Millennium (comics)

"Millennium" was a comic book crossover story line that ran through an eight-issue, self-titled, limited series and various other titles cover dated January and February 1988 by DC Comics. The limited series was published weekly,[1] which was a departure for an American series. It was written by Steve Englehart, and with art by Joe Staton and Ian Gibson.[2]

Not to be confused with Millennium Edition (DC Comics) or Millennium (novel series) § Graphic novels.
"Millennium"
Cover of Millennium vol. #5, Feb. 1988Art by Joe Staton.
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateJanuary – February 1988
Genre
Main character(s)Justice League International
Green Lantern Corps
New Guardians
Manhunters
Creative team
Writer(s)Steve Englehart
Penciller(s)Joe Staton
Inker(s)Ian Gibson
Letterer(s)Bob Lappan
Colorist(s)Carl Gafford
Editor(s)Andy Helfer
SoftcoverISBN 978-1-4012-2065-5

Plot

The story took place at a time when the Guardians of the Universe had left Earth's dimension along with their mates, the Zamarons. However, one Guardian, Herupa Hando Hu, and his Zamaron mate, Nadia Safir, traveled to Earth and announced to the world that they would select 10 persons who would become the new Guardians of the Universe, and give birth to a new race of immortals. They gathered Earth's superheroes and sent them to find the chosen persons, who came from various parts of the world. One of them turned out to be Hal Jordan's friend, Thomas Kalmaku, while another was the former villain known as the Floronic Man.

Manhunters

However, unknown to everyone, the robotic cult known as the Manhunters (whom the Justice League believed had been destroyed years before) had found a sphere that Harbinger had used to store all the information she had gathered about the universe after the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Because of it, they knew the secret identities of Earth's heroes, and had planted their agents (including androids, mind-controlled humans and willing human agents) close to them (in other words, many of the supporting characters featured in the heroes' own comic titles were revealed to be Manhunters). On finding out about the search for The Chosen, the Manhunters decided to prevent it, and had their agents reveal themselves and attack Earth’s heroes. The heroes, joined by Harbinger, defeated the Manhunter agents and then attacked their home planet, defeating the cult again.

New Guardians

The Heroes managed to gather most of the Chosen, but two were killed over the course of the series, one (Terra of the Teen Titans) was already dead before it started, and one was senile. Another Chosen, a bigot from South Africa named Janwillem Kroef, eventually left the group because it contained non-white members. The Guardian and the Zamaron then died activating the latent powers of the remaining Chosen. They became a new superhero group, The New Guardians, that had their own comic book series afterwards, also by Englehart and Staton. The new series only lasted 12 issues.

The True Chosen

The spirits of Haru and Safir later reappeared and explained that alternate plans had also been put in motion, and that a group of beings created by Kroef would be the true Chosen. The New Guardians later disbanded. The current status of the second Chosen is unknown. The Manhunters are apparently active again.

Tie-in issues

References
  1. Millennium at the Grand Comics Database
  2. Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Millennium an eight-part miniseries, written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Joe Staton [was] delivered in weekly installments.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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