2001 Comic Book News Archives
July 9, 2001: Loeb Talks "Our Worlds At War"
Newsarama caught up with Jeph Loeb recently to ask a few questions about his overall plan for the Superman crossover story, "Our Worlds at War".Here's a small portion of the interview (WARNING! Contains spoilers)...
Q: Speaking specifically about JLA:OWAW for a minute, overall, you spent an issue to show the JLA getting the big beat down by Imperiex. Again, you were shooting for showing people that this is a serious war, not just the battle du jour, right?
JL: Right. Basically, you've got the League out of it for the war. Boom. Imperiex ripped Martian Manhunter's eyeball out and blasted him into putty. He put Plas, GL, Flash into the hospital and Wonder Woman is in the worst shape of all of them. You have major cities all over the world - gone in Russia, Germany, Africa - the center of every continent. And this f***er has never been beaten. We're only here because he cleansed a previous universe to make way for ours.
What happened in X-Men this week? They fought a guy with a blowtorch. Spider-Man - he's running around with a 50 year old version of himself. You want the action, drama, and suspense of what a comic book is all about -- you have to be reading the Superman titles. That's the fact, Jack!
Q: Back to one of the tougher questions from JLA: OWAW - is Aquaman dead?
JL: Aquaman is outta here. You've seen the scene. It's not like the next issue of Superman has him out looking for him. He can't. The world is on f***ing fire.
Aquaman is gone. He got blown away in a battle with Imperiex in an effort to save Atlantis using the theory; the ocean covers 3/4 of the planet and if Atlantis falls, so falls the world. Only two people have defeated an Imperiex Probe. That's a probe, mind you, not Imperiex himself. Superman...and Aquaman. One on one. Wonder Woman took one out - and she's in critical condition, but only after Aquaman and Superman blasted it pretty damn good. A hero. A king. A friend. And the war is just getting started.
Read the complete interview at the Newsarama website.
2001 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2001.- January 22, 2001: Superman Teams Go Up, Up and Away - For a Month
- March 1, 2001: Berganza on Superman
- March 2, 2001: DC and Marvel announce 'JLA/Avengers' Miniseries
- March 7, 2001: SuperSummit 2001 - The Year to Come in Superman Comics
- March 12, 2001: The New York City Comic Book Museum is throwing a party!
- March 12, 2001: DC Prepares for the Big One
- April 9, 2001: Kelly Coming to JLA
- April 30, 2001: Ed McGuinness in Sketch Magazine
- May 14, 2001: Exclusive Interview with Jeph Loeb
- June 20, 2001: New Superman Costume?
- June 29, 2001: Ed McGuinness Renews Exclusive Contract
- July 2, 2001: Loeb Talks Our Worlds At War
- July 8, 2001: Wow! Bizarro Comics HC Re-Orders Am Horrible!
- July 8, 2001: George Perez Talks JLA/Avengers
- July 9, 2001: Loeb Talks Our Worlds At War
- July 10, 2001: San Diego Comic Con Highlights
- July 21, 2001: Fresh from the San Diego Comic Con 2001
- July 22, 2001: JLA/Avengers at San Diego Comic Con
- July 23, 2001: Pascual Ferry in Action
- July 26, 2001: Superman After the War
- July 31, 2001: Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle
- August 6, 2001: JLA/Avengers Update
- August 6, 2001: Wrapping Up OWAW with Jeph Loeb
- August 9, 2001: Action Double-Team
- August 16, 2001: Aluir Amancio Interview
- August 28, 2001: Loeb Talks Pecheco and JLA/JSA
- August 30, 2001: Our Worlds At War Guide and FAQ
- August 31, 2001: Mike Manley Interview
- August 31, 2001: DC Comics Diamond Retailer Summit Press Release
- September 2, 2001: WizardWorld 2001 Report
- September 4, 2001: Superman Comics Sales Up 20%
- September 6, 2001: DC Provides Full Coverage in December
- September 6, 2001: DC Signs Doug Mahnke to Exclusive Contract
- September 6, 2001: Kiss Joins Forces with Superman
- September 6, 2001: Rick Mays on Possible Up-Coming Superman Projects
- September 6, 2001: Joe Kelly Talks JLA
- September 10, 2001: Exclusive Min S. Ku Interview
- September 12, 2001: DC Comics Offices Safe
- September 12, 2001: Diamond Comics Distributors on This Week's Comics
- September 14, 2001: Superman's Eerie Coincidence
- September 14, 2001: Joe Kelly Talk JLA
- September 20, 2001: DC Poster Salutes September 11th Heroes
- September 28, 2001: Superman's December Monster Fest
- September 28, 2001: Duncan Rouleau Interview
- October 2, 2001: DC Comics Benefit/Tribute Project
- October 3, 2001: Superman Coincidence Reported on TV News
- October 12, 2001: Artist Sues Over Superman Comic
- October 16, 2001: Superman Comic Book Up for Auction
- October 17, 2001: Adventures of Superman Hits 600
- October 19, 2001: Exclusive Gary Colabuono Interview
- October 22, 2001: The Plight of Krypto
- November 7, 2001: Updated DC Collected Edition CD-Rom Coming
- November 11, 2001: JLA/JSA Officially Announced
- November 17, 2001: History of the DC Universe in Trade Paperback
- November 20, 2001: Mike Wieringo Leaves Adventures of Superman
- November 23, 2001: Marvel Pursued Smallville Comic License!
- November 28, 2001: Vertigo Superman?
- November 29, 2001: Pete Woods on AOS
- December 4, 2001: Jeph Loeb Interview
- December 5, 2001: Superbaby?
- December 6, 2001: The Dark Knight Strikes Again - Press Release
- December 13, 2001: Shield/Triangle Numbers... Gone!
- December 14, 2001: DC Comics Advance Preview of September 11 Comic
- December 20, 2001: Dorkin Talks Superman Adventures Finale!
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