‘Zero Hour: Crisis in Time’ Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Reissued Omnibus Edition

Dan Jurgens and Jerry Ordway’s reverse order event series is back in stores, and includes every crossover issue in the post-Crisis on Infinite Earth’s restart called Zero Hour: Crisis in Time.

The Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Omnibus collects all the excitement and confusion from 1994 in Action Comics #703, Adventures of Superman #516, Anima #7, Batman #511, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31, Catwoman #14, Damage #0 and #6, Darkstars #24, Detective Comics #678, The Flash #0 and 94, Green Arrow #90, Green Lantern #0 and 55, Guy Gardner: Warrior #24, Hawkman #13, Justice League America #92, Justice League Europe #68, Justice League Task Force #16, L.E.G.I.O.N. #70, Legionnaires #18, Legion of Super-Heroes #61, Outsiders #11, Robin #10, Steel #8, Superboy #8, Superman #93, Superman: The Man of Steel #0 and 37, Team Titans #24, Valor #23, Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4-0, and selections from Showcase ’94 #8-10.

Writers represented in the Omnibus include Mark Waid, Chuck Dixon,, Tom Joyner, Karl Kesel, Ron Marz, Louise Simonson, Christopher Priest, Mike W. Barr, Kurt Busiek, Kevin Dooley, Jo Duffy, Michael Jan Friedman, Alan Grant, Tom McGraw, William Messner-Loebs, David, Michelinie, Doug Moench, Mike McAvennie, Tom Peyer, Baeu Smith, Elizabeth Hand, Jeff Jensen, Phil Jimenez, and Paul Witcover.

Even more artists are found in the collection such as Tom Grummett, Darryl Banks, Jon Bogdanove, Jackson Guice, Phil Jimenez, Brent Anderson, Derec Aucoin, Jim Balent, Eduardo Barreto, Chris Batista, Bret Blevins, Mike Collins, Colleen Doran, Frank Fosco, Chris Gardner, Stuart Immonen, Peter Krause, Greg LaRocque, Steve Lieber, Mike Manley, Bill Marimon, Graham Nolan, Carlos Pacheco, Paul Pelletier, Luke Ross, Nigel Tully, Mike Wieringo, Jason Armstrong, Arnie Jorgensen, Mitch Byrd, Craig Hamilton, Mike Parobeck, Howard Porter, Ken Branch, Joe Rubenstein, Jose Marzan, Jr., Dan Davis, Don Hillsman, Dennis Janke, Romeo Tanghal, Justine Mara Anderson, Will Blyberg, Ron Boyd, Robert Campanella, Dave Cooper, Ray Kryssing, Bob McLeoa, James Pascoe, Rich Rankin, Denis Rodier, Curt Shoultz, Bob Smith, John Stokes, Wayne Faucher, Andrew Pepoy, Matt Banning, Rich Faber, Craig Hamilton, Doug Hazlewood, Stan Woch, and Rus Sever.

Featuring just about every hero from the DC stable, the time-spinning catastrophe would eventually lead to a soft reboot of the entire DC line. Each surviving monthly title received a #0 issue published after the end of the event, with some series resuming their previous numbering the following month and some starting fresh with a new #1.

The Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Omnibus consists of 1,096 pages for a suggested retail price of $175.00.

Check out the cover by Jurgens and Ordway below and stay tuned to Conskipper for all of your vintage comic news.

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