Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files #1

Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files #1 cover

Date:

August 2001

Title:

“The Eighth Day”

Plot:

As the Imperiex probes travel through bthe universe, they encounter Daxam, which subjects thousands of its citizens to a yellow sun treatment in the futile hope of being able to stop the probes.

Only Legion-related characters are dealt with here.

Credits:

Marv Wolfman (Plot) • Jeph Loeb (Script) • Yvel Guichet (Penciller) • Dexter Vines / Walden Wong (Inker) • Comicraft (Letterer) • Joe Rosas (Colors) • Digital Chameleon (Separations) • Eddie Berganza (Editor) • Ed McGuiness / Cam Smith / Richard and Tanya Horie (Cover)


CHANGE HISTORY

Date of Change
Content of Change
07/12/01
Posted
08/21/01
Revised format from Cameo to Full Appearance
Added tracking info from JSA: Our Worlds at War #1


Character and Object Tracking

         

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes

Adam Strange None in Legion books None in Legion books

Villains

Imperiex probes None in Legion books None in Legion books

Supporting Characters

Jun None None to date
Ish-Tar None < >
 
One-shot or Untracked Characters:
     assorted Daxamites

Locations

Daxam < > JSA: Our Worlds at War #1
Rann None in Legion books None in Legion books
 
One-shot or Untracked Locations:
     unnamed meeting hall on Daxam

Alien Races and Creatures

Daxamites < > JSA: Our Worlds at War #1

Technology

Daxamite warcruisers None in Legion books None in Legion books
Gordanian airships None in Legion books None in Legion books
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Analysis Notes

General Only pages 12-15 and 21 are dealt with here.
Implied in this story is that the Imperiex probes destory the various planets as they come upon them.  Obvioously, doing so to Daxam would disrupt the future of the DC universe.  Rather than being destroyed, Daxam is incorporated into Imperiex’s ship as a power source — or rather, the populace becomes a power source, with the planet used to hold the people — until the planet is rescued in JSA: Our Worlds at War #1.
12-15 Relatively few views of Daxam itself have been seen to date; the primary other 20th/21st century source was the Valor series.  Most other references to Daxam have been with individuals: the observers during Invasion, and Daxamite woman from Wonder Woman’s adventures in space, or the Daxamite in Kandor.  Daxam has usually been seen to be at least retiring and standoffish, if not outright xenophobic.
12:3 Prior to the 30th century (in the current continuity), they have been known as a world with advanced bio sciences.  This scene would seem to fit with that.
13:1 These suits bear a striking resemblance to the Black Zero warsuits seen on pre-explosion Krypton.  Even more, though, they bring up strong echoes of the 1980s Marvel series, Rom: Spaceknight, where the best and brightest of the youth of Galador gave up their humanity to be encased in robotic armor, in order to fight against the Dire Wraiths.  Then again, given that the threat of Imperiex as a “devourer of galaxies” and its probes smacks you right upside the head, screaming “Galactus and his Heralds,” the echoes of other Marvel characters may be anything but accidental.
13:2 I’ll give them this: the view of a hundred thousand warriors as a cloud or sheet of matter in space like this is an impressive observation.
14/15 This sort of massive destruction of the best of the younger generation on Daxam may be a lead into the lessened technology and almost nomadic lifestyle seen there in the 30th century.  This may start the planet-wide degradation to that end
21:3 That is Ish-Tar in thge Daxamite ship. Jun’s fate is unknown.
44-45 Curiously, despite three pages being dedicated to their role in the armada, there is no mention of the Daxamites whatsoever among the list of “allies”.
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Appearance Counts

Character Name

Cover

Panels / Speaking

Heroes
Adam Strange 2 / 2
Villains
Imperiex probes X 3 / 1
Supporting Characters
Jun 5 / 3
Ish-Tar
6 / 7
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