The Final Night |
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Author:
Ron Marz, Karl Kesel, Stuart Immonen
By DC Comics
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List Price: $12.95
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Hal is saved for the ending, 2006-04-20
Basic Storyline is that the Earths sun is getting sucked up by an alien species. No matter what the planets super heros seem to do they cant stop it. Near the end Kyle finds Hal (Parallax) near the end of the universe and asked him to save his home planet. After doing some sould searching Hal decides to help, but in the end must give all the energy he has to do it. Killing himself to save a planet full of those who see him as a murderer. A great way to end the life of Hal Jordan, the greatest Green Lantern.
This is readable although it is DC crossover, 2006-11-09
It is not even near three books with death and return of Superman, but it has great ending. You don't have to know lot about DC history before events in this book. Three and half stars , maybe...
Exciting, 2009-11-15
Loved the story. I used to read lots of comics when younger. So every now and then I like to buy these books that are 5-7 comic issues long; just to see what's going on and what's new. New condition.
The end of Hal Jordan...for now., 2006-02-13
The Final Night is at first one of your standard summer comic book crossover events. When a creature known as the Sun Eater extinguishes the Earth's sun, the entire planet begins dying. Superheroes who at first take the apocalyptic threat lightly find that the Sun Eater is not so easily stopped and that they too seem doomed. This is in many ways a standard story designed to drum up sales by featuring as many superheroes as possible. Then Hal Jordan shows up, and the standard story changes.
Of all the Silver Age heroes, no one got a worse treatment than Hal Jordan in the 90s. Deemed too one-dimensional for modern readers, he went through a series of events that did lasting damage to his legacy as a hero. Superman's enemies destroyed his home city, driving Hal insane and causing him to destroy the Green Lantern Corps, giving up his role as Green Lantern and becoming the nigh-omnipotent Parallax in the process. In a few years, Hal went from being an iconic hero to a murderous villain. Writers intended him to come off as sympathetic and misunderstood, but he really came off as a murderer and a psychopath with a few whiny diatribes to justify his actions.
Halfway through Final Night, Hal's replacement as the Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, seeks him out to help save the Earth. Hal knows from the beginning that he can destroy the Sun Eater, but that the process will likely kill him. He spends most of his on-panel time going through the shattered remains of his life, visiting friends that he left behind, his old lover Carol Ferris, and the grave of his best friend Oliver Queen as he comes to terms with what he must do. We know from the time he starts walking down memory lane that he will sacrifice himself in order to save the day. The story isn't about suspense; it's about one of the DC Universe's finest heroes coming full circle and giving up everything to save the world. This comic does what six years of DC writers failed to do: it makes Hal Jordan sympathetic again. It reinforces the fact that despite all the wrongs he has committed as Parallax, he is still a hero.
Of course, no one stays dead in DC Comics. Hal returned three years later when he became bonded with the Spirit of God's Vengeance in the Day of Judgment crossover. Then, in Green Lantern: Rebirth, he finally returned to life and took up the mantle of the Green Lantern again, bringing hope and light back into the DC Universe. Some might argue that these later stories weakens the impact of the Final Night; I don't agree with them. While we know now that Hal eventually comes back, the story here does not entertain the notion that he will ever return. Hal gives his life knowing that many people will remember him as a villain and a murderer. He gives everything to do the right thing, knowing that most people won't even know that he saved them. The weight of Hal's decision remains real in this story, regardless of whether or not he has returned since.
Graphic SF Reader, 2007-09-04
A strange idea for a book, this one, mostly probably an excuse for another justice league story to keep some fans happy.
In the middle of the whole Hal Jordan hoo-hah, he comes back to help the JLA save the earth from one of those big bad menaces, knowing full well what he will become.
Mistrust and action follow.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781563894190
ISBN: 156389419X
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 1998-03-01
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: 1998-03-01
Studio: DC Comics |
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