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| World War III | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre |
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| Publication date | April 2007 |
| Number of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Black Adam Martian Manhunter |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Keith Champagne John Ostrander |
| Artist(s) | Pat Oliffe Drew Geraci Andy Smith Ray Snyder Tom Derenick Norm Rapmund Jack Jadson Rodney Ramos |
| Collected editions | |
| DC: World War III | ISBN 1-4012-1504-1 |
The title World War III was also used in 2007 for a four-issue mini-series written by Keith Champagne (#1-2) and John Ostrander (#3-4), and drawn by Pat Olliffe and Tom Derenick, with covers by Ethan Van Sciver. It tells the story of Black Adam's rage against humanity after his family was murdered, and he can only be stopped when the entire superhero community rallies together. The limited series was a tie into DC's weekly comic book series, 52, occurring on "Week 50" of the series, which takes place during the missing year following Infinite Crisis. Indeed, 52 was inititally conceived to explain many of the drastic changes that occurred in the DC Universe during that missing year; however, the series ultimately evolved in a different direction, focusing on its own cast of characters, and consequently, World War III was conceived to revisit the original intent of the series and explain the changes that occurred.
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