Parallax: Emerald Night #1

Dates

Cover date

November 1996

On sale

September 18, 1996

Pages

52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 76194120898500111

  Source ↗
• DC Universe Corner Box

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Final Night

This is part 14 of 25. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Green Lantern (1990) #80
2. Sovereign Seven (1995) #16
3. Superman (1987) #117
4. The Final Night (1996) #1
5. The Power of SHAZAM! (1995) #20
6. Adventures of Superman #540
7. Batman (1940) #536
8. Green Arrow (1988) #114
9. Supergirl (1996) #3
10. The Final Night (1996) #2
11. Action Comics (1938) #727
12. Aquaman (1994) #26
13. Detective Comics (1937) #703
14. Parallax: Emerald Night (1996) #1
15. Superboy (1994) #33
16. The Final Night (1996) #3
17. Flash (1987) #119
18. Hitman (1996) #8
19. Robin #35
20. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #62
21. Takion (1996) #6
22. The Final Night (1996) #4
23. The Spectre (1992) #47
24. The Power of Shazam! (2023) #2
25. DC Finest: Supergirl: Body & Soul (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Emerald Night · 38 pages

  Parallax tracks the Cyborg Superman to the Source Wall where he seemingly destroys him, just before Kyle Rayner appears to ask him to help re-ignite the burnt-out Earth. Before he decides to intervene, Parallax visits some of the important people from his former life as Hal Jordan.

Publisher’s description

Story continued from Final Night (1996) #3. One time Green Lantern Hal Jordan was once one of the universe's greatest champions of justice. That was until the sinister Cyborg and evil tyrant Mongul destroyed everything he ever loved. Now, as the nigh omnipotent Parallax, Hal Jordan has become obsessed with revenge. But what happens after his vengeance is sated? Can current Green Lantern Kyle Rayner convince his predecessor to step back from the edge of oblivion to come back and save planet Earth from certain doom? Don't miss this must read tale of redemption that sets the stage for the explosive climax to the DCU's Final Night! Story concludes in Final Night (1996) #4.

Characters

Reprinted in

The Final Night (1998), The Final Night (2021)