Owaw was a crossover storyline that spanned several different books, including several books starring batman, superman. Wells novel the war of the worlds, but is primarily based on the superman mythology. Our worlds at war was a comic book storyline, published by dc comics in mid2001. Anyway, this is a pretty straightforward cover superman punching imperiex with a handful of heroes knocked out below, including poor superboy. Events doomsday meets darkseid for the first time doomsday fights the green lantern corps characters. Our worlds at war, book 1 released by dc comics on september 1.
Superman our worlds at war tpb 2006 dc complete edition comic books. The wanderers road, usagi yojimbo finds himself in one adventure after another by chance. Our worlds at war the complete collection by jeph loeb, joe casey, mark schultz, joe kelly at barnes. In his final moments, imperiex prime realized, in an ironic twist, that the imperfection he had detected in the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Displaying 1 to 100 of 257 results matching your search for our worlds at war. August 2001 apparently, this is a crosstitle maxiseries that involves a threat to earth by a particularly nasty alien menace. Millions of books are added to our site everyday and when we find one that matches your search, well send you an email. In the twovolume trade paperback form, though, it is somewhat hampered by the fact that not all of the chapters are present theyve endeavored to get the main chapters in here, but there are a large number of other issues. See why with some of his most overpowered feats of strength. Imperiex, an embodiment of entropy, detects imperfections in the fabric of the universe, and plans to destroy it and create a new, perfect universe. This couldnt be what i had been anticipating, could it.
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. Art and cover by ed mcguinness and cam smith our worlds at war, part 12. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman. Originally published in single magazine form as superman 171, adventures of superman 593, superman. Our worlds at war secret files comic online free and high quality.
With the fate of the world at stake, the man of steel is. Jun 12, 2018 generally speaking, we are keeping our list to feats performed by superman, but we have to make an exception for this one feat that superman performed when he was younger. Collects superman 171173, adventures of superman 593595, man of steel 115117, action 780782, supergirl 59, jla. In a series like return of superman or knightfall, its a bunch of different writers and artists telling a story but the story is going forward forward forward. Events doomsday meets darkseid for the first time doomsday fights the green lantern corps characters doomsday darkseid superman stories featuring doomsday edit this template comic books the death of. Collects the entire saga of our worlds at war, in which superman and earths mightiest heroes face the ultimate destructive force, imperiex, to stop it from destroying the universe in order to remake it in its own image. By making it a superman book, they chose to collect only the issues that feature him or supergirl, superboy, wonder dog. The our worlds at war was a cosmic conflict between the universe and. This reading order contains all the recommended and necessary comic book issues to enjoy the dc universe. Our worlds at war book one trade paperback, which makes sense since there is no way to understand this event without reading this issue. My trade was published in 2002, and seems like it was hastily and cheaply thrown together using the more newspaperlike paper.
Our worlds at war, book 1 released by dc comics on september 1, 2002. Our worlds at war is a massive crossover story arc, which deals with an invasion by imperiex. As worlds and planets are destroyed in its mighty wake, earth itself is threatened as the planet becomes ravaged by fire and destruction. As planets are destroyed in its mighty wake and with earth in. The alien is so powerful that it takes all the superheroes of earth, a bunch of alien allies, and. Jun 05, 2017 this issue is also included in the superman.
Superman is one of the strongest superheroes ever conceived. Our worlds at war, despite its title, is a companywide event that spanned multiple titles over the course of a year. Written by roy thomas with michael lark as the artist. Superman is at ground zero witnessing the aftermath of imperiexs first strike. Our worlds at war was a comic book storyline, published by dc comics in mid 2001. That issue arrived in comic book stores on september 12, 2001, and featured supermans bleak outlook on the devastation of those events. I once got my hands on the omnibus in a borders, paged through it feverishly, and walked away deeply confused. Our worlds at war book 01 has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Volume one finds imperiex in its first strike, as superman and the mightiest heroes of the dc universe are overwhelmed, and the planet is ravaged with fire and. He heads to earth in order to destroy it and induce a new big bang. Our worlds at war 2001 was a dc crisis crossover that brought nearly every hero and team, and a few villains, together to stop an entity known as imperiex, whose stated goal was to destroy the entire multiverse in order to start a new, perfect universe apparently the existing universe had some strange flaw that bugged the crap out of him, so of course destroying it all and starting over. Making matters worse, brainiac has entered the fray in a.
With the fate of the world at stake, the man of steel is left no choice but to forge uncertain alliances with president luthor, darkseid, mongul, and other dubious allies. Our worlds at war reading order comic book reading orders. Our worlds at war due to its primary focus on superman and his internal moral struggle that he faces when he has to team up with luthor and darkseid in order to stop a cosmic villain, named imperiex, and later brainiac. Superman our worlds at war tpb 2002 dc comic books. Superman our worlds at war tpb 2006 dc complete edition. Earths greatest heroes and villains have banded together to fight the onslaught, but against such an awesome force the patriots are falling at an alarming rate. And speaking of trades, this cover was used on the our worlds at war. The our worlds at war was a cosmic conflict between the universe and the cosmic entity known as imperiex, who attacked earth for the purpose of using the planet as the. Ever since i first heard of the concept, i had been eager to experience the magesty of our worlds at war. This cover appeared near the end of the war may 1945 and featured a plea for help for the red cross. This reading order contains all the necessary comic book issues to enjoy the our worlds at war event. As planets are destroyed in its mighty wake and with earth in its path, superman is forced to form alliances with president lex luthor and darkseid. Amazing cosmic action but also quiet moments with a lot of emotion make for one of the better crossover books ive read. The alien is so powerful that it takes all the superheroes of earth, a bunch of alien allies, and all the conventional forces of earth to counter him.
I respect the fact that you did like it, i just didnt. He goes toe to toe with one of imperiexs destroyer probes. The only real problem is that dc decided to call this collection superman our worlds at war. Officer down, our worlds at war, jokers last laugh. Or put search terms in quotes for exact matches, which also works for exact series name and issue number. Thus far, it is the only comic book released which is entirely about doomsday.
Volume one finds imperiex in its first strike, as superman and the mightiest heroes of the dc universe are overwhelmed, and the planet is ravaged with fire and destruction. Since this was originally a story that crossed over into all kinds of dc comics, not every issue was reprinted here. While we prefer not to use superboy feats, the fact of the matter is that superboy is superman, just younger, so it really should count. In our worlds at war, there are things that will happen in an issue, then the next issue well be given backstory on that thing that happened. May 04, 2010 i actually didnt like owaw at all except for a few isolated moments, like the jsa special or superman fighting alongside doomsday. Return to krypton includes two groundbreaking tales of the man of steels miraculous return to the homeworld that he believed destroyed. It has numerous writers and artists, but the event was spearheaded by the notorious writer jeph loeb. On comics and graphic novels, a gamefaqs message board topic titled superman our worlds at war what to read first.
Our worlds at war is one of the greatest largescale crossovers in comic book history. Year one is a 1995 comic book oneshot annual, which tells stories about the character of doomsday. I would have liked this to be one of those instances where you could forgive the. Book one trade paperback although none of this issues stories were included inside. The our worlds at war was a cosmic conflict between the universe and the cosmic entity known as imperiex, who attacked earth for the purpose of using the planet as the staging ground for the hollowing of the entire universe. Our worlds at war, the whole universe was at risk when the dreaded imperiex. It presents a superman that readers largely havent seen before, one driven by a reading superman say the words, im going to kill him, is perhaps the most startling revelation in the twoparter trade paperback our worlds at war. Jan 16, 2010 this feature is not available right now. Our worlds at war is a collection of the massive dc crossover our worlds at war that was originally published in the early 2000s.
Our worlds at war book 01 superman graphic novels at. A new volume including the two original our worlds at war collections. Darkseid, brainiac, luthor and superman in the same book but fighting against dcgalactus in party clothes didnt amount to much. Superman our worlds at war vol the ultimate conquering force has been released into the universe and it s heading towards earth leaving a path of galactic devastation in it s wake the dc universe will be shaken to it s core with. Our worlds at war secret files full comic online free and high quality. In that cover, superman is shown standing on the earth, holding both hitler and the. Overall i enjoyed this, but im a bit of a superman mark. War of the worlds is a dc comics elseworlds comic story, published in 1998. Millions of books are added to our site everyday and when we find one that matches your. Our worlds at war, book 2 released by dc comics on september 1.