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  • He wanted to reboot the universe in his own version of a "good" universe. 1 / 23

  • Jurgens wrote/drew Superman #0, his SEVENTH comic written/drawn during July/August 1994! 2 / 23

  • but Starman also launched out of Zero Hour and it became a critical and sales hit. 3 / 23

  • Most of them did not last that long, like Primal Force and Fate... 4 / 23

  • Of course, this was also used as an opportunity to launch new titles. 5 / 23

  • As well as the new set-up for the now-merged solo Hawkman. 6 / 23

  • It also introduced a brand-new version of the Legion of Super-Heroes. 7 / 23

  • These #0 issues also allowed creators to implement their tweaks to the character histories. 8 / 23

  • This led to a slightly rebooted DC Universe, complete with new jump-on issues. 9 / 23

  • This led to Oliver Queen tearfully try to kill his own best friend. 10 / 23

  • An alternate reality Batgirl sacrificed her life to stop Hal Jordan's plot. 11 / 23

  • The other heroes wanted to reboot it back to its normal status quo. 12 / 23

  • Zero Hour, Crisis in Time, was conceived to allow creators to fix stuff about their characters. 13 / 23

  • Still, the heart of the series was seeing characters fight with Hal Jordan. 14 / 23

  • Jurgens had to juggle a lot of odd plot points from then-current comic series. 15 / 23

  • So they, too, were basically wiped out of existence. 16 / 23

  • Instead, they were all either killed or aged to the point of ineffectiveness. 17 / 23

  • Dan Jurgens wanted to give the Justice Society their own Earth. 18 / 23

  • That seemed to be the default reaction to continuity problems. 19 / 23

  • So they were completely wiped out of existence during the series. 20 / 23

  • The Legion of Super-Heroes' continuity had also gotten quite complicated. 21 / 23

  • So all the versions were merged into one Hawkman, which...well...was still confusing. 22 / 23

  • One of these characters was Hawkman, whose continuity was deemed to be too confusing. 23 / 23