Image of Hal Jordan as Parallax, with Kyle Rayner
The Zero Hour: 30th Anniversary Special is a joyous love letter to the DC Universe of the 1990s. Released in 1994, Zero Hour: Crisis in Time was the crest of a wave sweeping through the DC Universe, changing it forever. Thirty years later, Dan Jurgen, the primary architect of the original Zero Hour, returns to tell a new story set during the event.
During the buildup to Zero Hour, the Cyborg Superman destroys Green Lantern Hal Jordan’s home in Coast City. In the aftermath of the carnage, Jordan goes mad with grief, making him prey for Parallax. Under the Fear entity’s control, Jordan proceeds to massacre the rest of the Green Lantern Corps. After killing the Guardians, he took their power for himself, and began calling himself “Parallax.” After giving the last Power Ring to Kyle Rayner, who would become the last Green Lantern.
In the wake of Armageddon 2001, Jurgens introduced a slew of concepts and characters related to the idea of time travel, all of which would become important to Zero Hour. Soon after the event ends, Waverider will join the Linear Men, a group of time-traveling heroes dedicated to preserving the timestream. Led by Rip Hunter, the Linear Men gave Waverider a place he could belong. Jurgens was fascinated by time-travel, and employed it extensively in his works, particularly on the Superman titles.
The idea of DC as a “legacy publisher” was also getting a major boost in the 1990s thanks to a pair of iconoclastic stories. The Death of Superman, mentioned earlier, was a major hit for the publisher, even drawing attention from mainstream media, as was Knightfall, which culminated with Bane breaking Batman’s back. Replacements would arise to take Superman and Batman’s place.
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