverider believes his nemesis Monarch must be responsible. But not only will Waverider becomes the root cause of Monarch’s new scheme and his transformation into a more potent threat, but it’s quickly become clear that an entirely different good-guy-turned-bad is at the heart of it.
Originally conceived to ‘fix’ some of the outstanding continuity issues left over after CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985-1986), ‘Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!’ was also going to bring back Earth-2 for the Justice Society of America! You can find out more about some of the background on Zero Hour over at CrisisOnEarthPrime.com.
‘Zero Hour’ allowed for tweaks to be made to certain characters and elements of the DC Universe and would give the Legion of Super-Heroes a second chance at a headache-fueled legend! Of course, it wouldn’t be their last. Nor would it be DC’s last Crisis…
Major Event: With a 5-issue mini-series (released in reverse) and numberous tie-in issues, ‘Zero Hour’ can be considered a major event.
Zero Month: ‘Zero Hour’ was followed by ‘Zero Month’, with some of the Zero Month issues tying directly into Zero Hour; as some of the Zero Month issues stand apart from the Zero Hour event, I’ll give Zero Month its own, separate entry.
Must-Reads: In the Quick List, essential chapters are in bold; in the Full Reading Order and the Fallout section, story arcs/issues marked with a ✔ are essential reading.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985-1986) – Rebirth of the DC Universe
- ARMAGEDDON 2001 (1991-1992) – The rise of Monarch
- EMERALD TWILIGHT (1994) – The fall of Hal Jordan
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- Showcase ‘94 #8 [3/3]
- Showcase ‘94 #9 [3/3]
- Valor #20 (tie-in)
- Valor #21 (tie-in)
- Darkstars #21 (tie-in)
- Darkstars #22 (tie-in)
- Hawkman #9 (tie-in)
- Hawkman #10 (tie-in)
- The Flash #92 (tie-in)
- The Flash #93 (tie-in)
- Legion of Super-Heroes #59 (tie-in)
- Legionnaires #17 (tie-in)
- Valor #22 (tie-in)
- New Titans #114 (tie-in)
- Damage #5 (tie-in)
- Damage #6
- Steel #8 (tie-in)
- LEGION ‘94 #68 (tie-in)
- Justice League America #92
- Justice League Task Force #16
- The Ray #5 (tie-in)
- The Ray #0
- Justice League International #68
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4
- LEGION ‘94 #69 (tie-in)
- Outsiders #10 (tie-in)
- Guy Gardner: Warrior #23 (tie-in)
- Outsiders #11
- Batman #511
- Aquaman #0 (tie-in)
- The Flash #94
- Darkstars #23 (tie-in)
- Superman: The Man of Steel #37
- Green Lantern #54 (tie-in)
- Hawkman #11 (tie-in)
- Robin #10
- Legion of Super-Heroes #60 (tie-in)
- Legionnaires #18
- Detective Comics #678
- Green Lantern #55
- Superboy #8
- Darkstars #24
- Superman #93
- Anima #7
- Hawkman #12 (tie-in)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3
- Valor #23
- Green Arrow #90
- Hawkman #13
- LEGION ‘94 #70
- Adventures of Superman #516
- Team Titans #24
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2
- REBELS #0
- Action Comics #703
- Guy Gardner: Warrior #24
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1
- Legion of Super-Heroes #61
- Catwoman #14
- Showcase ‘94 #10 [3/3]
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #0
- Damage #0
- Hawkman #0
- Green Lantern #0
- The Flash #0
- Green Arrow #0
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Showcase ‘94 #8 [3/3] At the Vanishing Point – the floating fortress of the Linear Men located at the last moment in time – the time-travelling Rip Hunter and the sole-survivor of a dead future, Waverider, notice an anomaly in the time stream. They jump to 1994 and confront Monarch (Hank Hall, the former Hawk) who denies responsibility and teleports Waverider and Rip away with him. |
| ✔ | Showcase ‘94 #9 [3/3] Monarch taps into Rip Hunter’s tech to travel through time, but is unable to control it! When Waverider makes contact with him, Monarch learns his future self – the original Monarch (from ARMAGEDDON 2001, 1991-1992) – absorbed Dove’s powers, reason and intelligence when she died! He takes a new persona as Extant, steals Waverider’s time-travel wristband and vanishes. Rip Hunter knew Monarch was destined to die today, but Waverider’s actions have put all of time in jeopardy! New identity: Monarch/Hank Hall as Extant |
| Valor #20 (tie-in) According to Waverider, Valor had just 48 hours to cripple the Dominion, free thousands of captives and terraform a number of worlds, or the Legion of Super-Heroes won’t exist. Time is already buckling, and replacing these achievements of his own past self may help ease the threat to all reality (see D.O.A., 1993-1994). With just 11 hours to go, Valor frees the war-like Braalians who repay him by beating him up. When Valor regains consciousness, the Linear Men stand ready to send him to the Twilight Dimension. He’s failed the Legion! | |
| Valor #21 (tie-in) Valor’s after-image shatters. The Linear Men need to find the real Lar Gand fast before reality collapses. Valor heads off the kinky Braalians’ efforts to invade Shareth by challenging their leader, Krinn Magar, to combat for leadership. The Linear Men arrive just as Valor’s after images are duplicated by the ripples in time. Waverider makes them solid… real! Valor beats Krinn Magar then uses his duplicates to achieve all of his goals, seeding the future for the Legion. The Linear Men encourage Glorith to send Valor into the Twilight Dimension (meeting the destiny of his younger self, as in D.O.A., 1993-1994). But the Linear Men fail to fix the damage as reality shows signs that it’s starting to collapse! 1st appearance: Shareth | |
| Darkstars #21 (tie-in) John Stewart wakes on the Mosaic World and discovers he’s no longer a Guardian of the Universe. One of the Controllers immediately recruits him. Sleer Prigatz and Director Huvah Jeddigar discuss the threat Hal Jordan poses to the universe and wonder why Ferrin Colos hasn’t yet found the fugitive member of the Darkstars, Merayn Dethalis. Jeddigar assigns Klali and Oorong to finding Dethalis. Ferrin Colos – still shaken by his clash with Hal Jordan on Oa (see EMERALD TWILIGHT, 1994) – Carla White and Mo Douglas take John Flint’s monstrous body to Drezen Prime. The Drezenites agree to help if the Darkstars defend them from a team of three Thodians! But the battle goes poorly. On Earth, Donna Troy regrets giving up her powers (during TOTAL CHAOS, 1992). Munchukk offers Donna a place among the Darkstars. 1st appearance: Klali, Oorong | |
| Darkstars #22 (tie-in) The Controller tells John Stewart about Director Jeddigar’s plan to gain ultimate power via the newborn universe created by his Astro-Technicians. Merayn Dethalis discovered his plot and is hiding the newborn universe! Jeddigar convinces Donna Troy to join the Darkstars. On Drezen Prime, the Drezenites’ force nets contain both the Thodians and the Darkstars! They also knew there was no way to undo John Flint’s Annihilator 171 form. The Darkstars and Thodians break free. The Thodians resume their attack on the Drezenites, while Sleer Prigatz summons Ferrin Colos back to Nemo Central to stand trial for crimes against the Darkstars! |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Steel #8 (pp.1-7) (tie-in) In the aftermath of the battle with Rift (see WORLDS COLLIDE, 1994), Superman offers Steel a place in Metropolis, but Steel returns to Washington. Hazard and Shellshock of the sinister Black Ops decide not to set up shop in Metropolis either, since it’s in ruins. John Henry Irons reunites with Tyke who’s out of the hospital, but still in a wheelchair… | |
| Hawkman #9 (tie-in) Naomi Carter’s dream of gigantic, dark, hawk-like entity emerging in space and destroying Thanagar is seen as a warning for her son, Katar Hol – aka, Hawkman. In Chicago, the three-armed vigilante Bar Sinister beats down criminal Netherworlders, allowing Hawkman to finish them off. Officer Andrea Lencioni gives Hawkman a note from Shayera Thal that points him towards Dennis Baintan who Hawkman saves from Badblood’s gang. Dennis may be able to reveal the meaning of Naomi’s dream. A sniper prepares to shoot Hawkman! First appearance: Dennis Baintan, Hawkgod New identity: Lefty as Bar Sinister | |
| Hawkman #10 (pp.1-24) (tie-in) The sniper fails to take Hawkman’s head off and is revealed to be Shayera Thal’s father, Thal Porvis, who blames Katar Hol for the fall of Thanagar. Hawkman rescues FerAlyce from the gang leader Bad Blood’s clutches after finding out her blood is a cure for the Meta-Virus. The Secret Service attempt to convince Hawkman to hand FerAlyce over to them, but he flies off with her… | |
| ✔ | The Flash #92 (pp.1-15) (tie-in) Linda Park has been investigating a snake-themed cult for a few weeks. Wally West and Linda find Wally’s aunt, Iris West, in their new home. Iris escaped the future with Barry Allen’s grandson Bart Allen, whose speed powers are rapidly aging him. But she lost her grip of him in the time stream and needs help getting him back! As the Flash, Wally starts searching for the lost Bart Allen, aware that time’s of the essence…! 1st appearance: Bart Allen (full) |
| Hawkman #10 (p.25) (tie-in) While FerAlyce is nursed by Katar Hol, his mind is distracted by the fact that a giant cosmic bird is travelling across the universe to seek him out! 1st appearance: Bad Blood | |
| ✔ | The Flash #92 (pp.16-22) (tie-in) The Flash tracks Bart Allen down at the Bay of Gibraltar, only to be attacked by Bart himself! Back in America, Kobra watches Linda’s show as she threatens to expose him. |
| ✔ | The Flash #93 (tie-in) Samurai warriors of the Kobra Cult head to Wally West’s house to obtain Linda Park’s notes, with Argus and the Pied Piper defending Linda and Iris West. The Flash gets through to Bart Allen in time for them to head home and save their friends and family! Working on pure impulse, Bart goes after the Kobra lieutenant who’s nabbed Linda’s files and is teleported away with him when the cultist exits! |
| ✔ | The Flash #94 (pp.1-6) Flash pulls Bart Allen from the wall he partially vibrated through. Argus explains Kobra’s plan to invade Midwest America before vanishing! Bart’s taken back inside to rest… |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #59 (tie-in) The Legion of Super-Heroes have successfully thwarted a Khund plan to destroy Weber’s World and the United Planets. Universo is imprisoned. Lightning Lass is rapidly de-aging. The Legion are no longer fugitives. The 31st Century is now a black void that’s linked to the time blips (seen during D.O.A., 1993-1994). Valor realises Phantom Girl might be stranded in the 20th Century, so Emerald Dragon decides to go and find her. Celeste is suddenly a Darkstar. Shrinking Violet recovers from her recent injuries, however Laurel Gand doesn’t recover and dies on the operating table. In New Earth’s orbit, the power gauntlets of former Cosmic Boy, Rokk Krinn, have driven him mad! He’s taken the identity Polestar and is trying to rebuild Earth! Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| ✔ | Legionnaires #17 (tie-in) The Legionnaires unmask Polestar and atomise his gauntlets, restoring his true persona. The Legion and the young Legionnaires attend Laurel Gand’s funeral, including Andromeda (a younger Laurel Gand from a different timeline). Soon, Dev-Em, Shadow Lass, Andromeda and Valor respond to an emergency call regarding the fate of the universe! Invisible Kid, Rond Vidar and the two Brainiac 5s reveal someone’s been messing with their histories and reality is now constantly shifting! A selection of long-time Legion foes suddenly appear, under the guidance of Glorith and Mordru who take Rokk Krinn captive. Dawnstar also vanishes, leaving the Legion without a tracker! Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| ✔ | Valor #22 (tie-in) While history continues to shift, RJ Brande reveals to the Legion’s heavy hitters that he wants to terraform Superboy’s dead Earth from the Pocket Universe (see A TWIST IN TIME, 1987) and replace New Earth with it. Valor starts to vanish from reality, but the returning memories of his love for Shadow Lass keeps him real! Earth of the Pocket Universe proves to be unstable and threatens to explode in 72 hours! Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| New Titans #114 (tie-in) Arsenal comes to an agreement with the President for the Titans to work with (but not for) the US Government, with an agreement to allow the team use the satellite they recently rousted as a base. But Sarge Steel plans to use the team as soldiers. Raven kidnaps Changeling to plant a demon seed within him, while Deathwing watches. On the planet Talyn, young Jarras Minion’s world is slowly disintegrated by Psimon – who also disintegrates the Darkstars who try to help. Jarras enters the Omegadrome to save his life, while his world dies. Bart Allen picks up Arsenal’s call to the Flash. Nightwing, Pantha, Red One and Wildebeast inform Arsenal they’re leaving the Titans. Changeling escapes Raven and meets Arsenal, telling him he’s still on the team and they’ll recruit new members! But first, Phantasm needs the Titans for one last mission. Starfire fails to show up for her final meeting with Nightwing, opting instead to leave Earth. 1st appearance: Jarras Minion | |
| Damage #5 (tie-in) Damage only found out he has powers less than 48 hours ago. Now, his team-up with Iron Munro and Wyldheart against Nazi supervillain Baron Blitzkrieg leads to an exploding crime scene! Wyldheart flies herself and Damage to safety, reveals her origins, and finds out the company she works for, Symbolix, are the ones who killed Damage’s parents. The mercenary Steelhawk defeats Iron Munro and moves his attention to Damage just as the Titans arrive! And they’re looking for Damage, too! 1st appearance: Splatter | |
| ✔ | Damage #6 Sarge Steel sent the Titans to Atlanta to apprehend Damage and Troll (with Arsenal and Changeling convincing Pantha, Red Star and Wildebeest to carry out one last mission). Phantasm detects a connection between Damage and either Iron Munro or Steelhawk! Damage and Steelhawk’s clash is interrupted by a wrinkle in time. Phantom Lady appears to Iron Munro and asks if Damage is their son! The world momentarily goes white. Identity revealed: Iron Munro as Gladiator One (previous codename revealed) |
| Steel #8 (pp.8-22) (tie-in) Steel flies towards the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to meet his family, but Black Ops have been waiting for him and send their super-agents to attack him. A man who looks like a young John Henry Irons hurls a rock at Flatline and, while saving Jemahl Irons, realises he’s been pulled from the past before he vanishes! Steel fends off Black Ops, though Hazard plans to take his armour. 1st appearance: Flatline, Hotspot, Quake, Shellgame | |
| LEGION ‘94 #68 (tie-in) LEGION (the Licensed Extra-Governmental Interstellar Operatives Network) recently rehomed 24 million Argites on the planet Cairn, causing the Carnians to rally against them due to alleged overcrowding. Some members of the LEGION turn against Vril Dox for giving the order to kill protesting Argites, but he realises his son, the hyper-intelligent Lyrl Dox, is responsible. Emerald Dragon’s Time Bubble arrives on present-day Cairn, as he begins his search for his wife! |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| The Ray #5 (pp.1-12) (tie-in) Contact with the Light Entity supercharged both the new Ray (Ray Terrill, who’s now feeling high!) and his father, the original Ray (Langford ‘Happy’ Terrill), who’s now feeling rage! Happy fires a weapon at his son, telling him he needs to take his powers away. Ray wakes up powerless and needs to catch a bus to work… | |
| Justice League America #92 Years ago, the original Justice League line-up – Flash, Aquaman, Black Canary, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Triumph – joined forces with Superman to defend Earth from the alien ‘Plasma Men’! But Triumph’s arrogance almost cost Aquaman and Flash their lives. He even punched out Martian Manhunter for prioritising his allies over the Earth. Triumph surged in magnetic power to overload their ship, but was trapped with the aliens outside the time stream. Now, Elongated Man struggles to believe Triumph’s story, having only just met him (during HERO’S PASSAGE, 1994) and rejects his claims of an impending invasion! Also see RETURN OF THE HERO 1st appearance: Triumph/William MacIntyre (named) | |
| Justice League Task Force #16 (pp.1-13) Triumph decides to prove his power by attacking Justice League America! Elsewhere, the aged immortal Arion blames his forever-foe Chaon for the time anomalies. Arion steps away to break up the fight between Triumph and the JLA. Fire fails to petition Arion to resurrect Ice while the rest of the JLA cave in to Triumph’s request to investigate the alien ‘Plasma Men’ who were most-likely released by the time anomalies at the same moment he was… Also see RETURN OF THE HERO | |
| The Ray #5 (pp.12-25) (tie-in) The powerless Ray can’t stop an armed robbery at Clucky’s Chicken, until he regains his powers when he realises they’re being held back by post-hypnotic suggestion! He resumes his fight with his father and, after some harsh truths, they work on making up. When Happy vanishes, Ray flies to his father’s house, only to find his mother… alive! 1st appearance: Nadine Terrill | |
| Justice League Task Force #16 (p.14) The JLA and Triumph catch a plane to Washington… Also see RETURN OF THE HERO | |
| The Ray #0 (pp.1-10) Martian Manhunter is attacked by the Ray (Langford ‘Happy’ Terrill), demanding to know why he allowed his son to join the Justice League! J’onn J’onzz calls Happy out for fighting him instead of dealing with his feelings about his son. Happy turns to Ray’s girlfriend, Jenny Jurden, to help him find his son… Also see ZERO MONTH | |
| Justice League Task Force #16 (p.14) Martian Manhunter ruminates on his fight with the Ray’s father as he returns to New York’s Justice League Embassy. Fire tells J’onn the JLA are with Triumph, but J’onn has never met anyone by that name… Also see RETURN OF THE HERO | |
| The Ray #0 (pp.11-23) The original Ray and Jenny Jurden can’t find Raymond Terrill anywhere, but they read Ray’s diary and find out he recently met his mother, Nadine Terrill. But he suddenly found himself back in time, reliving Happy Terrill’s life from the moment Ray was born! Happy was told Ray would die Andre due to his powers and allowed the world, including his own mother, to think the infant was already gone. However, Ray Terrill survived and was adopted while Happy secretly protected him from the world. Ray confronts his father at his home over the lies he’s told everyone and the damage he’s done! But Happy continues to lie to his wife, leaving Ray seething. Also see ZERO MONTH | |
| Justice League Task Force #16 (pp.15-22) Elongated Man (Ralph Dibney) drives the JLA around Washington in a hire car, searching for aliens. Ralph eventually gives up and walks away. Fire and Martian Manhunter show up and attack Triumph! J’onn dumps Triumph in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But it seems Triumph wasn’t lying as the aliens’ energy-stealing beam reignites after all these years, and alien hands grab Triumph! Also see RETURN OF THE HERO | |
| Justice League International #68 (pp.1-19) Triumph breaks free of the Plasma Men, though the aliens resume the siphoning of Earth’s energy they began years earlier. The League – including the Elongated Man – decide to take a risk and help Triumph. The Plasma Men take the form of Superman and the Green Lantern, but Triumph slows things down and convinces them to stop. Also see RETURN OF THE HERO |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (pp.1-3) 32 hours until Zero Hour: Someone obliterates the Time Trapper at the End of Time and insists they’re the only one who can heal the cosmos and make it as it should be… |
| LEGION ‘94 #69 (tie-in) Strata announces her exit from the LEGION due to the Argite incident and her and Garv’s immediate plan to marry. Emerald Dragon bursts into LEGION HQ and kisses Phase, but realises she’s not his missing wife. He fills in Phase’s missing memories, explaining she’s actually his wife’s cousin, Enya Wazzo. Lyrl Dox takes control of the RECRUITS, abuses prisoners and makes it look like his father has lost control of LEGION! | |
| Outsiders #10 (tie-in) The Outsiders, including their new member Dervish, return to the hidden city of Abyssia beneath the French Alps in search of Looker. They’re followed by the Atomic Knight. The Outsiders’ fight with the Abyssian Army is interrupted when both sides experience visions of their respective pasts. When the visions end, the unconscious members of the Outsiders – Dervish, Geo-Force, Katana & Technocrat – are taken prisoner. Looker tricks the four of them into helping her. Meanwhile, Eradicator, Faust, Halo and Wylde are recruited by the withered Queen Tamira (believed dead since MILLENNIUM, 1987-1988)! Tamira shows them how Looker is using the Abyssians like cattle, draining them of blood! | |
| Outsiders #11 (pp.1-20) Eradictor kills all the humans in the blood bank. The two groups of Outsiders are reunited, but Halo tries to kill Looker. With a flash of light, the visions appear to the Outsiders and their foes again! One proves to the Atomic Knight that Roderick killed Ilona. Geo-Force burns the vampiric Roderick to death! Faust kills Tamira for trying to use a bomb to kill the Outsiders… | |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.4) 30 hours until Zero Hour: On Apokolips, Metron appears and tells Darkseid he’s seeking allies as time and the universe are unravelling… | |
| ✔ | Guy Gardner: Warrior #23 (tie-in) Guy Gardner and Esperanza Chata of Wargo’s crew use a trapdoor to escape an explosion caused by dino-riding Nazis working for the shapeshifting Master Abdul who wants the Water of Warriors. The Warrior Women of Nabba give Abdul the Waters in exchange for the freedom of their prophesied hero, Guy Gardner. The Waters explode the unworthy Abdul. The Nazis are sucked into a time-rip caused by a time anomaly. The Waters grant Guy a new armoured form and he prepares to fight the coming crisis! Also see MARAUDERS OF THE NABBA 1st appearance: Veronna, Warrior Women of Nabba |
| Aquaman #0 (pp.1-4) (tie-in) Charybdis just forced Aquaman’s hand into piranha-infested waters. Now, short of one appendage, he and the injured Aqualad are taken back to Atlantis by Dolphin… Also see ZERO MONTH | |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (pp.5-7) Batman #511 (pp.1-4) 29 hours until Zero Hour: In Gotham City, the Joker is surprised to find he’s being apprehended by Batgirl! Batman and Robin are equally surprised when they arrive, giving the Joker a chance to escape. From above, another Robin observes Batgirl, who tells Batman and Robin she was never shot… 1st appearance: Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (Splinterverse), Joker (Splinterverse) |
| ✔ | Batman #511 (pp.5-12) Batgirl explains how the Joker killed her father, Commissioner James Gordon, and took Barbara Gordon hostage. Batman rescued her and inspired her to become Batgirl. She takes Batman and Robin to Jim Gordon’s grave and ‘reminds’ them that they’ve been treated as vigilantes ever since the new commissioner, Harvey Dent, took over. When Batgirl tries to kiss Batman as a mark of their relationship, he pushes her away. Batgirl runs from the graveyard… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.8) 28 hours, 49 minutes until Zero Hour: At the Vanishing Point, Matthew Ryder tells the Linear Men that huge periods of time have started disappearing… |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Batman #511 (pp.13-21) Batman returns to the Batcave and contacts Oracle, confirming there are two Barbara Gordons. The Joker assaults the Gotham City Police Department in an effort to kill Harvey Dent as elements of a parallel universe start to seep into this reality. Batman defeats the Joker in Commissioner Dent’s office, but reality is restored and Jim Gordon asks why Batman brought Two-Face and the Joker to his office! The villains vanish. Batman heads to Oracle’s home where the other Batgirl has just departed. They both know reality itself is in danger… 1st appearance: Harvey Dent (Splinterverse) |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #54 (pp.1-6) (tie-in) Kyle Rayner and Alex DeWitt rekindle their relationship. Major Force is flown to Los Angeles to kill the new Green Lantern, retrieve his ring and learn what he can about a mysterious glowing green rock… |
| Aquaman #0 (pp.5-22) (tie-in) While Aquaman suffers a series of fever dreams, until fish take him to the Aquacave! When Aqualad and Dolphin find him, Aquaman emerges with a harpoon replacing his hand! Also see ZERO MONTH | |
| ✔ | The Flash #94 (pp.7-20) Wally tells Iris about a man who visited him as a child to tell him about his future. Iris warns him that a destructive force is running through the time stream! Flash follows Argus’ lead to an old factory where the Kobra Cult are setting up shop, but Bart Allen bursts in fast… New identity: Wally West refers to Bart Allen as “little Mister Impulse”! |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.9) The Flash #94 (pp.21-22) 28 hours, 42 minutes until Zero Hour: The Flash is suddenly transported to the 64th Century! The Linear Men interrupt his fight with Abra Kadabra… |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (pp.10-13) Waverider can’t fix the rift that’s draining the 64th Century, though Kadabra believes the Flash can by using a whiplash effect! But the Flash is pulled into the rift and all that’s left is his costume… | |
| ✔ | Darkstars #23 (tie-in) The Controller takes John Stewart to Rimbor where an alien tells John about the deal his race made with Huvah Jeddigar who accidentally opened a portal to their universe, so allowed them to enslave Jenuwyne if they left Jeddigar alone. On Nemo Central, Ferrin Colos is accused of disobeying orders (during TRINITY, 1993) and concealing the whereabouts of Merayn Dethalis. When Colos tries to speak out about Jeddigar, he orders the Darkstars to stop him! Despite Carla White’s claims that the Darkstars need Colos to oppose the rogue Hal Jordan, Jeddigar brands him guilty and introduces his replacement… Donna Troy! |
| ✔ | Batman #511 (p.22) Batman rushes to Metropolis! |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Superman: The Man of Steel #37 (pp.1-20) Jeb Friedman taunts Clark Kent while preparing for the Children of the Night concert to aid in the rebuilding of Metropolis (destroyed during THE FALL OF METROPOLIS, 1994 and WORLDS COLLIDE, 1994). Superman gets Batman’s signal and speeds off to meet him. But Mutants from Earth-31 (aka, the Dark Knight Returns timeline) suddenly rampage through the city! Batman (who turns out to be from Earth-One) and Superman rush to stop them, meeting the Dark Knight version of Batman, as well as Earth-Two’s Batman. They stop the Mutants when they charge a tank into the concert. Professor Emil Hamilton studies the Batmen and discerns that there’s an impending crisis in the time stream. When the Batmen disappear, Superman responds to a signal from the Batman of his universe… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.14) Superman: The Man of Steel #37 (p.21) 24 hours, 42 minutes until Zero Hour: Batman tells Superman there’s a time anomaly in Gotham, but Metron appears and tells them both that it’s a a much larger cosmic crisis… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (pp.15-17) 23 hours, 40 minutes ago: The Linear Men emerge in Star City, circa 5700AD, where Pol Manning has plucked a younger Hal Jordan from the past to repel the rift, but it swallows both Hal and Rip Hunter… |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #54 (pp.7-22) (tie-in) Kyle Rayner leaves Alex DeWitt’s apartment to investigate time anomalies at the centre of LA which coincide with an earthquake! When he returns to the apartment as the Green Lantern, he finds Alex’s dead body in the fridge and Major Force taking the credit. Before Kyle can kill Major Force, the ring’s power cuts out! |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #55 (pp.1-11) Major Force beats the powerless Kyle Rayner down. The green rock Force is carrying transforms into a Green Lantern Power Battery and recharges Kyle’s ring! He creates an electric chair to fry Major Force alive, but he’s stopped at gunpoint by the Los Angeles Special Crimes Unit. Distraught, the Green Lantern flies away from the scene… |
| ✔ | Detective Comics #678 (pp.1-12) Batman returns home, only to find his parents very much alive and being questioned by a police officer. Realising he’s in the past, Batman finds the chalk outline of his own body in Crime Alley and hunts his own killer… |
| ✔ | Hawkman #11 (tie-in) Hawkwoman and Naomi Carter both see a dark vision of the Hawkgod. Hawkman takes FerAlyce to a hospital. A vision almost knocks Katar out of the sky, but he’s saved by the elderly original Hawkman (Carter Hall). With Bar Sinister and Dennis Baintan, the Hawkmen see Mongrel turn down Bad Blood’s partnership, then the heroes rush in. Carter thinks Katar is possessed by the Hawkgod and the two of them fight while Bad Blood’s gang escape! |
| ✔ | Hawkman #12 (pp.1-9) (tie-in) Katar Hol defeats Carter Hall and frees him from the Hawkgod’s control. The shaken Carter flies after Bad Blood’s gang, leaving Naomi Carter to explain the truth about Paran Katar – Katar Hol’s father – to her son… |
| ✔ | Robin #10 Robin (Tim Drake) searches for the jewel thief known as the Weasel and meets another Robin! Discerning he’s about-of-time Dick Grayson, the two Robins track the Weasel to an aquarium. Despite Dick’s intimidating skills, it’s Tim who rumbles the Weasel’s plan to fake his own death. But, in a flash of light, the original Robin vanishes before they can celebrate! |
| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #60 (tie-in) Rokk Krinn finds himself a prisoner of Glorith and Mordru, until he steals Glorith’s key to the Infinite Library and escapes into it! Every past and present Legionnaire gathers to prepare for a rescue mission, but end up responding to Glorith and Mordru’s attack on the Talus SP Base. Glorith rapidly-ages Leviathan to death, in turn killing his future self. The villains summon the Infinite Man adding to their power and gain control over space and time! Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| ✔ | Legionnaires #18 (pp.1-16) Glorith and Mordru begin altering reality with the Science Police becoming their agents, and unleash their own dark version of the Legion! In the Infinite Library, Rokk Krinn finds out his destiny is entwined with the Legion’s greatest foe… Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| ✔ | Detective Comics #678 (pp.13-22) Batman searches for Joe Chill, only to find he’s not the killer. Batman rushes back home to reunite with his parents, but everything’s back to normal. |
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| ✔ | Green Lantern #55 (pp.12-21) Kyle Rayner returns home when Alan Scott – the original Green Lantern – is waiting for him. He tries to convince Kyle not to give up by explaining the history of the Green Lantern Corps and Hal Jordan’s plan to bring back Coast City and its citizens. Kyle needs time alone to think… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (pp.17-18) 21 hours, 38 minutes until Zero Hour: Hawkman tracks down Vandal Savage and punches him out, but Savage can see Hawkmen from multiple times, all at once. Elsewhere, Doctor Mist can see other Doctor Mists… |
| Superboy #8 (pp.1-8) One of the engines on the US Air Force plane carrying Dubbilex and Krypto the Earth-Dog explodes! Superboy (the clone of Superman) eases the plane’s flight, unaware that the Superboy of the Pocket Universe (see A TWIST IN TIME, 1987) has just arrived from the 30th Century and is doing the same on the other wing! The alternate Superboy flies off as soon as the plane is landed near Smallville and seeks out Jon & Martha Kent… | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #55 (p.22) Kyle Rayner decides to remain the last Green Lantern in Alex DeWitt’s honour. |
| Superboy #8 (pp.8-17) The young Clark Kent wonders into Smallville and runs into Lana Lang, upsetting him when he sees she’s married to Pete Ross! When the real Superboy shows up, ‘Clark’ becomes ‘Superboy’ again and attacks the supposed impostor! With the new Superboy defeated, the ‘original’ flies off to find the Kents… | |
| ✔ | Darkstars #24 (pp.1-20) Donna Troy, Mo Douglas and Carla White head out in search of Hal Jordan, starting at the planet Alaxos. They encounter Entropy whose draining Alaxos of its energy. The trio are unexpectedly assisted by retired Darkstar Vardan Radz and deceased Green Lantern Abin Sur – both pulled from the past! In Zamba’s orbit, John Stewart, now a Darkstar, intercepts the delivery of Ferrin Colos to his homeworld with claims that Huvah Jeddigar is a traitor… |
| Superboy #8 (pp.18-22) Superboy tries to stop ‘Superboy’ from reaching the Kents (unaware of their significance). ‘Superboy’ stops to wonder if one of them is a time anomaly and it looks like he’s it. The modern-day Superboy admits he’s a clone of the original and offers to fix things up when ‘Superboy’ vanishes. The Kents rush out and meet the modern-day Superboy, but he has no clue who they are… | |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.18) Superman leads Metron to the new Green Lantern who’s still reeling from the death of his girlfriend, Alex DeWitt. Metron combines the power of the Green Lantern Ring with his Mobius Chair… |
| ✔ | Legionnaires #18 (pp.12-13) Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl emerge from the timestream in the 20th Century and reunite with Emerald Dragon… Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| ✔ | Darkstars #24 (pp.20-21) Vardan Radz and Abin Sur launch a joint attack on Entropy, then all three suddenly vanish… |
| ✔ | Superman: The Man of Steel #37 (p.22) Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van land their shuttle in Smallville and wander into the Kent Farm in search of their son! |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.19) Darkstars #24 (p.22) Legionnaires #18 (p.13) Superboy #8 (pp.24-25) Superman #93 (pp.1-3) The Mobius Chair and Green Lantern Ring project Superman’s image to other heroes, allowing him to warn them that the universe is dying. Supergirl fights off an alien ship that’s attacking Earth… |
| ✔ | Darkstars #24 (p.23) Donna Troy’s team prioritise Superman’s warning… |
| Superboy #8 (p.25) Superboy flies off to offer his help stopping the new crisis… | |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.20) Metron leaves Superman and the Green Lantern, teleporting to the Spectre who refuses to help him… | |
| ✔ | Superman #93 (pp.3-16) 21 hours, 31 minutes until Zero Hour: Superman assists Supergirl against the alien craft, hurling it into space. Superman gets a call from his parents to come home. There, he meets his birth parents who claim Krypton never exploded! But Superman and Hawkman saw with their own eyes that Krypton is gone (during RETURN TO KRYPTON, 1988). Jor-El and Lara Zor-El tell Superman of his brother, Zan-El. The Kents fear their adopted son will leave Earth… |
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| Anima #7 Superman’s warning somehow brings Anima and Lost Johnny back to Earth! Johnny tells Anima she’s the avatar who can wake Fenris. Animus’ sister, Eris, attacks them both until Maxilla Yale teleports her back to the Tellus Institute. From Arkana, Mania makes Kyle Woodleaf hallucinate, attracting the attention of the Nameless One. In the dungeon’s of the Fortress of Mania, Animus breaks free as reality begins to unravel! 1st appearance: Columbine, Malvolio, Rafael | |
| ✔ | Legionnaires #18 (pp.14-22) Legionnaires fall in battle against the Dark Legion! Night Girl unleashes the power of Amethyst and blasts Mordru, separating him from Glorith and breaking their spell before she vanishes! In the Infinite Library, Rokk Krinn finds a door which leads him to the Time Trapper! Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| Hawkman #12 (pp.9-24) (tie-in) A bi-plane crashes through Katar Hol’s home during a time slip. The origin of Paran Katar reveals his rejection of the concept of the Seven Hells and Seven Heavens that are a part of Thanagar’s belief system. The Hawkgod is the source of Nth Metal and was chained in Hell by Paran. But now the time slips threaten to free it! Katar refuses to stop wearing his Nth metal wings, but he chooses to help Hawgirl (Shiera Sanders). Carter and Shiera go to help the Justice Society of America (JSA) track down Vandal Savage, only for Katar to find the bodies of Bad Blood’s gang members Carter Hall has left behind! | |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31 Robin misses Alfred Pennyworth (who walked away from Bruce Wayne’s obsessive war on crime during KNIGHTQUEST: THE SEARCH, 1993-1994). However, when Robin and Batman return to the Batcave, they’re met by Alfred Beagle – their butler from an alternate timeline (specifically Earth-Two). The Dynamic Duo are drawn into a trap by crime boss Biff Bannon, whose ally Dr Andy Goodwin darts them with a drug that makes them suggestible. Alfred Beagle bungles his efforts to save the duo before they walk off a rooftop, but Batman breaks free and punches out Bannon and Goodwin! Beagle vanishes. | |
| ✔ | Hawkman #13 (pp.1-3) Katar doesn’t sell Carter out to the police as a killer – knowing the original Hawkman was possessed when he killed Bad Blood’s gang – allowing the police to think he was involved. Even Mongrel refuses to help Katar… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.21) 18 hours, 35 minutes until Zero Hour: Waverider returns to the Vanishing Point alone and discovers the secret files on the previous Crisis (see CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, 1985-1986)… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (pp.22-23) 18 hours, 25 minutes until Zero Hour: The JSA have Vandal Savage in their grasp, but something teleports him away! Waverider emerges and asks the JSA why they didn’t tell anyone about the last Crisis. When he touches the Flash (Jay Garrick) he suddenly recalls it all, including the death of Barry Allen… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4 (p.23) 18 hours, 19 minutes until Zero Hour: Extant takes over the Vanishing Point! |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3 (pp.1-3) 17 hours, 7 minutes until Zero Hour: The Justice Society of America are transported to New York, stirred by the death of Wally West…. |
| ✔ | Superman #93 (pp.17-22) 17 hours, 4 minutes until Zero Hour: Superman sees the Kents as his parents, but promises Jor-El and Lara Zor-El he’ll visit them on Krypton. Time reasserts itself, causing Jor-El and Lara Zor-El to vanish! Metron summons the heartbroken Superman back to the fight. |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3 (pp.3-6) 17 hours, 3 minutes until Zero Hour: Superman and Metron sense a disturbance in Keystone City and meet Bart Allen – now calling himself Impulse – who’s fighting off dinosaurs while searching for the Flash… New identity: Bart Allen as Impulse |
| ✔ | Valor #23 Shadow Lass and Valor keep blinking out of existence until Superboy of the Pocket Universe pulls them firmly into reality. They rejoin the Legion’s fight against Glorith and Mordru. Valor tricks Glorith and the Infinite Man’s energy to flows into him. Valor releases the energy into Mordru and it’s too much for him. Mordru is defeated, but Shadow Lass dies. Valor allows himself to vanish from reality. Superboy inspires the Legion of Super-Heroes to rally against the threat to all time, but suddenly vanishes! Elsewhere, the Time Trapper tells Rokk Krinn that he pulled the youthful Legionnaires from the past to create the SW6 Legion. He was just recently attacked and sent back through the timestream. Now he reveals that, under the hood, the Time Trapper was Rokk Krinn all along! Also part of END OF AN ERA |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3 (pp.6-7) 16 hours, 22 minutes until Zero Hour: Rokk Krinn rejects the Time Trapper’s revelation that they’re one and the same and attacks him! |
| Outsiders #11 (pp.21-24) The Outsiders should be celebrating the news that they’ve been cleared of Ilona’s murder! But instead, Katana confronts Halo over attempt to murder Looker, Wylde tells Dervish he killed her husband, and Faust makes a move on Halo which upsets Technocrat. Katana also confronts the Eradicator for his efforts to usurp her leadership. The team walk away from each other! | |
| Green Arrow #90 While in Gotham City, Green Arrow intercepts a Street Demonz gang member. But the timeline begins to diverge as, in one timeline he survives being shot and, but doesn’t in the other. Green Arrow even finds the body of his counterpart. Batman recruits Green Arrow into the gathering forces. | |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3 (pp.7-10) 14 hours, 39 minutes until Zero Hour: Wonder Woman returns from the contest on Themyscira (see THE CONTEST, 1994-1995) and rejoins Justice League America, along with all the other heroes! Superman is selected to lead them… |
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| ✔ | Hawkman #13 (pp.4-13) Katar plans to lead the Hawkgod back to its home plane. As the time slips continue, an entirely different Hawkman shows up to intervene! Katar draws out the Hawkgod… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (p.10) 17 hours, 3 minutes until Zero Hour: The JSA arrive at Vanishing Point and are attacked by Extant… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (p.11) Hawkman #13 (p.14) 17 hours, 3 minutes until Zero Hour: Waverider brings Carter Hall and Shiera Hall to the moment of Katar Hol’s battle with the Hawkgod… |
| ✔ | Hawkman #13 (pp.15-19) Katar tries to pull the Hawkgod from Hell, but the pain is unbearable… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (p.12) Hawkman #13 (pp.19-22) Before Katar Hol’s life can be lost, Carter & Shiera Hall merge with him – along with numerous other Hawkmen from throughout time, powered by the additional might of Mongrel – to explosively become a new, singular Hawkman… |
| ✔ | Hawkman #13 (pp.23-24) 15 hours, 4 minutes until Zero Hour: Shayera Thal, Naomi Carter and Dennis Baintain witness the new Hawkman emerging from the ruins of Chicago! |
| ✔ | LEGION ‘94 #70 (pp.1-17) When Emerald Dragon hears the Argite massacre has taken place, he rushes Phase away in his Time Bubble. Before ‘Lady Quark’ can kill Lyrl Dox, Marij’n Bek destroys the Psi-Parasite that’s been inhabiting Quark’s form, avenging Captain Comet’s death! Vril Dox finds Kanis-Biz recently shot dead, despite having killed him years ago. Further investigations reveal a number of chronol disturbances to Dox… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (p.13) LEGION ‘94 #70 (p.17) 14 hours, 1 minute until Zero Hour: Vril Dox of LEGION looks into the time disturbances by launching a probe into the eye of the storm… |
| ✔ | LEGION ‘94 #70 (pp.18-20) Vril Dox’s probe crashes, but a random spaceship is spat out of a time vortex. Lyrl Dox enters his father’s chambers and proves how much control he has over his own minions… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (p.13) 14 hours until Zero Hour: In Supertown, New Genesis, Highfather of the New Gods claims the end is at hand… |
| ✔ | LEGION ‘94 #70 (pp.21-23) Lyrl Dox tries to convince Vril Dox to work with him, but Vril fights back and fights back against the uniformed officers under Lyrl’s control. Lydea Mallor blasts Vril’s leg! Stealth flees… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (pp.14-16) 13 hours, 59 minutes until Zero Hour: Guy Gardner meets Kyle Rayner. The heroes learn Donna Troy is now a Darkstar, while the Flash and Green Lantern (a young Hal Jordan) are dead. Guy Gardner sees a chance to prevent Hal from ever going rogue. Batgirl and Alpha Centurion stand among the heroes. Metron and Waverider bring Hawkman to the gathering. Aquaman asks if someone is responsible for all of this… 1st appearance: Alpha Centurion (unnamed) |
| ✔ | LEGION ‘94 #70 (pp.24-41) Phase saves Stealth from the LEGION troopers. Earlier, Phase phased out of the Time Bubble at the last second, deciding to remain behind. They show up at Strata and Garv’s wedding as the ceremony ends! Strata, Lobo and Borb Borbb agree to help Stealth and Phase rescue Vril Dox, but Garv refuses. Lyrl frames Vril Dox for the Argite massacre. Stealth’s team rescue Vril, take Telepath hostage and escape in the ship from the vortex! 1st appearance: The Di’ib (unnamed) |
| ✔ | Adventures of Superman #516 Superman quickly checks on Metropolis. Lightning strikes him and suddenly everything seems to be back to normal with Metropolis rebuilt! But Lois Lane doesn’t recognise Clark Kent and the city is under the protection of the Roman-themed Alpha Centurion. The escaped Bloody Mary seriously wounds the Centurion, who explains he left Earth during Roman times for ten years, but 2000 had passed when he returned. He even found love with Lois Lane! After healing, Alpha Centurion accompanies Superman back to New York. 1st appearance: The 100, Alpha Centurion/Marcus Aelius (named), Bloody Mary |
| ✔ | Team Titans #24 Somewhen, Monarch takes credit for manipulating Team Titans – the future iteration of the Teen Titans. In the present, time continues to glitch while Team Titans do their best help people. Mirage reveals she’s pregnant. Hero X is eaten by a pterosaur. Terra senses the Titans are just being manipulated. Elsewhen, Monarch prepares to bring Team Titans to a close. |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (pp.17-18) 12 hours, 50 minutes until Zero Hour: At Vanishing Point, Extant kills the Atom (Al Pratt) and Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), then makes Hourman and Wildcat their true age… |
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| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (pp.19-20) 12 hours, 45 minutes until Zero Hour: Waverider jumps to Vanishing Point where Extant rapidly ages Hourman and Doctor Mid-Nite. Hourman (Rex Tyler) dies… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (p.21) 12 hours, 42 minutes until Zero Hour: Booster Gold’s New York from the 25th Century begins to materialise above modern day New York. Metron demands the heroes act fast… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (pp.22-23) 12 hours, 38 minutes until Zero Hour: At Vanishing Point, Alan Scott’s ring runs out of power. Waverider puts the JSA in stasis and calls out Extant as the two-bit hero, Hawk. But Extant unmasks, revealing the face of Waverider! |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (pp.1-3) 12 hours, 36 minutes until Zero Hour: At Vanishing Point, Extant reveals he’ll steal Waverider’s powers in the future… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (pp.4-9) 12 hours, 34 minutes until Zero Hour: In New York, numerous timelines blend together! Metron, Superman, Captain Atom and others return the future New York to its own time. Waverider and the remaining members of the JSA arrive in the present. Alan Scott gives Kyle Rayner his ring, making him the only Green Lantern. Half the JSA are hospitalised, the rest quit… |
| REBELS #0 (pp.1-22) Vril Dox’s new insectoid spaceship rips into a LEGION ship, allowing his team to board and steal supplies! Dox flies the ship right through a LEGION vessel to escape, killing all on board. Back at LEGION HQ on Cairn, Lyrl Dox insists on rewrites to archivist Alanash’s history of the LEGION. Knowing Lyrl will kill him for his memories before long, Alanash plants his journal aboard the launching Alpha-Probe before going on a rampage and being shot dead… Also see ESCAPE TO NOWHERE and ZERO MONTH 1st appearance: Alpha-Probe, REBELS/Revolutionary Elite Brigade to Eradicate L.E.G.I.O.N. Supremacy (unnamed) | |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (pp.10-11) 10 hours, 6 minutes until Zero Hour: Metron takes Captain Atom, the time-displaced Legionnaires, Mirage, Superman, Terra, Wonder Woman, Metamorpho and others to the 31st Century – the end of time and space! Extant sends Team Titans to attack them… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (p.12) 9 hours, 17 minutes until Zero Hour: In the present, Doctor Mist decides to join the fight… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (p.12) 9 hours, 12 minutes until Zero Hour: Doctor Mid-Nite dies of old age. Jay Garrick seeks out the Spectre… 1st appearance: Leymen |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (p.13) 8 hours, 22 minutes until Zero Hour: Power Girl’s contractions begin. Her baby throws a force-field up around her… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (p.13) 8 hours, 9 minutes until Zero Hour: At the Vanishing Point, Extant holds the Linear Men captive.. |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (pp.14-18) 10 hours, 6 minutes until Zero Hour: In Earth’s past, Nightwing leads a team of heroes who face total entropy, as well as another Team Titans squad. An earlier incarnation of Extant casts the heroes out and absorbs Waverider’s powers. Someone else takes all that remains – Alan Scott’s ring… |
| Catwoman #14 (pp.1-5) Addison Kingsley hires Mr Ashton to bring Catwoman in connection with her most recent thefts… | |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (pp.19-21) 8 hours, 9 minutes until Zero Hour: In Earth’s future, Team Titans are defeated. Metron orders Superman to send his Mobius Chair into the time rift, while Captain Atom blasts it. The explosion closes the rift! Rokk Krinn vouches for the Time Trapper who returns the heroes to the 20th Century… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (pp.21-23) 8 hours, 8 minutes until Zero Hour: In the present, the heroes fend off the last of the Team Titans members. Guy Gardner’s arm sprouts a gun! At the Vanishing Point, Extant absorbs his past self, gaining Waverider’s powers. The Team Titans timeline is gone… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (p.23) 7 hours, 59 minutes until Zero Hour: The other mystery figure arrives in the 30th Century, drops Alan Scott’s ring and crushes it. Now he plans to rewrite reality! |
| Action Comics #703 (pp.1-20) Despite knowing the heroes in the past failed, Superman heads back to Metropolis in case he’s needed. Instead, he’s transported to a reality where Jon & Martha Kent are still young and Kal-El died as an infant. Their neighbour, Emmett Vale, has taken the Kryptonian tech Kal-El arrived in and is preparing for an alien invasion! After Superman ends Vale’s plan to breach realities, Liri Lee of the Linear Men pulls Superman into the time stream to return him to the fight… | |
| ✔ | Guy Gardner: Warrior #24 Guy Gardner takes Batgirl, Supergirl and Steel to the wasteland that was Coast City, only for them to be cast back to prehistoric times where Extant is preparing for the final battle. The cro-magnon Anthro joins the assault on Extant who casts them all to the Old West. Guy turns his body into a weapon against Extant, while the western heroes gather as the Rough Bunch and join the fight! A future Extant warns this one to stop as he won’t win, before he casts himself, Guy and Steel to the time of a more youthful Hal Jordan. Before he can warn Hal about his future, Guy is transported to the moment Coast City was destroyed (during REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN, 1993), and watches Kari Limbo get erased from existence as everything turns white! 1st appearance: Rough Bunch |
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| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #61 (pp.1-19) Thanks to the Time Trapper, Cosmic Boy, Emerald Dragon, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl are able to return to the 31st Century to find the remaining Legion of Super-Heroes trying to save Pocket-Earth from destruction. The Time Trapper unmasks as Rokk Krinn to the Legion. Wildfire admits he’s inhabiting Sun Boy’s corpse. Time Trapper restores Apparition, reuniting her with Emerald Dragon. The Trapper encourages the Legion and their young Legionnaire counterparts to merge to save the time stream… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (p.6) Legion of Super-Heroes #61 (pp.19-20) 1 hour, 58 minutes until Zero Hour: In the 31st Century, the Time Trapper departs and the Legion’s lives are threatened by the unstable Pocket Earth… |
| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #61 (pp.20-25) The remaining members of tte Legion of Super-Heroes, the last beings in their timeline, struggle to contain the dying world as everything starts to turn white! |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (p.7) 1 hour, 58 minutes until Zero Hour: In the 31st Century, the Legion vanish along with their timeline. The Time Trapper survives until the mysterious green figure blasts him in half… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (pp.8-9) 53 minutes until Zero Hour: In the present, Impulse and Booster Gold phase out of time. Wonder Woman prepared to deliver Power Girl’s baby… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (pp.10-11) 40 minutes until Zero Hour: At the Justice Society Headquarters, Jay Garrick confronts the Spectre over his failure to act in this Crisis. The Spectre promises to avenge Jay’s death as he disappears.. |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (p.12) 29 minutes until Zero Hour: Guy Gardner and the others return to New York. Aquaman is still feeling weak after losing his hand. Metron prepares to transport the heroes to a place where time doesn’t exist… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (pp.13-14) 24 minutes until Zero Hour: Metron takes the Green Lantern, Superman and Donna Troy to Vanishing Point using a Mother Box! They free Matthew Ryder and Liri Lee. Green Lantern and Superman salvage the probe fired by Vril Dox… New identity: Matthew Ryder as Waverider II |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (p.15) 14 minutes until Zero Hour: Ted Knight looks past his youngest son, Jack Knight and instead passes the mantle of Starman to his eldest son, David Knight. Jack really doesn’t mind… 1st appearance: Jack Knight |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (p.16) 13 minutes until Zero Hour: Extant kills the Leymen who are working on stopping him… |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (pp.17-20) 7 minutes and 34 seconds until Zero Hour: Extant taunts the heroes in what remains of New York. Batman is sucked into a fissure! The new Waverider arrives and stops Extant from reversing him into ectoplasm… making him younger! The mystery villain takes down Extant… |
| Catwoman #14 (pp.6-15) With time out of sync, Catwoman wakes to find a sabretooth tiger, Tulik, on her bed and and a caveman, Ash, in her bedroom! Tulik bursts out onto the streets, followed by Catwoman and Ash, as they chase it through a dinosaur-riddled Gotham City that keeps shifting through time… | |
| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (pp.21-23) 60 seconds until Zero Hour: A gigantic Hal Jordan – now calling himself Parallax – claiming he can fix the universe and that this is Zero Hour! As the universe resets, Parallax considers restoring a multiverse! New identity: Green Lantern/Hal Jordan as Parallax |
| Catwoman #14 (pp.16-22) Catwoman sees visions of her past and future selves while searching for Tulik in a hunting lodge. Ash and Catwoman share a kiss as reality turns white! | |
| Justice League International #68 (pp.20-22) Fire returns to Arion to ask for contact from Ice from beyond the grave. At the Embassy, just as the Justice League accept Triumph, everything turns white! Also see RETURN OF THE HERO | |
| Action Comics #703 (pp.21-22) Lois Lane looks out over Metropolis as both the city and herself vanish from reality… | |
| ✔ | Darkstars #24 (pp.23-25) Mo Douglas and Carla White are on Earth with Annie Bonelli when everything turns white! |
| ✔ | Showcase ‘94 #10 [3/3] Calendar Man, Chronos, the Clock King and the Time Commander – aka the Time Foes – squabble as they break into the New York Time Institute in search of the Synchro-Helmet! Or is it the Synchrosuit?! As time loops, the Time Commander is shot by a guard, and the former-Lord of Time shows up, along with past versions of the Foes. The Time Commander breaks his Hourglass to fix time, then everything goes white… |
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| ✔ | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #0 Parallax prepares to recreate the entire universe, with the Alpha Centurion Batgirl, Extant, Guy Gardner and Triumph as his audience! Meanwhile, at Vanishing Point, Waverider convinces the few surviving heroes to help him rebuild time as it was. Guy rejects Parallax’s plan and sides with the heroes who attack him. When the Spectre joins the fight, the heroes absorb the universe Parallax has started to create and pour it into Waverider who channels it all into Damage! Parallax kills the Spectre. Batgirl dies taking a shot that was meant for Damage. Green Arrow hits Hal in the chest with an arrow. Spectre charges up Damage who explodes, causing the recreation of the universe with a Big Bang! Everyone is restored, though Parallax and Kyle Rayner emerge further away. Alpha Centurion and the body of Batgirl are erased, while history is slightly altered. Extant escapes. Waverider returns everyone to their correct point in time. Guy Gardner’s armour has been replaced by tattoos. Damage is recruited into the Titans. Power Girl has given birth. Green Arrow smashes his bow, believing his friend, Hal Jordan, to be dead. Waverider returns to the Linear Men and there’s a new female Time Trapper at the end of time! Also see ZERO MONTH 1st appearance: Power Girl’s baby, Time Trapper, Wild Huntsman |
| ✔ | Damage #0 (pp.1-22) Damage emerges back on Earth, having just been the spark for the Big Bang! Exhausted, he asks Iron Munro is he’s his father. Munro’s denial causes Damage to punch him across downtown Atlanta. His power blows up a big chunk of the city! Damage allows the authorities to take him away. Elsewhere, Nadjia Wahrman makes her bid for Symbolix to replace Project Cadmus (destroyed during THE BATTLE OF METROPOLIS, 1994) in the hope of cloning new metahuman bodies for herself and her sons… Also see CONTROL and ZERO MONTH |
| Hawkman #0 Hawkman – Katar Hol, now all the incarnations of Hawkman combined, sporting real wings and eyes of the hawk – returns to his friends at Dennis Baintan’s home. Bad Blood and Doggy Bill burst into the house and attack! Dennis encourages them to leave with Thanagarian firepower, but Bar Sinister has been shot. Hawkman leaves and follows Bad Blood’s trail, beating the Netherworlders and gutting Bad Blood! The final battle is observed by the Viper. Also see EYES OF THE HAWK and ZERO MONTH | |
| ✔ | Damage #0 (pp.23-24) Having dug through the rubble in Atlanta and made it back to Tampa, Iron Munro regrets lying to Damage and collapses from his injuries. Also see CONTROL and ZERO MONTH |
| Green Arrow #0 (pp.1-13) Oliver Queen throws out all of his Green Arrow paraphernalia and shaves off his beard & moustache! After reviewing a bow in the mail, he crashes his car on the way to California. Meanwhile, the National Security Agency decide to ‘Red File’ Ollie. Oliver Queen makes it to the Ashram Monastery where he begins to recover. There, he meets a young monk called Connor Hawke and warns him never to mention Green Arrow again. Connor gives Oliver Queen the pendant he lost, years earlier, when he crashed his plane… Also see ZERO MONTH 1st appearance: Connor Hawke | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #0 After the resetting of the universe, the Green Lantern and Parallax emerge a little later on Oa, surrounded by the deceased Guardians of the Universe (killed during EMERALD TWILIGHT, 1994). Kyle uses his Green Lantern Ring to pummel the powerless Parallax. But finding Kilowog’s skull slows Hal Jordan to a stop. Kyle realises everything Hal Jordan went through broke him. He’s not actually a villain. Kyle gives Hal his ring, restoring him as Green Lantern… to Kyle’s instant regret! Kyle takes down Hal with an old Green Lantern’s coffin and steals the ring back. As Green Lantern, Kyle destroys the source of Parallax’s power… Oa itself! With Parallax gone, the Green Lantern’s now lost in space! Also see ZERO MONTH |
| Green Arrow #0 (pp.14-18) Ollie Queen refuses to help Connor Hawke learn Kyudo archery, but agrees to help him hone his martial arts skills… Also see ZERO MONTH | |
| REBELS #0 (pp.23-24) The ship carrying Vril Dox’s band of REBELS is surrounded by LEGION ships! Also see ESCAPE TO NOWHERE and ZERO MONTH | |
| ✔ | The Flash #0 Wally West is alive, but he’s falling through the time stream, bouncing through moments of his own life. He sees Max Mercury watching over his fight with Team Turmoil and the moment he gained his powers. He becomes corporeal when he jumps to a family gathering and realises the ‘family member’ who gave him inspirational words as a kid was actually himself! he soon returns to the presents as the Flash. Also see ZERO MONTH |
| Green Arrow #0 (pp.19-32) Ollie Queen fires a single arrow on Connor Hawke’s request. Later, the NSA send to mercenaries to Ashram to kill Ollie, but Connor saves his life. Ollie decides to leave Ashram and take out whoever sent the hitmen. Connor insists on coming with him! Also see ZERO MONTH |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | Superman: The Man of Steel #0 (1994) A new foe called Conduit is woven into Superman’s history in the new timeline; Metropolis is revealed to have been restored. | CONDUIT SAGA ZERO MONTH |
| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #0 (1994) Legionnaires #0 (1994) A brand-new, post-Zero Hour continuity for the Legion of Super-Heroes begins; Cosmic Boy, Livewire and Saturn Girl are the first three members of RJ Brande‘s Legion; Brande is obsessed with 20th Century super-heroes who are his inspiration for the team; Apparition and Triad soon join the line-up. | THE BEGINNING OF TOMORROW ZERO MONTH |
| Anima #0 (1994) The origin of the Archai is revealed. | ZERO MONTH | |
| ✔ | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #0 (1994) Batman’s history is altered as he becomes an urban legend, rather than a public crimefighter. | ZERO MONTH |
| ✔ | Justice League Task Force #0 (1994) Martian Manhunter invites Gypsy, Ray and Triumph to join Justice League Task Force; the team become more independent from the primary League. | ZERO MONTH |
| ✔ | Damage #7 (1994) Damage stands trial for blowing up part of Atlanta; he’s allowed to go free but is banned from the state of Georgia. | CONTROL |
| The Flash #95-96 (1994-1995) The Flash and Impulse take on the Kobra Cult. | TERMINAL VELOCITY | |
| ✔ | Justice League America #93-94 (1994) The Lord of Chaos called Scarabus makes a bid to steal Power Girl’s baby. | |
| Outsiders #0 (1994) The division in the Outsiders leads to them splitting into two team; Katana leads Geo-Force and Technocrat on one team; Eradicator leads Faust, Halo, Looker and Wylde on the other. | FROM THE ASHES ZERO MONTH | |
| Wonder Woman #91-92 (1994) Wonder Woman returns to Themyscira to complete the Contest, but loses the Wonder Woman mantle to Artemis. | THE CONTEST | |
| Manhunter #0 (1994) Sinister new Manhunter, Chase Lawler, pursues the Wild Huntsman in Star City. | ZERO MONTH | |
| ✔ | New Titans #0 (1994) Damage, Impulse, Mirage and Terra join the Titans. | ESCAPE TO NOWHERE ZERO MONTH |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #56 (1994) REBELS #1 (1994) Green Lantern is lost in deep space following his return to the present; the REBELS help guide Green Lantern in the right direction when he assists them against the corrupted LEGION. | ESCAPE TO NOWHERE |
| ✔ | Justice League America #95 (1995) Power Girl’s baby rapidly ages. | THE CONTEST |
| ✔ | Primal Force #0 (1994) Following the death of the Leymen Doctor Mist had formed to oppose mystical threats, he finds the remaining Leymen he’d been monitoring in preparation to battle the prophesied threat of Cataclysm; Mist brings the Leymen together as Primal Force. | JOURNEY TO THE DARK CORNERS ZERO MONTH |
| Robin #0 (1994) Nightwing relocates to Gotham City; after everything he’s experienced, recently, Bruce Wayne declares he need time to recover and passes the Batman mantle to Dick Grayson for a while. | PRODIGAL ZERO MONTH | |
| Anima #8-11 (1994-1995) Anima is reunited with Animus; Fenris is woken and takes possession of Willow Mason; Anima and her friends have their final battle Mania, the Nameless One and Maxilla Yale. | ||
| ✔ | The Flash #95-98 (1994-1995) Outsiders #16 (1994-1995) The Flash #97-100 (1995) The Flash and Impulse continue to oppose the Kobra Cult; Dervish returns as an enemy of the Outsiders when she opposes Eradicator’s team. | TERMINAL VELOCITY |
| ✔ | New Titans #116-117 (1994-1995) Kyle Rayner joins the Titans; Jarras Minion helps the TItans defeat Psimon. | PSIMON SAYS… DIE! |
| Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle (1995) The Riddler uses a device he obtained his Time Displacer Sceptre due to the events of ‘Zero Hour’. | ||
| ✔ | Green Arrow #91-96 (1994-1995) Eddie Fyers joins Oliver Queen and Connor Hawke in their search for whoever hired the hitmen to kill Ollie; Connor adopts a ‘Green Arrow’ style costume; Parallax (Hal Jordan) reveals to Ollie that Connor is Ollie’s son. | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #60 (1995) Hal Jordan wanders the Arizona desert. | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT |
| ✔ | Green Arrow #97-99 (1995) Ollie Queen stops trusting Connor Hawke, believing their meeting wasn’t by chance; the National Security Agency employ Oliver Queen to infiltrate Hyrax‘s Eden Corps terrorist group, putting him at odds with Connor. | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #61 (1995) Hal Jordan drops his Parallax persona. | CRIMELORD-SYNDICATE WAR |
| ✔ | Green Arrow #100-101 (1995) Oliver Queen sacrifices himself to stop Eden Corps from detonating their bomb over Metropolis – and because he would have to lose an arm to survive. | |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #43 (1995) Babe Tanaka is cured of her vampirism by the Lock. | ||
| ✔ | New Titans #119-121 (1995) Damage #8 (1994) New Titans #119-121 (1995) It’s heavily implied that Wyldheart is actually one of the New Gods; Raven returns to attack the Titans; and activates the Demon Seed in Changeling. | FOREVER EVIL |
| ✔ | Damage #11-12 (1995) After confirming he’s not the son of the Phantom Lady and Iron Munro, Damage learns Al Pratt – the original Atom – is his father; Nadjia Wahrman faces utter defeat with the destruction of Symbolix. | |
| Steel #17-19 (1995) Steel takes his war on the drug Tar head-on. | ||
| ✔ | Adventures of Superman #522 (1994) It’s revealed Metropolis was rebuilt by some of the world’s greatest heroes after ‘Zero Hour’. | |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #30 (1994) Hal Jordan pays Arisia a visit and tries to convince her to join him. | REIGN OF THE WARRIOR | |
| ✔ | Impulse #1 (1995) Max Mercury starts training Impulse. | RUNS IN THE FAMILY |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #62-64 (1995) Parallax battles Kyle Rayner over the right to wear the last Green Lantern Ring. | |
| New Titans #122 (1995) Sarge Steel calls in the Titans to take on the Crimelord. | CRIMELORD-SYNDICATE WAR | |
| Outsiders #18-19 (1995) The two Outsiders teams reunite to combat Felix Faust. | ||
| ✔ | New Titans Annual #11 (1995) Terra destroys information pertaining to her past that was left by the Time Trapper, concerning how the Trapper freed her from Extant’s brainwashing during ‘Zero Hour’; it’s hinted that Terra wasn’t taken from the future; Impulse admits to Supergirl that he joined the Titans by taking a call that was meant for the Flash. | CRIMELORD-SYNDICATE WAR YEAR ONE |
| Darkstars #33 (1995) Exiled Darkstar Ferrin Colos has his final confrontation with Huvah Jeddigar; John Stewart initiaes Merayn Dethalis back into the Darkstars. | CRIMELORD-SYNDICATE WAR | |
| Superboy #17-19 (1995) The young Valor (or a variation of him) is revealed to be alive! | THE WHITE TRIANGLE | |
| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #74 (1995) Legionnaires #31 (1995) Having travelled to the 31st Century, Superboy (Connor Kent) unites the Legion of Super-Heroes with Valor; Superboy becomes an honorary member of the Legion. | FUTURE TENSE |
| Nightwing: Alfred’s Return #1 (1995) Nightwing convinces Alfred Pennyworth to return to Wayne Manor. | ||
| Green Lantern Annual #4 (1995) Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner briefly swap bodies and live out each others’ origins. | ||
| ✔ | Steel Annual #2 (1995) The young John Henry Irons’ journey through time to meet his future self is told him his perspective; the full origin of John Henry Irons is revealed. | YEAR ONE |
| ✔ | Adventures of Superman #527 (1995) An alternate version of Alpha Centurion shows up in Metropolis and clashes with Superman, while also taking a shine to Lois Lane. | REVENGE OF APOKOLIPS |
| ✔ | Hawkman Annual #2 (1995) Efforts are made to clarify Hawkman’s new origin. | YEAR ONE |
| ✔ | Darkstars #35-38 (1995) Ferrin Colos finds a way to return the Jenuwynians to their universe; Ferrin Colos rejoins the Darkstars. | THE LONG WAY HOME |
| New Titans #126-130 (1996) Arsenal’s Titans begin to fall apart; Starfire returns to Earth; the Titans have a climactic battle with Raven to ensure her redemption. | ||
| ✔ | Manhunter #13 (1995) Justice League America #105-106 (1995) Green Arrow #102 (1995) Justice League Task Force #30 (1995) Legion of Super-Heroes #75 (1995) Mark Shaw returns as the Manhunter to ‘kill’ the Wild Huntsman; Power Girl returns; her baby is revealed to have become a fully-grown man called Equinox, destined to battle Scarabus; Connor Hawke fully accepts the mantle of Green Arrow; Neron gives Triumph a candle that, when lit, will restore the lost years of his life; Triumph accepts the candle, but doesn’t light it; Neron takes the 10-year-old Lori Morning to the 30th Century to plant her among the Legion of Super-Heroes. | UNDERWORLD UNLEASHED |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | Justice League America #107-108 (1996) The Justice League and Equinox defeat Scarabus; it’s revealed that Power Girl – believed, at the time, to be the granddaughter of Arion – existed purely to bring Arion’s mystical great grandson into the world; Equinox vanishes, never to return. | |
| REBELS ’96 #17 (1996) Lyrl Dox is lobotomised, reducing his intelligence levels considerably and freeing the LEGION from his control. | ||
| Steel #24-27 (1996) Black Ops make their final move against Steel; Tyke’s rage causes problems for Steel. | ||
| Batman: The Ultimate Evil #1-2 (1996) Batman learns Joe Chill did kill his parents and that he was hired to do so. | ||
| ✔ | Green Lantern #75 (1996) John Stewart and Donna Troy leave the Darkstars. | THE LONG WAY HOME |
| ✔ | Hawkman #31-33 (1996) Having been driven mad by the merging of the various Hawkmen, Arion and Martian Manhunter banish Hawkman to Limbo. | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1 (1996) The destruction of Oa is revealed to have opened a rift between the DC Universe and Marvel Universe; Parallax manipulates the Silver Surfer into assisting him against Kyle Rayner. | DC VERSUS MARVEL |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #44 (1996) Parallax attends Arisia’s funeral. | ||
| Justice League Task Force #37 (1996) Unaware of the deal with Neron or the significance of the candle, Gypsy and Ray light it, activating the nefarious deal with Neron that didn’t actually give Triumph what he wanted and begins his descent into villainy. | ||
| The Ray #28 (1996) The Ray tells Nadine Terrill she’s his mother, with initially disastrous results. | ||
| ✔ | Parallax: Emerald Night #1 (1996) The Final Night #3-4 (1996) Green Lantern #81 (1996) Parallax redeems himself by sacrificing his life destroying the Sun-Eater to save Earth from destruction; a funeral is held for Hal Jordan. | THE FINAL NIGHT |
| Aquaman #31-33 (1997) Aquaman goes through more physical changes when his remaining hand becomes webbed. | ||
| The Flash Secret Files & Origins #1 (1997) Impulse’s full name is revealed. | ||
| ✔ | Green Lantern #100-106 (1998) The extent of Mongul’s actions against Coast City are revealed in full; Kyle Rayner meets a younger Hal Jordan accidentally returns with Kyle Rayner to the present; young Hal aids Kyle Rayner in a battle against a time-displaced Parallax. | EMERALD KNIGHTS |
| ✔ | Legionnaires #64 (1998) Legion of Super-Heroes #108 (1998) Young Lori Morning becomes the post-Zero Hour incarnation of the Time Trapper. | DARK CIRCLE RISING |
| ✔ | Superman: The Man of Steel #83 (1998) It’s revealed that the original Waverider was killed by Extant and Matthew Ryder of the Linear Men became the new Waverider to take his place near the final battle of ‘Zero Hour’; the Matthew Ryder who’s still a member of the Linear Men is intended to be another incarnation of Ryder. | |
| The Flash #142 (1998) Linda Park and Wally West get married. | ||
| Green Arrow #137 (1998) Connor Hawke returns to the Ashram Monastery; a flashback to six month searlier hints that Parallax resurrected Oliver Queen. | ||
| Aquaman Secret Files & Origins #1 (1998) Charybdis is revealed to have survived being shot by Dolphin and plans to eact his revenge on Aquaman by killing his family. | ||
| Aquaman #51 (1998-1999) Aquaman replaces his damaged hook hand with a cybernetic hand. | ||
| ✔ | The Kingdom #2 (1999) While ‘Zero Hour’ was intended as a way to ‘fix’ continuity issues left outstanding after ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’, outstanding issues continue to occur; the concept of Hypertime is (fully) introduced to explain away contradictions. | THE KINGDOM |
| ✔ | Superboy #61 (1999) Superboy is reunited with the time-lost Superboy from ‘Zero Hour’ who reveals he’s from a Hypertime version of Earth-One; it may be that hsi history has been altered or he was never from the Pocket Universe. | |
| ✔ | Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe #1 (1999) Extant returns, manipulating events to ensure a man who’s destined to die will instead survive and build a deadly doomsday weapon; Impulse’s nature makes him immune to Extant’s powers, enabling him to overcome Extant. | |
| ✔ | JSA Secret Files #1 (1999) The Justice Society of America reform following the death of the original Sandman. | JUSTICE BE DONE |
| Superboy #69 (1999) Superboy learns about his Kryptonian heritage and takes the name Kon-El. | ||
| ✔ | JLA #28-31 (1999) With the world not having gone his way, his powers in flux and his status as a hero in question, Triumph makes a deal with a genie – who turns out to be a Thunderbolt called Lkz – and turns against the Justice League; the Spectre turns Triumph into ice. | |
| Day of Judgment #2-5 (1999) Hal Jordan is freed from Limbo to become the host of the Spectre. | DAY OF JUDGMENT | |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #96 (2000) Steel relocates to Metropolis. | ||
| ✔ | JLA #38 (2000) Triumph’s body is destroyed in an explosion in the Justice League Watchtower. | |
| Superman #155 (2000) Superboy finally takes Ma & Pa Kent up on their offer to stay with them. | STRANGERS IN SMALLVILLE | |
| ✔ | JSA #11-15 (2000) The JSA have their rematch with Extant, ultimately replacing him with Terri Rothstein in her crashing plane, saving her and ending Extant’s life. | THE HUNT FOR EXTANT |
| Green Arrow #1 (2001) Oliver Queen’s resurrection is confirmed. | ||
| Green Lantern: Legacy – The Last WIll and Testament of Hal Jordan (2002) Boodikka is revealed to be among the Green Lanterns who survived Hal Jordan’s attack on Oa; Tom Kalmaku restores Oa. | ||
| ✔ | JSA #23-25 (2001) A rejuvenated Carter Hall leaves Limbo, free of Katar Hol’s soul and back in the role of the one, true Hawkman. | |
| ✔ | JSA #36 (2002) With help from the android Hourman, Hourman (Rik Tyler) rescues his father, the original Hourman (Rex Tyler) moments before his death during ‘Zero Hour’. | |
| Aquaman #1 (2003) The Lady of the Lake replaces Aquaman’s lost hand with a magical Waterbearer hand. | TO DIE BY THE LIGHT OF THE SEA | |
| Teen Titans #1-5 (2003-2004) Superboy learns his other genetic ‘father’ is actually Lex Luthor; Impulse becomes Kid Flash; after his suspicions that Superman is Clark Kent are confirmed, Superboy takes the name Conner Kent while living on the Kent Family Farm. | ||
| ✔ | Teen Titans #16 (2004) Teen Titans/The Legion Special #1 (2004) The saga of the post-Zero Hour Legion of Super-Heroes comes to an end. | SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION |
| ✔ | JSA #66 (2004) To avoid time itself unravelling, Rex and Rik Tyler fight over which one of them will go back in time to die at Extant’s hands; the android Hourman becomes the stand-in; Rex promises to rebuild the android Hourman. | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6 (2005) Hal Jordan uses his powers as the Spectre to restore Coast City; Hal learns his actions as Parallax were actually caused by the parasitic entity Parallax – the living embodiment of fear – who was also the source of the yellow impurity in the Green Lantern Rings; Sinestro’s ‘death’ is revealed to be part of a plot concocted by himself and Parallax to push Hal Jordan over the edge; Parallax briefly possesses Guy Gardner and overwrites his Vuldarian DNA with human DNA; Parallax’s efforts to take control of the Spectre are thwarted; Hal Jordan is reborn as the Green Lantern; Guy Gardner becomes a Green Lantern again; the Green Lantern Corps is restored. | GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH |
| ✔ | Teen Titans/The Legion Special #1 (2004) Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (2005) A new incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes begins. | AND WE ARE LEGION |
| Villains United #5 (2005) The real Lady Quark is revealed to be alive. | COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS VILLAINS UNITED | |
| ✔ | Infinite Crisis #2-3 (2006) The next cosmic-level Crisis hits the universe; Power Girl is revealed to be a Kryptonian from Earth-Two, rather than the granddaughter of Arion, as she’d been led to believe; Kid Flash (Bart Allen) meets his grandfather, Barry Allen, in the Speed Force. | INFINITE CRISIS |
| 52 #27 (2007) It’s implied that Skeets‘ armour is made from the corpse of a Waverider; Skeets kills Waverider. | 52 | |
| Birds of Prey #104-108 (2007) Checkmate #16 (2007) Kerimov obtains Ice’s body in the hope of resurrecting her and using her to manipulate the Russian population; Kerimov succeeds in restoring her to life but she assists the Birds of Prey in defeating him; Fire and Ice are finally reunited. | ||
| Justice League of America Wedding Special #1 (2007) Dervish doesn’t manage to reunite with her beloved Manticore, but he’s revealed to be alive when he attacks the wedding of Black Canary and Green Arrow. | AND THEY SAID IT WOULDN’T LAST INJUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED | |
| ✔ | Booster Gold #0 (2008) Booster Gold and his squad of Blue Beetles encounter Extant and Parallax on their journeys through time, before their defeat during ‘Zero Hour’. | BLUE & GOLD |
| Blackest Night #2-8 (2009-2010) Aquaman, the original Atom, Extant/Hawk and the first Doctor Mid-Nite are resurrected as members of the Black Lantern Corps; Aquaman is restored to full-life with both hands intact; Hank Hall is fully resurrected as Hawk. | BLACKEST NIGHT | |
| Time Masters: Vanishing Point #5-6 (2011) Black Beetle locates Waverider’s corpse, intending to fuse with it to gain invulnerability; in order to stop Black Beetle, Liri Lee fuses with the corpse to become Linear Woman; a disagreement with Rip Hunter leads to the Linear Men breaking up. | THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE | |
| ✔ | Convergence: Booster Gold #1 (2015) Convergence #4 (2015) It’s revealed that the android Hourman was rebuilt following his death at Extant’s hands. | CONVERGENCE |
| ✔ | Flashpoint Beyond #5 (2022) ‘Zero Hour’ is revealed to be the first instance of the bridging of Hypertime and the Multiverse/Omniverse. | THE NEW GOLDEN AGE |
| ✔ | Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special #1 (2024) Kyle Rayner of Prime Earth returns to the Splinterverse where he meets the ‘Zero Hour’ version of Batgirl. |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| 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 #0, 6 Darkstars #24 Detective Comics #678 Flash #0, 94 Green Arrow #0, 90 Green Lantern #0, 55 Guy Gardner: Warrior #24 Hawkman #13 Justice League America #92 Justice League International #68 Justice League Task Force #16 LEGION ‘94 #70 Legionnaires #18 Legion of Super-Heroes #61 Outsiders #11 Robin #10 Showcase ‘94 #8-10 [part] Steel #8 Superboy #8 Superman #93 Superman: The Man of Steel #0, 37 Team Titans #24 Valor #23 Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #0, 1-4 |
| DC Finest – Events: Zero Hour Part One | Batman #511 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31 Darkstars #24 Detective Comics #678 Flash #94 Green Lantern #55 Hawkman #13 LEGION ‘94 #70 Legionnaires #18 Outsiders #11 Showcase ‘94 #8-9 [part] Steel #8 Superboy #8 Superman #93 Superman: The Man of Steel #37 Team Titans #24 Valor #23 Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #3-4 |
| DC Finest – Events: Zero Hour Part Two | Action Comics #703 Adventures of Superman #516 Anima #7 Catwoman #14 Damage #0, 6 Flash #0 Green Arrow #90 Green Lantern #0 Guy Gardner: Warrior #24 Justice League America #92 Justice League International #68 Justice League Task Force #16 Legion of Super-Heroes #61 Robin #10 Showcase ‘94 #10 [part] Superman: The Man of Steel #0 Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #0, 1-2 |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time | Showcase ‘94 #8-10 [part] Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #0, 1-4 |
| Batman: Zero Hour | Batman #0, 511 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #0 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #0, 31 Catwoman #0, 14 Detective Comics #0, 678 Robin #0, 10 |
| Superman: Zero Hour | Action Comics #0, 703 Adventures of Superman #0, 516 Steel #0, 8 Superboy #0, 8 Superman #0, 93 Superman: The Man of Steel #0, 37 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Aquaman by Peter David, Book One Aquaman by Peter David Omnibus | Aquaman #0 |
| Catwoman by Jim Balent vol.2: License to Steal DC Finest – Catwoman: Vengeance and Vindication | Catwoman #14 |
| Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus vol.2 | Flash #0, 92-94 |
| Flash by Mark Waid, Book Three Impulse: Reckless Youth | Flash #92-94 |
| Flash by Mark Waid, Book Four Flash: Terminal Velocity | Flash #0 |
| Green Lantern: A New Dawn Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn | Green Lantern #54-55 |
| Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium | Green Lantern #0, 54-55 |
| Legion of Super-Heroes: Five Years Later Omnibus Vol.2 | LEGION ’94 #69-70 Legion of Super-Heroes #59-61 Legionnaires #17-18 Valor #20-23 |
| Robin vol.4: Turning Point Robin: Tim Drake Compendium One | Robin #10 |
| Superboy vol.1: Trouble in Paradise | Superboy #8 |
Reading Order © Omniverse Comics Guide 2026
I really enjoyed Zero Hour. Back when these DC reorganising events were (to me) rare, I enjoyed being along for the ride or the reboot/reahuffle. This reading order is an epic piece of work Dave! Congratulations mate
Cheers, for giving it a gander, dude!
I’d only read the primary chunks of it, before, so this was my first full read-through – can’t so ‘no’ to some ’90s!
The 90’s gets a lot of undeserved hate, there was a lot of gold during the 90’s
Too right! I’m looking at doing a month of pure-90s soon, from reading orders to pods, to show the decade some much-deserved love!