Our Worlds at War

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"Our Worlds at War" is a comic book storyline, published by DC Comics in mid-2001. OWAW was a crossover storyline that spanned several different books, including several books starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and a number of supporting characters and books. Creators involved in the crossover included writers Jeph Loeb, Joe Casey, Mark Schultz, Joe Kelly, Phil Jimenez, and Peter David, and artists that included Mike Wieringo, Ed McGuinness, Doug Mahnke, Ron Garney, and Leonard Kirk.

"Our Worlds at War"
Cover of JLA: Our Worlds at War (September 2001), art by Jae Lee.
Publication dateAugust – October 2001
Genre
Title(s)
Action Comics #780-782
The Adventures of Superman #593-596
Batman #593-594
Batman: Our Worlds at War #1
The Flash: Our Worlds at War #1
Green Lantern: Our Worlds at War #1
Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War #1
Impulse #77
JLA: Our Worlds at War #1
JSA: Our Worlds at War #1
Nightwing: Our Worlds at War #1
Superboy vol. 3 #89-91
Supergirl vol. 4 #59-61
Superman vol. 2 #171-173
Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files and Origins #1
Superman: The Man of Steel #115-117
Wonder Woman vol. 2 #171-173
Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1
World's Finest: Our Worlds at War #1
Young Justice #35-36
Young Justice: Our Worlds at War #1
Creative team
Writer(s)Jeph Loeb
Joe Casey
Mark Schultz
Joe Kelly
Phil Jimenez
Peter David
Geoff Johns
Penciller(s)Mike Wieringo
Ed McGuinness
Doug Mahnke
Ron Garney
Leonard Kirk
Angel Unzueta
Volume 1 ISBN 1-56389-915-9
Volume 2 ISBN 1563899167
Complete Edition ISBN 1401211291

Plot

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The Our Worlds at War storyline involves the heroes battling Imperiex, a cosmic entity who represents entropy and threatens to destroy the universe.

Thanks to the sacrifice of Strange Visitor and General Rock, Earth's forces crack Imperiex's armor, releasing his energy. However, Brainiac-13 appears with Warworld and absorbs the energy, vowing to use it to rule everything.

In a desperate gambit, Superman dives into the Sun, gaining a massive power boost. Realizing that Warworld cannot be destroyed without releasing Imperiex and triggering another Big Bang, Superman and Martian Manhunter transport Imperiex and Brainiac back in time to the Big Bang, destroying them both.

Characters

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Deaths

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Publications

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The story ran through the following issues:

Collected editions

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The story has been collected into trade paperbacks:

  • SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 1 | 256pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1-56389-915-9
  • SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 2 | 247pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1-56389-916-7
  • SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR THE COMPLETE EDITION | 512pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1401211291

References

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  1. ^ Superman: Man of Steel #116 (September 2001)
  2. ^ a b c Superman: The Man of Steel #117 (October 2001)
  3. ^ a b JLA: Our Worlds at War #1 (September 2001)
  4. ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #172 (September 2001)
  5. ^ a b Action Comics (vol. 1) #781 (September 2001)
  6. ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #8 (June 2007)
  7. ^ JLA: The Obsidian Age (September 2002)
  8. ^ Superman: New Krypton Special #1 (December 2008)
  9. ^ Superman (vol. 1) #172 (September 2001)
  10. ^ Superman (vol. 1) #174 (November 2001)