Our Worlds at War (2001)

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IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
1. Before Our Worlds at War
JLA: Our World at War #1, Superman (second series) #170-176, World's Finest: Out Worlds at War #1: Jeph Loeb script
Superman (second series) #170-173: Cam Smith inks; Ed McGuinness and Cam Smith cover
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #170	Mongul arrives in Metropolis, bringing his sister Mongal, but is defeated by Superman and an enraged Krypto trying to protect Lois; Superman orders his robot duplicate in the Fortress of Solitude to care for Krypto, who (because a dog without human self-control) may be too dangerous to be let free; Dale Keown pencils	1
Adventures of Superman #592-597: Joe Casey script
Adventures of Superman #592-593, 596: Mike Wieringo pencils
Adventures of Superman #592-593, 596; Superman: The Man of Steel #115: José Marzan, Jr. inks
	Adventures of Superman #592	Superman investigates a weird electrical storm and finds a comatose Strange Visitor as the cause, but a spike of her energy hits LexCorp causing city-wide chaos; Jimmy Olsen is sucked into the video game he's playing, and is saved by Strange Visitor and Superman	0
Superman: The Man of Steel #114-120: Mark Schultz script
Superman: The Man of Steel #114-118: Doug Mahnke pencils
Superman: The Man of Steel #114, 116-117: Tom Nguyen inks
	Superman: The Man of Steel #114	as Superman tries to find out what John Henry Irons might have had on Luthor, he is confronted by the Eradicator, who has returned from deep space with a warning about coming doom	0
Action Comics #779-785, Superboy (third series) #91: Joe Kelly script
	Action Comics #779	Lois recruits Supergirl, Superboy, and Kelex (masquarading as Steel) to help Superman, who is fighting forces -- consisting of Ignition, Kancer, and an enemy so powerful that he breaks Superman's jaw -- in Pokolistan; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Jaime Mendoza inks	0
Wonder Woman (second series) #170, featuring Lois Lane chronicling a day in the life of Wonder Woman and then confronting Diana about her relationship with Superman, should be placed here
2. Our Worlds at War
Superman (second series) #171, Adventures of Superman #593, Superman: The Man of Steel #115, Action Comics #780, and all Our Worlds at War crossovers cover-dated August 2001: the first third of Our Worlds at War, entitled "Prelude to War!"
Superman (second series) #171-173, 175: Ed McGuinness pencils
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #171	Superman finds Pluto, transformed into a new Warworld, which then blows up; Luthor is briefed on the upcoming war by his daughter; cover-dated August 2001	0
	Adventures of Superman #593	Mike Wieringo and Terry Austin cover; Superman battles a new Suicide Squad led by Manchester Black (formerly of The Elite) and warns Luthor; Lois Lane discovers the transfer of super-criminals from prison and talks to her father, who gives no answers	0
Superman: The Man of Steel #115-117: Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen cover
	Superman: The Man of Steel #115	most of Metropolis, including Lois and Clark, have been abducted in their sleep by aliens led by Maxima, Massacre, Grayven, Mongal, Starfire, and Adam Strange; Adam Strange warns Superman of Imperiex's coming threat; Superman returns to a Metropolis under alien control just before Apokolips materializes over Earth	0
Action Comics #780-782: Kano pencils; Marlo Alquiza inks; Kano and Marlo Alquiza cover
	Action Comics #780	the JLA briefly confronts Darkseid before Luthor arrives to plan with Darkseid; Superman flies off to Berlin to confront the "general" from Pokolistan, who reveals himself to be General Zod; the aliens hit Kansas	0
Supergirl (third series) #59-61: Peter David script
Supergirl (third series) #59-61: Leonard Kirk pencils; Robin Riggs inks
Supergirl (third series) #59: Leonard Kirk and Robin Riggs cover
	Supergirl (third series) #59	participates in the Our Worlds at War crossover; Supergirl and Buzz deal in the wake of the attack on Kansas; cover-dated August 2001	0
Superman (second series) #172, Adventures of Superman #594, Superman: The Man of Steel #116, Action Comics #781, and all Our Worlds at War crossovers cover-dated September 2001: the second third of Our Worlds at War, entitled "All-Out War!"
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #172	Superman deals with Kansas, battles Imperiex, visits the wreck of the Kents' house, talks with Supergirl, and flies off to help the JLA	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	JLA: Our Worlds at War #1	Ron Garney pencils; Rags Morales inks; Imperiex trashes the JLA; Diana kills an Imperiex, but is burned terribly and at least almost killed in the process; Superman gives Diana to Hyppolyta (on the space arc) to care for; Superman is reunited with Lois; Aquaman says goodbyes to his Atlanteans and battles Imperiex, winning but nearly dying in the process; Jae Lee cover; 38 pages	0
Adventures of Superman #594-595: Mike Wieringo and José Marzán, Jr. cover
	Adventures of Superman #594	Superman goes to the moon on Luthor's orders, finds Steel dying, talks with Manchester Black, and then goes to fight side-by-side with Doomsday; Imperiex kills Doomsday and nearly kills Superman, whose body sails to Apokolips; art by Wieringo, Stucker, and Oakley	0
	Superman: The Man of Steel #116	Superman spars with Darkseid, refusing to use the battle armor known as The Entropy Aegis, that Darkseid has prepared; The Black Racer takes Steel's dead body to Apokolips; as the space arc comes under attack, Lois is teleported by Adam Strange to the White House	0
	Action Comics #781	in a briefing in the White House, Professor Hamilton asserts that the collapsed multiple universes (of Crisis, of which he is aware) hinges upon Earth; Supergirl and Black Lightning battle an Imperiex attacking the White House, where Major Lane sacrifices his life to win, while Superman tends to the space arc where Hyppolyta sacrifices her life to win; Superman arrives at the White House only to find Luthor reasonably consoling Lois, who leaves rather than face her absent husband	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman: Our Worlds at War Book One	collects (in this order) Superman (second series) #171, Adventures of Superman #593, Superman: The Man of Steel #115, Action Comics #780, Supergirl (third series) #59, Superman (second series) #172, JLA: Our Worlds at War #1, Adventures of Superman #594, Superman: The Man of Steel #116, and Action Comics #781; also includes a cover gallery and a sketchbook section; 264 pages; Ed McGuinness and Cam Smith front cover; published in 2002 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
Wonder Woman (second series) #172, ending with Hyppolyta's death, should be placed here
Supergirl (third series) #60-61: no cover data entered
	Supergirl (third series) #60	participates in the Our Worlds at War crossover; with the War well underway, Supergirl must catch up to and stop an Imperiex probe that could lay waste to another town -- in this case, Linda Danvers's hometown of Leesburg; cover-dated September 2001	0
Superman (second series) #173, Adventures of Superman #595, Superman: The Man of Steel #117, Action Comics #782, and all Our Worlds at War crossovers cover-dated October 2001: the final third of Our Worlds at War, entitled "Casualties of War!"
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #173	Sharon / Strange Visitor sacrifices itself; Warworld is revealed, cloaked, and Brainiac 13 triggers Lexcorp Towers to fire on Apokolips, incurring the wrath of Darkseid against Earth; integrates with the story John F. Kennedy's 20 January 1961 inaugural address; credits include "special thanks to: Bill Sienkiwicz"	0
(the awful) Young Justice #36 should be read here
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #595	as Apokolips attacks Earth, Superman and Darkseid battle, then reconcile; Lena Luthor visits President Luthor; Luthor promises that General Zod will be a world power; features Mike Wieringo pencils & José Marzan, Jr. inks (all but one page) and Bill Sienkiwicz art (1 page)	0
Impulse #77 should be read here
Superboy (third series) #89, 91: Pascual Ferry pencils; Kieth Champagne inks
	Superboy (third series) #91	participates in the Our Worlds at War crossover; Superboy narrates his war experience; features the Guardian's letter to the mother of a dead soldier under his command; Krypto seeing human trauma and fighting Imperiex; Pascual Ferry & Kieth Champagne cover; cover-dated October 2001	0
	Superman: The Man of Steel #117	Maxima and her crew are destroyed in an attempt to block Brainiac 13's Imperiex-powered, Earth-heading energy tendril -- before the Amazons and Paradise Island follow suit; Steel / John Henry Irons, in the Entropy Aegis, joins the fray; Lex Luthor converts his daughter Lena back to his cause; Superman, desperate, plunges into the sun for energy	0
Wonder Woman (second series) #173, featuring the sacrifice of Paradise Island to delay Imperiex, should be placed here
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Action Comics #782	Brainiac 13, bonded to Imperiex, is left back in time at the Big Bang; Lena Luthor, a child again, is returned to President Luthor; Darkseid and Apokolips leave Earth	0
	Supergirl (third series) #61	participates in the Our Worlds at War crossover; on her way to finding Buzz, Supergirl comes across a strange creature scavanging away at the dead bodies in the aftermath of the war; cover-dated October 2001	0
	World's Finest: Out Worlds at War #1	with Aquaman and Atlantis missing, Hyppolyta, (the former Sgt.) Frank Rock, Maxima, Sharon / Strange Visitor, and Major Lane are mourned; Young Justice returns from space; memorably concludes at the Kents' farm, demolished, the Kents missing and presumed dead; integrates with the story Douglas MacArthur's 19 April speech after being dismissed by Truman; features Mike Wieringo pencils & José Marzan, Jr. inks (6 pages), Doug Mahnke pencils & Walden Wong inks (5 pages), Phil Jimenez pencils & Mark Morales inks (3 pages), Mark Buckingham pencils & Wayne Faucher inks (6 pages), Bill Sienkiewicz art (2 pages), Yvel Guichet pencils & Dexter Vines inks (2 pages), Pascual Ferry pencils & Marlo Alquiza inks (3 pages), Todd Nauck pencils & Lary Stucker inks (3 pages), Duncan Rouleau art (4 pages), and Ed McGuinness pencils & Cam Smith inks (4 pages); 38 pages; cover-dated October 2001	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman: Our Worlds at War Book Two	collects (in this order) Wonder Woman (second series) #172, Superman (second series) #173, (the awful) Young Justice #36, Adventures of Superman #595, Impulse #77, Superboy (third series) #91, Superman: The Man of Steel #117, Wonder Woman (second series) #173, Action Comics #782, and World's Finest: Out Worlds at War #1; also includes a cover gallery and a sketchbook section; 264 pages; Mike Wieringo & José Marzan, Jr. front cover (an altered version of that of Adventures of Superman #595); published in 2002 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
3. After Our Worlds at War
Action Comics #783-785; Adventures of Superman #596, 598; Superman (second series) #174-176; Superman: The Man of Steel #118-120: no cover art data entered
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #174	Clark rebuilds the Kent farm house as Lois reads to him from Martha's diary; Pete Ross and Lana visit, and a fellow survivor passing by lets them know that Martha is alive; Martha returns home and sews Clark a new Superman costume, one with a black background to denote his mourning; Steve Lieber art	0
	Adventures of Superman #596	as the world re-builds, Superman stands by and watches, preferring to let man rebuild than to be dependant on him, much to Luthor's dismay; Superman's only moves are a confrontation with the Weather Wizard, before going back to Metropolis, where he saves a construction worker	0
	Superman: The Man of Steel #118	Steel and Superman run tests on the Entropy Aegis; soonafter, Superman is abducted by the Linear Men to stand judgement over his involvement in stopping Imperiex; Walden Wong inks	0
	Action Comics #783	Clark writes about the aftermath of the War and his own personal memories, while as Superman he confronts four separate villains causing chaos, offering them a second chance; Brandon Badeaux pencils; Mark Morales inks	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #175	participates in the Joker: Last Laugh crossover; the Jokers sets about the release of Doomsday from a government installation; Superman, having learned much from the recent war, stops Doomsday, teaching the sentient monster a hard lesson (this being the 100th issue after Superman's death at Doomsday's monstrous hands); Luthor hands over Doomsday to Darkseid in a shady deal; Pa Kent returns to Smallville after seeing his son fighting Doomsday again; Cam Smith and Walden Wong inks; cover-dated December 2001	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #597	participates in the Joker: Last Laugh crossover; Lex Luthor is Jokerized and sets about on another electoral campaign -- a strange journey that sees him riding on a speeding train about to launch nuclear missiles; Superman stops him, while Pete Ross sets about saving Luthor on a PR level; Derec Aucoin art; Tim Sale cover; cover-dated December 2001	0
	Superman: The Man of Steel #119	participates in the Joker: Last Laugh crossover; Jokerized villains break into the Steelworks, freeing a jokerized Eradicator; the jokerization seems to have brought the Kryptonian programming to the forefront, sending the Eradicator to the Fortress of Solitude, where a battle ensues with Krypto as the target; Yvel Cuichet pencils; Dexter Vines and Walden Wong inks; cover-dated December 2001	0
	Action Comics #784	participates in the Joker: Last Laugh crossover; while the Joker-acid rain falls, Superman is visited by Batman before they're confronted with a jokerized Green Lantern; the confrontation leads to many issues, including what was done during the Emperor Joker saga; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Alquiza Stucker and Duncan Rouleau inks; cover-dated December 2001	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #176	in his first appointment with Dr. Claire Foster, a psychiatrist, Superman shares his fears of Zod, his feelings about Aquaman, his concern for his parents, and his love for Lois; Ian Churchill pencils; Norm Rapmund inks; cover-dated January 2002	0
	Adventures of Superman #598	a freak TV interruption showing Superman fighting inspires Cole Parker to lead his fellow workers as an army of revenge against Perry White and those who want to rid Metropolis of B13 technology; Joe Casey script; Mike Wieringo and Mauricet pencils; Jose Marzan, Jr. inks; cover-dated January 2002 (mislisted as "S"-shield #6 instead of the accurate #2)	0
	Superman: The Man of Steel #120	Talia Head, sick of the way LexCorp endangers people's lives, sets up a plan to have Clark Kent write about an unusual LexCorp oil plant to bring it to people's attention, but Clark doesn't trust his own writing abilities and takes over as Superman, destroying the plant -- and, unknowingly, Talia's good intentions; Yvel Guichet pencils; Dexter Vines inks; cover-dated January 2002	0
	Action Comics #785	sent to Pokolistan on assignment, Clark hides from Zod, worried he'll know he's Superman and therefore threaten Lois' life; meeting Bizarro, Clark is forced to stand up for him as Superman when Zod comes to do away with Bizarro once and for all; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Marlo Alquiza inks; cover-dated January 2002	0
MISCELLANEOUS
	Superman: Where Is Thy Sting?	Death literally comes for Superman, who deals with his guilt; J.M. DeMatteis script; Liam McCormack-Sharp pencils; Liam McCormack-Sharp inks; cover-dated July 2001	0
	Superman: Our Worlds At War Secret Files and Origins #1	features background story on Imperiex and the destruction he's caused throughout the DC universe; features diagrams of the war ships that will aid the allies against Imperiex; features profiles on the earthly and alien allies, as well as Zod and his team; features a story of Zod as he toys with and ultimately destroys Bizarro No. 1; no creative data entered; cover-dated August 2001	0
SUPERBOY
Superboy (third series) #88, 90, 92-94: no data entered
	Superboy (third series) #88		0
	Superboy (third series) #89	participates in the Our Worlds at War crossover; Superboy returns to Project Cadmus, only to find that the Project is no more; Superboy also learns that a war is brewing and that the U.S. Government plans on turning thousands of proto-clones into Guardians -- a plan Superboy and the real Guardian and Superboy don't to see happen; the nasty General Good, along with the DNAngels, disagree over this; Joe Kelly and Eddie Berganza script; no cover data entered; cover-dated August 2001	0
	Superboy (third series) #90	participates in the Our Worlds at War crossover; cover-dated September 2001	0
	Superboy (third series) #92		0
	Superboy (third series) #93		0
	Superboy (third series) #94		0
SUPERGIRL
Supergirl (third series) #58, 62-64: no data entered
	Supergirl (third series) #58		0
	Supergirl (third series) #62		0
	Supergirl (third series) #63		0
	Supergirl (third series) #64		0

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