The JLA during Final Night
Event Name: Final Night
Alternate Names: No known alternate names
Synopsis
Event Locations: Earth
First Appearance: Final Night #1
Cast of Characters: Nearly every Earth-bound hero in the DC Universe (see Characters section)
Synopsis: An alien entity known as the Sun-Eater enters Earth's galaxy and consumes the Sun. Without the benefit of the Sun's life giving energies, the Earth begins to quickly cool into a frozen wasteland. Earth's champions, notably the JLA, are forced to team-up with their greatest foe, Lex Luthor in order to find a way to re-ignite the sun. Ultimately, the former Green Lantern known as Parallax heroically sacrifices himself in order to breathe new life into the sun, thus saving the planet.
Characters
Heroes who participated in the Final Night event
Alpha Centurion | Amazing Man (Will Everett) | Aquaman | Batman | Big Barda | Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance) | Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) | Booster Gold | Brainiac 5 | Captain Atom | Captain Marvel | Captain Marvel, Jr. | Cosmic Boy | Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)| Dusk | Ferro | Fire | Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) | Flash (Jay Garrick) | Flash (Wally West) | Gates | Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) | Guardian (Jim Harper) | Gypsy | Ice | Impulse | Inferno | Jade | Jayna | Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence) | Martian Manhunter | Mary Marvel | Maxima | Mister Miracle (Scott Free) | Nightwing (Dick Grayson) | Oracle | Parallax | Phantom Stranger | Ray (Ray Terrill) | Robin (Tim Drake) | Saturn Girl | Sentinel | Spark | Spectre (Jim Corrigan) | Steel (John Henry Irons) | Superboy (Kon-El) | Superman | Takion | Tiger Man (Desmond Carr) | Ultra Boy | Warrior | Wildcat (Ted Grant) | Wonder Woman | Zan | Zatanna
Villains who participated in the Final Night event
Doctor Polaris | Etrigan | Lex Luthor | Mister Freeze | Sun-Eater | Vandal Savage
Other characters
Amanda Waller | Cat Grant | Dan Turpin | Erica Del Portenza | Jimmy Olsen | Jonathan Kent | Kitty Faulkner | Maggie Sawyer | Martha Kent | Ron Troupe | Ted Knight
Covers
History
Full event history of event unknown.
Notes
- The Final Night event was developed by writer Karl Kesel.
- All four issues of Final Night were reprinted in trade paperback format in 1996. The collection also includes the Final Night preview solicitation.
Trivia
- Final Night is a significant event in the DC Universe, as it presents the death of former Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. Jordan resurfaced in 1999 when his soul bonded with the Spirit of Vengeance, transforming him into the new host for the Spectre. [1]
- This series introduced the character of Dusk, and the 20th century counterpart to Ferro Lad, Ferro. In Pre-Crisis history, Ferro Lad was a one-time member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, who nobly sacrificed himself in order to stop a Sun-Eater. [2]
- Final Night was a top vote-getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for Favorite Comic-Book Story and Favorite Limited Series for 1997.
Recommended Readings
- Final Night #1
- Final Night #2
- Final Night #3
- Final Night #4
- Final Night (trade paperback)
- Parallax: Emerald Night #1