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Superman: Our Worlds at War Omnibus (Our Worlds at War #1-2)
by
Jeph Loeb,
Joe Casey, Mark Schultz, Joe Kelly, Peter David, Phil Jimenez, Todd Dezago, Mike Wieringo
,
more…
As the ultimate destructive force heads directly toward Earth, humanity's greatest defender, Superman, stands prepared to prevent the total annihilation of the planet. Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and a host of other heroes from the DC Universe join the Man of Steel in this last desperate battle for survival. Will the heroes' combined might be enough to stop an evil...more
Paperback, 512 pages
Published
June 10th 2006
by DC Comics
(first published June 7th 2006)
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I cannot be alone in reading Superman comics for the villains. It takes an act of incredible writing to make Superman himself remotely interesting--set him in the great depression, have him be raised by the government in secret, be Secret Identity--because too much power coupled with boyscout instincts just isn't a lot to work with. But a visit from Mr. Mxyzptlk is always funny, Brainiac can be interesting, and Lex is never anything less.
Lex Luthor is excellent in this story arc. The masterful...more
Lex Luthor is excellent in this story arc. The masterful...more
In continuing my read through Dc Comics' event series (re-read actually and there are at least two that I will be skipping) my complaint about this collection is that it is just too long (over 500 pages). The collection might have been better served just being the core title without many of the crossover titles. Just think how big a Crisis on Infinite Earths would be with all of its crossovers.
On the plus side much of what came out of this story had an effect on titles after the event's conclus...more
On the plus side much of what came out of this story had an effect on titles after the event's conclus...more
An interesting crossover that tries, and somewhat succeeds, in altering the status quo not just for Supes, for the DCU as a whole. Like any crossover, this phonebook of a collection suffers from some incoherence from part to part (especially when shifting from the Superman titles, to the outside ones like Wonder Woman and Young Justice), and many of the big climax fights where poorly paced and vague. What is fun, is we get a big throwdown all of the best Superman heavies: Darkseid, Braniac, Luth...more
It was a bit rough in parts, and the fact that the story was told over several concurrent comic series meant there was some jumping around in the timeline, but overall this is one of the most well-written of the huge, epic, major events.
This is pretty much every character in the DC world - both good and evil - teaming up to stop Imperiex, a cosmic force that's trying to destroy the entire universe. Superman and the Justice League have to work alongside some of their greatest foes - Lex Luthor, D...more
This is pretty much every character in the DC world - both good and evil - teaming up to stop Imperiex, a cosmic force that's trying to destroy the entire universe. Superman and the Justice League have to work alongside some of their greatest foes - Lex Luthor, D...more
I really wanted to like this more. It starts off well enough with Superman discovering Pluto turned into War World, kicking off what could be a fun epic Superman story featuring a lot of classic characters, and swell action scenes where stuff blows up good, stuff blows up real good. But it turns into a typical crossover event that gets weighed down by too many characters, and incoherent storytelling. Like much of modern superhero comics, too much is thrown at the reader without a proper explana...more
This volume is every bit as epic as one would imagine with a title like "Our Worlds at War", but perhaps a more fitting title would have been "Our Worlds at Bore". Yeah... that one was a bit of a stretch, but apt nevertheless. I've never been much of a Superman fan, but I do like Jeph Loeb and Ed Mcguinness enough that I figured I'd give this a shot. It was a little laborious to get through, and quite frankly, epic, Universe shattering events like this don't mean much when one knows that all of...more
At nearly 500 pages, this major (until the New 52 reboot happened) storyline weaves between all the Superman titles (and a few more), with the return on Imperiex & the destruction of the entire universe. With a massive supporting cast that features Wonder Woman, the JLA, Titans, Young Justice, Steel, and classic villains like Lex Luthor, Darkseid, & Brainiac, this Omnibus edition makes for a great entry in any Super-fan's library.
This was utterly horrendous. The fact that I do not like Superman probably affects my perception of it but I can't even bring myself to finish reading the issues with Batman or Robin (my two favourite DC superheroes) in them. Do not waste your time. Wikipedia and DC Wikia are your friends.
Very confusing. Had no idea what was going on half the time, and the sentimentality was over the top. Thought the speeches included by American leaders during real times of war only confused the entire story line further...
Seemed like a great idea, but looking back on it, I feel like they dropped the ball and wasted Superman. Why is it so hard to write a good Superman story? We haven't had one in such a long time!
Nice concept but a bit too long. I especially liked the Brainiac-13's plan, however it was a bit foreseen if one takes into consideration previous issues of Superman.
Freat art and an interesting if sometimes confusing story. Suoerman acting like a man and not just a suprhero was well done.
I'd forgotten how good this storyline was...
Jun 23, 2010
Matt Hartzell
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2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Hardcore comic fans
Shelves:
graphic-novels
This might be the worst collection I've ever read. The story, which is not very good, jumps around erratically and is hard to follow. Much better Superman stories are out there.
Were it not for the sheer scope of this book, it would have been painful to read with the sub-par artwork.
Pure crap. Confusing, terribly written, and incomplete - the plot does NOT wrap up at the end. Avoid.
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Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.
A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major...more
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