Superman: Our Worlds at War #2

([October] 2002)

Our Worlds at War (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece

Superman: Our Worlds at War (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Ron Garney

Inks

Mark Morales

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Indexer Notes

Title page with credits and illustration taken from the story from JLA: Our Worlds At War (DC, 2001 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publishing data page

The War So Far... (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jeph Loeb; Mark Schultz; Joe Kelly; Joe Casey; ? (article)

Pencils

Ed McGuinness; Doug Mahnke; Ron Garney; Mike Wieringo; Kano

Inks

Cam Smith; Marlo Alquiza; Mark Morales; Lary Stucker; José Marzán Jr.

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; General Zod; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Doomsday; Steel [John Henry Irons]

Indexer Notes

Summary of the events in the first volume and JSA: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2001 series) #1 using details from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #780, Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #115, Superman (DC, 1987 series) #171, JLA: Our Worlds At War (DC, 2001 series) #1, and Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #594.

Her Mother's Daughter (Table of Contents: 5)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Jimenez

Pencils

Phil Jimenez

Inks

Andy Lanning

Colors

Trish Mulvihill; Heroic Age (separations)

Letters

Comicraft

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hippolyta; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Sebastian Ballesteros]; Silver Swan [Vanessa Kapatelis]; Circe; Imperiex; Adam Strange; Maxima; Mongal; Massacre; Grayven; Starfire; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; The Flash [Wally West]; Darkseid; Julia; Imperiex probes; Phillipus; Lois Lane (voice only)

Synopsis

Hippolyta defends the space ark containing survivors of Imperiex' attacks from two of his probes at the cost of her life.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #172 (September 2001)

Indexer Notes

This story tells many of the same events of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #781, but from Wonder Woman's point-of-view.

The Red Badge of Courage (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Jeph Loeb

Pencils

Ed McGuinness; Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 40-41 only)

Inks

Cam Smith; Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 40-41 only)

Colors

Tanya Horie; Richard Horie

Letters

Richard Starkings

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Strange Visitor [Sharon Vance]; President Lex Luthor; Will Magnus [Veridium]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; General Frank Rock; Darkseid; Imperiex; Emil Hamilton; Lois Lane; Blackhawks; Amanda Waller (voice only); Brainiac 13; Kismet

Synopsis

Strange Visitor, who reveals herself to be the guardian of reality Kismet, makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to power up Superman and destroy Imperiex. But the energy from the destruction of Imperiex, which was planned to be channeled to Apokolips, is instead absorbed by Warworld, whose nearby presence and control under Brainiac 13 is revealed.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #173 (October 2001)

Kissing on the Apokolips (Table of Contents: 7)

Young Justice / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Peter David

Pencils

Todd Nauck

Inks

Marlo Alquiza

Colors

Jason Wright; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Ken Lopez

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Young Justice [Secret; L'il Lobo; Empress; Cissie King-Jones; Impulse; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Superboy [Kon-El]; Robin [Tim Drake]]; Black Racer

Synopsis

Young Justice heads to Apokolips to retrieve Steel from the Black Racer, but instead lose L'il Lobo to him.

Reprints

• from Young Justice (DC, 1998 series) #36 (October 2001)

Our Worlds at War: Escalation (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Casey

Pencils

Mike Wieringo; Bill Sienkiewicz (p. 9 only)

Inks

Bill Sienkiewicz (p. 9 only); José Marzán Jr.

Colors

Wildstorm FX

Letters

Bill Oakley

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Parademons; Darkseid; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Grayven; Darkseid; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lena Luthor; Robin [Tim Drake]; Secret

Synopsis

Darkseid dispatches Parademons to the White House in retaliation for what he perceives as Earth's breaking of the agreement to divert the energy of Imperiex to Apokolips. Superman arrives on Apokolips and after a fight, Superman and Darkseid realize they have a common enemy in Brainiac 13.

Reprints

• from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #595 (October 2001)

Split Decision (Table of Contents: 9)

Impulse / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Todd DeZago

Pencils

Carlo Barberi

Inks

Juan Vlasco

Colors

Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Janice Chiang

Editing

Joey Cavalieri (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Young Justice [Impulse; Superboy; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cissie King-Jones; Secret; Robin [Tim Drake]; Empress; L'il Lobo]; Granny Goodness; Parademons; Darkseid; Black Racer; Steel [John Henry Irons]

Synopsis

Impulse, Cissie, Superboy and Wonder Girl are on Apokolips trying to locate Steel when one of Bart's 'scouts' is destroyed, sending him into shock.

Reprints

• from Impulse (DC, 1995 series) #77 (October 2001)

War Letters (Table of Contents: 10)

Superboy / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Kelly

Pencils

Pasqual Ferry

Inks

Keith Champagne

Colors

Jason Wright; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Comicraft

Editing

Mike McAvennie

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Kon-El]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Krypto; Human Bomb; JLA [Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man [Eel O' Brian]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]]; Black Racer; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Young Justice [Robin [Tim Drake]; Impulse; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cissie Jones-King]; Superman

Synopsis

Superboy writes Serling Roquette an account of his mission to Apokolips, while Guardian writes the mother of a member of D-Company about their mission to deliver the Human Bomb to an Imperiex world-hollowing construct, and Superman's computer records Krypto's encounter with another hollower.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1994 series) #91 (October 2001)

Total Abandon (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Schultz

Pencils

Doug Mahnke

Inks

Tom Nguyen

Colors

Wildstorm FX

Letters

Ken Lopez

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Maxima; Massacre; General Zod; President Lex Luthor; Faora; Kancer; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Lena Luthor; Brainiac 13; Steel [John Henry Irons]

Synopsis

While Luthor is confronted by his daughter on Earth, the heroes take the fight to Warworld. When it comes to a stalemate there, Superman heads for the sun.

Reprints

• from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #117 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

The story is divided into three chapters: 1. Things Fall Apart; 2. Entropy's Cauldron; 3. Nothing Left to Lose.

Amazons Attack! (Table of Contents: 12)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Jimenez

Pencils

Phil Jimenez

Inks

Andy Lanning

Colors

Trish Mulvihill; Heroic Age (separations)

Letters

Comicraft

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Moirae [Clotho; Lachesis; Atropos]; Ananke; Superman; Wonder Woman; Imperiex; Darkseid; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Lex Luthor; General Rock; Doc Magnus [Veridium]; Parademons; Brainiac 13; Maxima; Massacre; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Starfire; Troia; Phillipus; Artemis; Iphtime; Anaya; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Raven; Tempest; Euboea; Myrhha; Fury; Penelope

Synopsis

To slow Brainiac 13 down, the Amazons place their island between Warworld and the Earth. Wonder Woman helps Darkseid reignite Apokolips, then, with Troia and Tempest, they create a Boom Tube to allow Superman to take Brainiac 13 and Imperiex to the dawn of time.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #173 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

This story tells many of the same events of Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #117 and Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #782, but from Wonder Woman's point-of-view.

Trial by Fire (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Kelly

Pencils

Kano

Inks

Marlo Alquiza

Colors

Wildstorm FX

Letters

Comicraft

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); ? (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; Darkseid; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Brainiac 13; Raven; Tempest [Garth]; General Zod; Jimmy Olsen; Faora; Imperiex; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El; Troia; Martian Manhunter

Synopsis

Through a Boom Tube created by Darkseid, Wonder Woman, Tempest, and Troia, a supercharged Superman takes Imperiex and Brainiac 13 to the Big Bang.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #782 (October 2001)

Finale (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Jeph Loeb

Pencils

Mike Wieringo (pp. 209-213, 240); Doug Mahnke (pp. 215-219); Phil Jimenez (pp. 220-222); Mark Buckingham (pp. 223-229); Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 230-231); Yvel Guichet (pp. 232-233); Pasqual Ferry (pp. 234-236); Todd Nauck (pp. 237-239); Duncan Rouleau (pp. 241-244); Ed McGuinness (pp. 245-248)

Inks

Walden Wong (pp. 215-219); Mark Morales (pp. 220-222); Wayne Faucher (pp. 223-229); Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 230-231); Dexter Vines (pp. 232-233); Marlo Alquiza (pp. 234-236); Lary Stucker (pp. 237-239); Duncan Rouleau (pp. 241-244); Cam Smith (pp. 245-248); José Marzán Jr. (pp. 209-213, 240)

Colors

Zylonol Studio

Letters

Comicraft

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

JLA [Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (projection); The Flash [Wally West]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Titans [Arsenal; Tempest [Garth]; Troia; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]]; JSA [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Sand [Sandy Hawkins]; Wonder Woman [Hippolyta] (portrait)]; Amanda Waller; President Lex Luthor; Mongal; Billy; Young Justice [Secret; Empress; Cissie Jones-King; Superboy [Kon-El]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Robin [Tim Drake]]; Lois Lane; Ella Lane; Lucy Lane-Troupe; Ron Troupe

Synopsis

The JLA, Titans, JSA, Lex Luthor, Young Justice, Lane family, and others remember the lost and get back to their lives.

Reprints

• from World's Finest: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2001 series) #1 (October 2001)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Adam Hughes

Inks

Adam Hughes

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #172 (September 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ed McGuinness

Inks

Cam Smith

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #173 [Direct Sales] (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Young Justice / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Todd Nauck

Inks

Marlo Alquiza

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Kon-El]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Impulse; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Secret; Empress; L'il Lobo; Cissie Jones-King

Reprints

• from Young Justice (DC, 1998 series) #36 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Wieringo

Inks

José Marzán Jr.

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Parademons; Grayven; Brainiac 13

Reprints

• from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #595 [Direct Sales] (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Impulse / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carlo Barberi

Inks

Wayne Faucher

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Kon-El]; Impulse; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cissie Jones-King

Reprints

• from Impulse (DC, 1995 series) #77 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Pasqual Ferry

Inks

Keith Champagne

Colors

?

Editing

Mike McAvennie (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Kon-El]

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1994 series) #91 [Direct Sales] (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Doug Mahnke

Inks

Tom Nguyen

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel [John Henry Irons]

Reprints

• from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #117 [Direct Sales] (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Adam Hughes

Inks

Adam Hughes

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana]

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #173 [Direct Sales] (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Kano

Inks

Marlo Alquiza

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #782 [Direct Sales] (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jae Lee

Inks

Jae Lee

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from World's Finest: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2001 series) #1 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

Artwork only; all other elements removed.

The Art of War (Table of Contents: 25)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Chapter title page

Blackhawks (Table of Contents: 26)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Duncan Rouleau

Inks

Duncan Rouleau

Letters

typeset

Characters

Blackhawk

The Nest (Table of Contents: 27)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Duncan Rouleau

Inks

Duncan Rouleau

Letters

typeset

The Alien Invasion (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doug Mahnke

Inks

Doug Mahnke

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Wieringo; Ed McGuinness

Inks

Lary Stucker; Cam Smith

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Imperiex

Indexer Notes

Two separate images -- one from from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #171, the other from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #594 -- modified and laid one over the other. On the back cover.