The Final Night
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Cover of 'The Final Night' (1998), trade paperback collected edition. Art by Stuart Immonen.
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| Publisher | DC Comics | ||
| Publication date | November 1996 | ||
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| Main character(s) | Justice League of America | ||
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| Writer(s) | Karl Kesel | ||
| Penciller(s) | Stuart Immonen | ||
| Inker(s) | Jose Marzan Jr. Jeff Albrecht Del Barras |
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| Letterer(s) | Gaspar Saladino | ||
| Colorist(s) | Lee Loughridge Patricia Mulvihill |
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| Editor(s) | Dan Thorsland Ali Morales |
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"The Final Night" was a 1996 comic book crossover storyline that ran through a self-titled limited series and most of the comics published by DC Comics with a cover date of November 1996. It featured the main heroes of the DC Universe. At the end of each issue is an in-story text piece written by S.T.A.R. Labs, giving advice and support.
The story begins as a young alien woman named Dusk arrives on Earth to warn the population that a giant extraterrestrial being, known as the Sun-Eater, is heading our way. Dusk is a member of an unknown alien race, and does not speak or understand a word of English, so Saturn Girl uses her telepathic powers to translate and teach her the language. Dusk has attempted to warn hundreds of worlds, prior to Earth, about the Sun-Eater. Each planet had tried, in its own way, to stop the Sun-Eater, but every attempt was as unsuccessful as the last one. This has convinced Dusk that the Sun-Eater is indestructible.
Despite her warnings, the Justice League still try to stop the Sun-Eater. For their first attempt, Mister Miracle tries using his boom tube to send it into another dimension. This proves unsuccessful, since they discover that the Sun-Eater is not entirely in our dimension. As a last resort, Superman and several other "heat-producing" heroes combine their energies to create a second sun and try to lure the Sun-Eater away from Sol. The Sun-Eater quickly consumes that sun before moving on to Sol.
As Sol is extinguished, Earth falls into chaos, and the planet starts to freeze. There are only five days to restore the sun, after which Earth will become too uninhabitable. Powerless to do anything to stop the freeze, the League tries to help control the chaos and to keep hope alive. Many people freeze to death. Wildcat is badly injured. Etrigan the Demon offers the entire world heat at the cost of their souls; the world rejects him, primarily because his plan was to shift Earth to the dimension of Hell. Lex Luthor teams up with the League to try to reignite the Sun.
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