Show notes provided by Joe Peluso
In the late Summer of 1996 DC Comics decided to dim the lights by
blowing out the Sun! A cosmic force known as The Sun-Eater (first seen
way back in Adventure Comics #352 from November 1966!) came calling to snuff out all life on Earth! Chronicled in a weekly event, the story
was entitled "The Final Night".And it sure as heck would've been, if
not for the timely, last minute intervention of a once great seminal
hero who had recently gone rogue.
Join hosts James, Chris, and Joe as they "shed light on" (Sorry,
Chris, you know--low-hanging fruit.) on a new DC event that taxed
Earth's greatest heroes in a race to save the world from becoming a
popsicle.All kidding aside, this fast-paced saga had major stakes,
major tragedies, and major repercussions for the DCU.
Seven days to restart the sun, or all life on Earth perishes.
Superman, cut off from solar rays, is weakening by the day. Kyle
Rayner, Earth's only Green Lantern, chucks a "Hail Mary" like Bret
Farve into space to convince the one and only capable "entity"
Parallax (Hal Jordan ) to save the Earth. Lex Luthor is brought in to
work with Brainiac 5. And Batman, as usual, multitasks.
It's a fun event told in four issues, one special issue, and one
aftermath remembrance issue, with limited tie-ins, that doesn't break
the banks of loyal DC fans. Also there are some "heavy" discussions on
the meaning of heroes and villains, and loss and redemption, that we
think you will find quite interesting. It's been thirty years since
this story dropped. No alternate dimensions, maddening multiverses, or
time travel trickery, just a solid story of survival on both the grand
and human scale.
