COMICS

After a harrowing journey to a war-fueled planet, things are going pretty well for Superman: the upper limits of his supercharged powers have yet to be reached, and the futuristic transformation of Metropolis has begun. But Lex Luthor has found the perfect instrument with which to undo everything Superman is working to achieve: longtime foe Metallo, whose hatred of Superman is matched only by his hatred for Luthor himself. As Metallo continues to evolve, a new enemy rises: the nightmarish threat of the Necrohive!

Bat vs. Bat vs. Robin? Born in Gotham’s crime-filled nights, on a mission of vengeance, and determined to reclaim his once-great city from those who stole its innocence, his name is Man-Bat and he’s on a holy mission to destroy Batman forever. Allied with the mysterious new Shush, Man-Bat will stop at nothing to unleash his Cult of the Bat and its thousands of poisoned bats on Gotham. Batman and Robin have enough on their plate when Flatline, Damian’s crush from the Lazarus Tournament, shows up with her own mysterious plans. Can the three unlikely allies stop Man-Bat and Shush in time? And what does Gotham City High School have to do with it?

It’s a brand-new golden age for Metropolis. The City of Tomorrow is being defended by the Super-Family in the sky with Steelworks on the ground, hard at work on rebuilding. However, terrorist leader Norah Stone has other ideas. She dreams of a city without Kryptonians! After draining Superman’s strength, she unleashes an imposter Man of Steel tyrant on the city of Metropolis. Alongside Doomsday, the new ruler of hell, the city of dreams is about to become a nightmare.

In 1985, DC Comics dramatically altered comics' original universe with Crisis on Infinite Earths—an unforgettable, defining event in comics history that streamlined the DC Universe continuity. Nine years later, the heroes of the DC Universe found the temporal fabric of their new reality unraveling, and the biggest threat since the Crisis was about to be revealed in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time. With the first half of the Zero Hour epic collected in DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour Part One, this volume concludes the timeline-shifting saga, from comics legends Dan Jurgens and Jerry Ordway, which resulted in major status quo changes for heroes and villains across the DC Universe, including legendary Green Lantern, Hal Jordan!

In 1985, DC Comics dramatically altered comics’ original universe with Crisis on Infinite Earths—an unforgettable, defining event in comics history that streamlined the DC Universe continuity. Nine years later, the heroes of the DC Universe found the temporal fabric of their new reality unraveling, and the biggest threat since the Crisis was about to be revealed in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time. As part of the robust DC Finest line of collections, the first half of Zero Hour is now available in one comprehensive softcover collection! From comics legends including Dan Jurgens and Jerry Ordway, this is an iconic 1990s comic book event, featuring DC’s heroes throughout the timeline!