Analysis Notes
| General |
Only pages 4-14, and 16-20:2 are dealt with here. |
| 4:1 |
The people behind Superman and below the Legionnaires are mostly members of the Metropolis SCU (Special Crimes Unit). The woman coming down the stairs is Maggie Sawyer. The woman with blowing hair is Shvaughn Erin. The man with the hat next the Shvaughn is Ben (“Terrible”) Turpin. |
| 5:4 |
The is the first time Legion flight rings were mentioned as having translators in them; in the preboot, the Legionnaires used telepathic earplugs. (The translator facility is mentioned again in Legion Lost #2.) |
| 5:4-5 |
Note that if this “darkest night” did occur, Earth obviously survived it. This should serve to buoy the Legion’s confidence. Of Earth’s heroes, though, only Superman knows they are from the future, and he has encountered other divergent groups of Legionnaires in the past, so the fact that their timeline survived doesn’t mean that all timelines will. |
| 5:5 |
“Magno-ball” is a typo for “magnoball”. |
| 6:2 |
Saturn Girl is much more comfortable touching alien minds than she was a couple years before, when such would give her panic attacks. |
| 7 |
One would think that Pariah would have somehow been brought into the mix by the imminent presence of the Sun-Eater. |
| 7:4 |
Dusk most recently tried to warn the people of New Tamaran in The Final Night Prologue, to no avail. |
| 8 |
This is basically the Legion, the Justice League, and Extreme Justice, plus a few others. Characters seen here: Robin, Jade, Obsidian, Green Lantern, Impulse, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Firestorm, Flash, the Wonder Twins, Inferno, Ultra Boy, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Ray, Spark, Gates, Gypsy, Superboy, Brainiac 5, Captain Marvel, Fire, Icemaiden, Warrior, Dr. Polaris, Wildcat, Amazing Man, Big Barda, Mister Miracle, Takion, Maxima, Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel, Dr. Light, Superman, Phantom Stranger, Wonder Woman, Alpha Centurion, and Dusk. |
| Note the inclusion of Dr. Polaris, traditionally a villain. |
| This room must be a hangar of some sort. The heroes are standing and seated on equipment lifts. |
| Note that Superboy — an honorary Legionnaire — is grouped with the Legionnaires. He has presumably been talking to them (and they have been warning him to not reveal that they are from the 30th century). |
| It isn’t clear why Gypsy is grouped with the Legionnaires, but she is seen in proximity to Inferno in Wonder Woman v2 #174, so her being grouped with the Legionnaires here gains some potential significance. |
| It isn’t clear why Impulse is not with the Legionnaires. He must be paying no attention to them (or their belts, which he should promptly recognize as being like XS wore). |
| 9:1 |
Obsidian and Jade are in the foreground, with Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. below. |
| 9:3 |
This is Brainiac 5, Ray, Superboy, and Cosmic Boy. |
| 10:1 |
Note the reference to “your world” rather than “your time.” The Legion is being very cautious about letting outsiders know they are from the future. |
| Gypsy has become very chummy to use a nickname like this. Someone probably though that she was supposed to be Spark, or she was Spark initially and the colorist decided she was supposed to be Gypsy. |
| 10:3 |
“I have witnessed hundreds of attempts, but I recorded no data on any of them.” Huh? |
| 10:5 |
Amanda Waller is standing between Dr. Polaris and Captain Atom. She is responsible for Polaris’ presence. |
| 11:1 |
How a decoy would work isn’t clear. It might divert the Sun-Eater briefly, but without a means of either hiding the sun or towing the Sun-Eater out of the system, the utility of a decoy would seem to do little beyond buying time. |
| 11:3 |
Seen here: Dusk, Superman, Warrior, Steel (miscolored as the Martian Manhunter), Firestorm, Ray, Wonder Woman, Obsidian, Sentinel, Alpha Centurion, and Batman’s cape. |
| 11:4 |
“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst” is a great summation of the Superman/Batman dichotomy. |
| 12:1 |
It’s worth noting that Cosmic Boy is the only member of “Team 20” who faced the Sun-Eater in its original preboot incarnation. |
| 13:1 |
Cosmic Boy is in the lower left. |
| 14:3 |
Seen here: Sentinel, Fire, Superman, Firestorm, Inferno, Ultra Boy, Ray, Alpha Centurion, and Green Lantern. |
| The Pax Romana is Alpha Centurion’s ship. |
| 14:4 |
Inferno is next to Green Lantern, on the left, and Ultra Boy is between Ray and Firestorm. |
| 16:1 |
It is unclear what planet this is. Venus, perhaps? |
| 17:2 |
Ultra Boy is behind Alpha Centurion. |
| 17:4 |
Recall that Kyle’s ring does not have the weakness to yellow, so he can contain all these energies. |
| 18:1 |
Translation: “Two suns? What is this? Some evil plan to destroy the culture of France?” (No, I don’t get it either.) |
| 18:2 |
Seen here: Alpha Centurion, Sentinel, Firestorm, Ultra Boy, Ray, Green Lantern, Superman, Fire, and Inferno. |
| 19:1 |
This is Fire, Superman, and Ultra Boy. |
| 20:2 |
Why is Cosmic Boy so concerned? Earth obviously survived. |
| Reprints |
This issue was reprinted in The Final Night collection. |
