Comments on: Top Five Zero Hour #0 Issues

By: david

david — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:47:55 +0000

‘Hi. Can I get an answer to my 2 year old question?’
^Reposted this.

By: david

david — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:02:23 +0000

Hi. Can I get an answer to my 2 year old question?

By: david

david — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:19:19 +0000

On the flip side of the question asked above, what were the worst 5 ZH #0 issues and why did you choose them?

By: Lynxara

Lynxara — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:48 +0000

The GL #0 issue is one of the first GL issues I ever read, and ever since I haven’t been able to warm up to the idea of a Hal Jordan that isn’t evil. (I have gotten over my youthful assumption that Kyle Rayner was a good character, though.)

Maybe when my generation of readers is writing comics, he’ll spontaneously revert to Parallax and we’ll find out that the yellow fear demon never really existed after all!

By: J.C.

J.C. — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:57:05 +0000

Starman came out of the zero hour crossover? Huh. And I concur that Starman was one of the best 90s comics. It was the one that got me into comics to begin with.

By: buttler

buttler — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:36:57 +0000

I hated this period of all the “extreme” Justice League spinoffs and couldn’t stand the post-Zero Hour “Legion Babies” reboot, but Starman was a terrific series that also looked at first glance like it might be a really bad idea, and Waid had a great run with Wally.

By: Zach Adams

Zach Adams — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:01:36 +0000

I really miss Jeff Moy’s LSH art.

That’s really all I had to say aside from ‘man, did I love just about everything on this list’

By: Jacob T. Levy

Jacob T. Levy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:23:56 +0000

It really is amazing how big the gap was between the quality of the core miniseries and the quality of the stuff around it on both sides. I remember it as one of the most exciting times to read DC– marred by the stinker of a storyline in the middle.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:46:34 +0000

That issue, Adam, wasn’t a #0 issue. And it WAS in the previous Top Five Zero Hour crossover issues I linked to at the top!

By: adam barnett

adam barnett — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:39:56 +0000

I would put the Robin issue in the top 5, and I’m surprised you left out the Batman issue where he encounters all the different versions of himself over the years. It was great seeing the carefree Batman of the 60′s rub shoulders with Frank Miller’s version from Dark Knight Returns.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:14:50 +0000

Starman and Flash deserve their nods, but I’ll go with the others and say that Spectre deserves a place on the list. Amazingly underrated book that should have more than one trade.

The Legion issues were fine too, but I remember looking for some books to drop at the time and I found the reboot of LOSH to be the perfect Jumping OFF point. I only recently got back into LOSH with the Waid/Kitson version.

By: Danar

Danar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:22:45 +0000

I wasn’t buying much in comics in those days, mostly mooching off my roommates comics, but Starman blew me away. I went out and bought that first arc even though my roommate already had it. Well worth it, even if I did eat Ramen for a week because of it.

By: Kris Bather

Kris Bather — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:50:00 +0000

Great picks. These issues were the only worthwhile thing to come out of Zero Hour. The Big Two need to do stuff like this more regularly. I mean, you can give almost any of the #0 issues to a civilian and they’ll understand who’s who. Even with ‘jumping on points’ today that’s not always the case. One of the few highlights of the 90s.

By: Frank Rook

Frank Rook — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:02:20 +0000

Those Legion issues made me a fan. That whole first year of the Reboot was excellent (even Kid Quantum’s death, which had repercussions for many years afterwards).

Lobo #0 wasn’t bad, either. A done in one tale that recapped his origin, as some generic mooks heard it. Whereas Justice League America #0 failed to do much of anything to attract new readers. Everything about that team was ugly.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:09:06 +0000

No love for Anima #0?

By: acespot

acespot — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:46:14 +0000

Starman #0 is #1 on MY list.

By: Birmy

Birmy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:40:56 +0000

I’ll second that nomination for Starman as best superhero book of the ’90s. Of all the new series that were launched by post-Zero Hour, that’s the one that “stuck.”

If it had to get beaten out on this list, at least it was by a Waid-Wieringo Flash issue.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:04:28 +0000

Starman 0 was the first issue of what may be the best super-hero comic to emerge in the ’90s. Flash 0 was a good issue, but did not have a comparable impact. A good, even great comic vs. a great comic that took everyone by surprise, and began a series that built the fanbases of Robinson & Harris, introduced one of the few recent characters to gain a fanbase, revitalized interest in DC’s Golden Age, and led to the successful JSA revival? No comparison. Starman 0 should be #1.

I’ll second the Spectre 0 love.

By: Patrick Joseph

Patrick Joseph — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:03:54 +0000

The Flash issue, Starman, and Legion all got me back into DC after a 5 year hiatus from super hero stuff. I also recall enjoying the Batman issue drawn in the styles of multiple eras- John Bogdanove drew that one?

The GL and Robin issues look familiar, but I don’t remember the stories.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:03:40 +0000

When I saw the title of the post, Flash and Starman were the two that came to mind. Terrific comics, both of them.