Cover to JLA: Our Worlds at War #1. Art by Jae Lee.

Our Worlds at War was a comic book crossover, published by DC Comics during the summer of 2001. OWAW was written by Jeph Loeb, Joe Casey, Mark Schultz, Joe Kelly, and Peter David. Pencillers were Mike Wieringo, Ed McGuinness, Doug Mahnke, Ron Garney, and Leonard Kirk. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x774, 134 KB)Cover to JLA: Our Worlds at War #1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x774, 134 KB)Cover to JLA: Our Worlds at War #1. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... It has been suggested that Gaming crossovers be merged into this article or section. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Joseph Jeph Siegbert Loeb III is an American motion picture and television producer/writer and award-winning comic book writer. ... Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. ... Mark Schultz (born 1955) is an American writer and illustrator of books and comics. ... Cover to #8 of Kelly and Chris Bachalos creator owned Steampunk series (2001) Joseph Joe Kelly is an American comic book writer who has written such titles as Uncanny X-Men, Action Comics, and JLA. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action, Kelly is one of... Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) (born September 23, 1956) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. ... Michael Lance Mike Wieringo (June 24, 1963–August 12, 2007)[1] was an American comic book artist best known for his work on DC Comics The Flash and Marvel Comics Fantastic Four. ... Edward Ed McGuinness is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on Superman, Deadpool and Superman/Batman. ... Douglas Doug Mahnke is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on The Mask, JLA and Batman. ... Ron Garney is a comic book artist. ... Leonard Kirk (Leonard Kirk born xxx) is an American born Comic Book artist living in Canada. ...

Plot

The crossover, which occurred mainly through the monthly Superman titles, Wonder Woman, and a series of character themed one-shot specials, dealt with the heroes of the DC Universe facing the threat of the cosmic force known as Imperiex, who attacked Earth for the purpose of using the planet as the staging ground for the "hollowing" of the entire universe. Imperiex, also called the Devourer of Galaxies, is a fictional extraterrestrial supervillain featured in the Our Worlds at War crossover published by DC Comics. ...

Thanks to the sacrifice of Strange Visitor and General Rock, Earth's forces managed to crack Imperiex's armor, intending that Darkseid would subsequently use Boom tubes to transfer Imperiex's energy back to the galaxies he'd destroyed. However, Brainiac-13 appeared on the battleground with Warworld, absorbing the Imperiex energies and vowing to use them to rule everything. Strange Visitor aka Sharon Vance first appeared in Superman (2nd series) #149 of October 1999, wearing the costume of Supermans old containment suit and soon known to be called the cosmic entity, Kismet. ... Sgt. ... Darkseid is a fictional comic book supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. ... Boomtube is an extra dimensional portal used by residents of New Genesis and Apokolips in DC Comics. ... Brainiac is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain and frequent opponent of Superman. ... Warworld is a fictional artificial planet featured in several DC Comics stories. ...

In a desperate gambit, Superman dived into the heart of the sun, thus gaining a massive power boost that enhanced his strength significantly. Rapidly realizing that Warworld couldn't be destroyed without releasing Imperiex and triggering another Big Bang, Superman and the Martian Manhunter formed a brief telepathic link with the remaining major combatants — including Darkseid, Lex Luthor, Steel and Wonder Woman — to explain their new plan. With Darkseid's powers weakened, he would use Tempest as a magical focus for his abilities, empowered by the faith and strength of the Amazons, focusing the energy through Steel's new 'Entropy Aegis' armor (which was created from a burned-out Imperiex probe), and, with Lex Luthor activating a temporal displacement weapon, Superman would subsequently push Warworld through a temporal boom tube, sending both Imperiex Prime's and Brainiac's consciousness back 14 billion years to the Big Bang, destroying both villains through a combined effort. In his final moments, Imperiex Prime realized, in an ironic twist, that the imperfection he had detected in the universe was himself. Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... Martian Manhunter is the superhero alias of Jonn Jonzz, alternately known as the Manhunter from Mars, a fictional comic book superhero who was created by DC Comics. ... Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and the archenemy of the superhero Superman. ... John Henry Irons is the third hero known as Steel, a fictional superhero in the DC Universe. ... For other uses, see Wonder Woman (disambiguation). ... Garth is a fictional character in DC Comics. ... Ironic redirects here. ...

Life imitates art

Our Worlds At War came to a close just weeks before the attacks of September 11, 2001. In a sobering occurrence of synchronicity, Adventures of Superman #596 was released one day after the attack, featuring the image of Lex Luthor's twin LexTowers heavily damaged by alien attacks on the issue's second page. The book's writer, Joe Casey, could not have intentionally referenced the attacks on the World Trade Center, as the story was written well before September, but DC acknowledged that it mirrored the devastation so vividly that they made the books returnable without penalty to retailers.^[1] A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which occur in a meaningful manner, but which are causally inexplicable to the person or persons experiencing them. ... This article is about the comic book. ... Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and the archenemy of the superhero Superman. ... For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation). ...

The story held a mirror up to post-9/11 America. Superman's new S-Shield, a reaction to the deaths caused by Imperiex, remained black from Adventures Of Superman #596 until the Ending Battle crossover that occurred later the following year. Other elements included the deaths of several key characters, including Wonder Woman's mother, Lois Lane's estranged father Sam Lane, Aquaman and Guy Gardner. As part of the Amazons Attack storyline, the witch Circe revived Hippolyta. There were hints that Sam Lane was alive in Action Comics #832. Aquaman was later revived under the retcon that he and much of the population of Atlantis had been spirited away seconds before their apparent deaths. Guy Gardner was later discovered to be trapped in a pocket of Hell in General Zod's country of Pokolistan. Also following the crossover was Clark's search for his missing adoptive father (who returned safely on his own). Sam Lane is a fictional character, the father of Lois Lane and Lucy Lane in Superman comics. ... Aquaman is a fictional character, superhero in DC Comics. ... Guy Gardner can refer to: Guy Gardner (astronaut) Guy Gardner (comics), a fictional character Category: ... Circe, a painting by John William Waterhouse. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Cast of Characters

Deaths

Issues

The story ran through the following issues:

• Action Comics #780-782
• Adventures of Superman #593-595
• Batman #593-594,
• Batman: Our Worlds at War #1,
• 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 #89-91,
• Supergirl #59-61,
• Superman #171-173,
• Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files #1,
• Superman: The Man of Steel #115-117,
• Wonder Woman #171-173,
• Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1,
• World's Finest Comics: Our Worlds at War #1,
• Young Justice #35-36
• Young Justice: Our Worlds at War #1.

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• SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 1 | 256pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1563899159,
• SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 2 | 247pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1563899167,
• SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 2 | 247pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1563899167,
• Superman Our Worlds at War | 512pg. | Color | Softcover | ISBN 1401211291,

References

1. ^ ICv2 News - DC Makes Adventures of Superman #596 Returnable