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Our Worlds at War

2001 DC Comics storyline

Field	Value
image	JLAourworlds1.jpg
imagesize
caption	Cover of JLA: Our Worlds at War (September 2001), art by Jae Lee.
startmo	August
startyr	2001
endmo	October
endyr	2001
Crossover	y
titles	Action Comics #780-782

writers	Jeph Loeb
Joe Casey
Mark Schultz
Joe Kelly
Phil Jimenez
Peter David
Geoff Johns
pencillers	Mike Wieringo
Ed McGuinness
Doug Mahnke
Ron Garney
Leonard Kirk
Angel Unzueta
TPB	Volume 1
ISBN	1-56389-915-9
TPB1	Volume 2
ISBN1	1563899167
TPB2	Complete Edition
ISBN2	1401211291
cat	DC Comics
sortkey	Our Worlds At War

--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 Joe Casey Mark Schultz Joe Kelly Phil Jimenez Peter David Geoff Johns Ed McGuinness Doug Mahnke Ron Garney Leonard Kirk Angel Unzueta "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.

Plot

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 quickly arrange for Imperiex and Brainiac to be transported back in time to the Big Bang, destroying them both.

Several heroes are killed or presumed dead during the conflict, including Hippolyta, Sam Lane, Aquaman, Maxima, Massacre, Jonathan and Martha Kent, and Strange Visitor. Hippolyta, Aquaman, Sam Lane, and the Kents are later revealed to have survived.

Characters

The Flash
Superman
Krypto
Wonder Woman (Diana Prince, Hippolyta)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Martian Manhunter
Aquaman
The Justice League of America
Young Justice
Superboy
Supergirl
Imperiex
Brainiac 13
Darkseid
Grayven
Doomsday
Lex Luthor
Suicide Squad
Manchester Black
Strange Visitor
Lois Lane
Lena Luthor
Sam Lane

Publications

The story ran through the following issues:

Action Comics #780-782
Adventures of Superman #593-596
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 and Origins #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
Superman/Batman #64, #68-71 (a brief new direction of the Superman/Batman series at the start of 2010 that featured a story that took place in the aftermath of Our Worlds at War with #64 acting as a prologue and #68 through #71 being the story proper complete with the trade dress banner).

Collected editions

The story has been collected into trade paperbacks:

SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 1 | 256pg. | Color | Softcover |
SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOL. 2 | 247pg. | Color | Softcover |
SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR THE COMPLETE EDITION | 512pg. | Color | Softcover |

References

''Superman'' #172 (September 2001)
''Superman: The Man of Steel'' #117 (October 2001)
''JLA: Our Worlds at War'' #1 (September 2001)
''Action Comics'' #781 (September 2001)
''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #172 (September 2001)
''Superman'' (vol. 2) #176 (October 2001)
''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 3) #8 (June 2007)
''JLA: The Obsidian Age'' (September 2002)
''Superman: New Krypton Special'' #1 (December 2008)
''Superman'' #174 (November 2001)

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