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Our Worlds at War #2
Superman: Our Worlds at War, Vol. 2
As Imperiex heads towards Earth, leaving a swath of destruction behind him, Superman and his allies--both hero and villain--fight to protect the universe from Imperiex's ruthless dominion.
264 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
About the author
Jeph Loeb
1,538 books1,463 followersJoseph "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 characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.
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 characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.
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July 28, 2012
Another epic edition to this galactic battle that brings in the entire DC Universe.
July 7, 2023
The second half of the gigantic Our Worlds At War event ends here and its pretty lackluster. The two biggest issues are the completely contrived ending and the amount of repetition. First, the ending had some buildup but the solution was so out of nowhere and made no sense, that it was embarrassing that these characters would have thought if it. The repetition comes from so many different titles in the book showing a portion of the same thing. Editorially, it wasn't handled well. Luthor's role seemed lessened in the final salvo and that was unfortunate. The art was still good in nearly every chapter. Overall, an overly long event that had its highs but hits its lows here.
March 16, 2021
I just learned who most of those characters were and I’m already crying for them. I’m just glad it’s over. Also the ending was a little lengthy. But I should start reading more DC comics
July 17, 2015
(This review applies to both Volume 1 & 2 of the story. It does not apply to the collected Omnibus).
Ever since I first heard of the concept, I had been eager to experience the magesty of "Our Worlds at War." I once got my hands on the Omnibus in a Borders, paged through it feverishly, and walked away deeply confused. This couldn't be what I had been anticipating, could it? A deeper review later, and it turns out I was right.
You'd think that a comic book that features a team-up between the Justice League, Luthor, Darkseid, and basically everyone else in the DC Universe (plus the United States military!) teaming up to fight a single foe would be epic and incredible. After all, when you have Superman teaming up with the being that nearly killed him to fight an even bigger threat, it's easy to believe that this story is one for the ages. Instead, this collected edition is a fragmented, jarring, discontinuous mess that too often wanders into unrelated plot-lines and sub-plots. The most egregious of these, of course, is the random Young Justice storyline about the band stranded on a planet where they have almost no bearing on the plot. Furthermore, in a story that ostensibly involves practically the entire Justice League, only Superman and Wonder Woman get any significant page time worth mentioning - I think Batman shows up for a total of 5 pages. What a waste.
To be honest, I only read through the book rapidly in the library instead of checking it out to go over it in detail, but what I saw was enough. The main storyline certainly has stretches of coherence and even occasional greatness, but whatever momentum it tries to build is usually blunted by a blunt change in art style or a focus on random secondary characters for no apparent purpose. Perhaps there are even more tie-in issues out there not included in this collected edition that would help make sense of the cacophony, but as it stands I can't even be bothered to apply my usual review style.
I'll give the series 2 stars. I'd give it 3 just for some of the more special moments that it has, but even the execution of those moments is so bungled that the whole experience is marred. Additionally, hopefully rating it a 2 will hopefully dissuade people from reading this, or at least keep them from reading this before reading some of the other, more vital tales in the DC Universe.
Ever since I first heard of the concept, I had been eager to experience the magesty of "Our Worlds at War." I once got my hands on the Omnibus in a Borders, paged through it feverishly, and walked away deeply confused. This couldn't be what I had been anticipating, could it? A deeper review later, and it turns out I was right.
You'd think that a comic book that features a team-up between the Justice League, Luthor, Darkseid, and basically everyone else in the DC Universe (plus the United States military!) teaming up to fight a single foe would be epic and incredible. After all, when you have Superman teaming up with the being that nearly killed him to fight an even bigger threat, it's easy to believe that this story is one for the ages. Instead, this collected edition is a fragmented, jarring, discontinuous mess that too often wanders into unrelated plot-lines and sub-plots. The most egregious of these, of course, is the random Young Justice storyline about the band stranded on a planet where they have almost no bearing on the plot. Furthermore, in a story that ostensibly involves practically the entire Justice League, only Superman and Wonder Woman get any significant page time worth mentioning - I think Batman shows up for a total of 5 pages. What a waste.
To be honest, I only read through the book rapidly in the library instead of checking it out to go over it in detail, but what I saw was enough. The main storyline certainly has stretches of coherence and even occasional greatness, but whatever momentum it tries to build is usually blunted by a blunt change in art style or a focus on random secondary characters for no apparent purpose. Perhaps there are even more tie-in issues out there not included in this collected edition that would help make sense of the cacophony, but as it stands I can't even be bothered to apply my usual review style.
I'll give the series 2 stars. I'd give it 3 just for some of the more special moments that it has, but even the execution of those moments is so bungled that the whole experience is marred. Additionally, hopefully rating it a 2 will hopefully dissuade people from reading this, or at least keep them from reading this before reading some of the other, more vital tales in the DC Universe.
February 26, 2013
And its gone. Whatever build up or tension achieved from the first volume is completely let down.
This fragmented collection collects some Wonder Woman issues and a lot of Young Justice, and the Young Justice story line had little to no bearing on the main plot line.
The Wonder Woman was very good, I had previously read it before in Wonder Woman: Paradise Found.
The ending itself is pretty cool, but you have to track down more volumes to understand the viewpoints of the solution from the different perspectives.
This unspectacular finish to the epic story is only decent, due to the interludes of less exciting plotlines.
This fragmented collection collects some Wonder Woman issues and a lot of Young Justice, and the Young Justice story line had little to no bearing on the main plot line.
The Wonder Woman was very good, I had previously read it before in Wonder Woman: Paradise Found.
The ending itself is pretty cool, but you have to track down more volumes to understand the viewpoints of the solution from the different perspectives.
This unspectacular finish to the epic story is only decent, due to the interludes of less exciting plotlines.
September 4, 2015
There's some amazing issues in this collection, and even the less than stellar aren't bad. Amazing cosmic action but also quiet moments with a lot of emotion make for one of the better crossover books I've read.
July 23, 2007
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September 26, 2010
Like with volume 1, I read the comic issues that tied in but were not in the paperback.
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