Zero Hour
“Zero Hour”
Volume 1, Issue 1, August 1994
Released August 2, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
Guide Price: $2.50 (as of 2011)
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Colorist: Gregory Wright
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino (as Gaspar)
Assistant Editor: Mike McAvennie
Editor: K.C. Carlson
Heroes: Amazing Man II, Batman, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Flash IV, Nightwing II, Robin III
Supporting: Metron
Setting: New York, NY, USA, 20th-century
Cover Description: Batgirl, Green Arrow, Hawkman III, Kyle Rayner, Ray II, Superman, and Waverider are consumed by a circle of white light. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: The heroes of the DC universe continue to battle against time anomalies controlled by the time traveling villain Extant.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Supporting (Booster Gold plays a lesser role)
Costume Worn: MARK IV armored power-suit
Issue Notes: "Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!" issue 4. The issues of Zero Hour are numbered backwards from 4 to 0. All Zero Hour issues are cover dated September 1994.
This story has been reprinted in:
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Omnibus (2024)
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994)
Page 8, panel 3
Booster Gold stands alongside Amazing Man II, Batman I, Captain Atom, Impulse, Metron, Nightwing, and Robin III as the heroes plan what to do about the increasing number of disappearing cities.
Page 9, panel 2
As time is erased from the end of time backwards, heroes from the future are disappearing as though they never existed. Shortly after the disappearance of Impulse, whose origins are in the 30th century, Booster disappears from the DC universe. Booster was raised in the 25th century. In a matter of seconds, 500 years of history have been erased.
Boosterrific Review: One at a time, the heroes of the DC Universe are destroyed by events set in motion by this series' surprise villain, proving that all that came before was entirely pointless. Despite a lingering feeling of disgust at what finally appears as a mini-series comprised primarily of confusing warm-up acts delaying the scheduled main event, some good will towards Dan Jurgens' story is restored by the climatic confrontation at the end of the issue.
Boosterrific Rating: Gold Standard.
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