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4. “Out of Time” (JSA #65-66)

Man, is the Don Kramer art in this one gorgeous. Like, so so pretty.

Buuuut, we’re here to talk about the story which totally DIDN’T make me cry. This is the big Hourman story the book spent some time building up to.

The first half focuses on Dr. Mid-Nite, Hourman III, and Hourman I (Rex Tyler) trying to save Hourman II from the injuries he sustained in Black Reign. Once that’s done, it takes a turn for the sci-fi time travel-y fun stuff we all love.

Time, fatherhood, responsibility, and the character arcs of all three Hourmen all come to a head in one beautiful story. It ends perfectly and heartrendingly with a farewell to an underrated character. Plus it does a whole lot of redeeming of all that Zero Hour character death stuff. And this was a story that had to be dealt with ever since the Hourman switchout back in Black Reign, and this is the best possible version of that story. Ugh, so goshdarn good.

I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING, AND ALSO SHUT UP.