Story: "A Date Which Will Live In Infamy" (38 Pages)

Credits: Jeph Loeb (plot, script); Ron Garney (pencils); Mark Morales (inks); Tanya and Rich Horie (colours); Richard Starkings (letters); Tom Palmer Jr. and Eddie Berganza (edits)

Feature Characters: Superman (last in Superman #172; next in Adventures of Superman #594), Batman (last in Batman: Our Worlds at War #1; next in Batman #593), Wonder Woman (last in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #171; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 3 #91, then in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #172), Flash III (last in Action Comics #780; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 3 #91, then in Flash: Our Worlds at War #1), Aquaman (last in Action Comics #780; disappears; next in flashback in JLA #72), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; last in Action Comics #780; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 3 #91, then in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #172), Martian Manhunter (last in Superman #172; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 3 #91, then, behind the scenes, in Action Comics #782), Plastic Man (last in Action Comics #780; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 3 #91, then in World's Finest: Our Worlds at War), Oracle (last in Superboy Vol. 3 #89; next in Nightwing: Our Worlds at War #1)

Guest Stars: Maxima, Starfire III (both last in Superman: The Man of Steel #115, both next in Action Comics #781), Hippolyta (last in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #171; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #172), Warrior (last in ???; next in ???), Blue Beetle II (last in ???; next in ???), Booster Gold (last in ???; next in ???), Tempest II (last in ???; next in Action Comics #781)

Supporting Characters: Lois Lane (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #115; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #116), Frank Rock (last in Superboy Vol. 3 #90; next in Adventures of Superman #594), Lex Luthor (last in Action Comics #780; next in Adventures of Superman #594), Will Magnus (last in ???; next in Action Comics #781), Mera (last in ???; next in ???), Vulko (last in ???; next in ???)

Villains: Imperiex Probes; General Zod (last in Action Comics #780; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #116), Ignition (last in Action Comics #780; next in Adventures of Superman #595)

Guest Appearances: Supergirl (last in Superman #172; next in Supergirl #60), Rocket Red #4 (last in ???; next in ???), Troia, Arsenal IV (both last in ???; both next in Action Comics #781), Jesse Quick (last in ???; next in ???), Halo (last in ???; next in ???), Geo-Force (last in Titans Secret Files #2/3), Dr Light II (last in ???; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #174)

Synopsis:

Outside Earth's atmosphere, the JLA are fighting against the coming of Imperiex and aren't doing too well. J'onn is the first one hit, endangering the team's telepathic link, and Green Lantern is hit not long after. One of Imperiex's probes soon takes Plastic Man and Flash out of the fight while Wonder Woman and Aquaman battle another. Superman is at his parents' deserted farm, but soon arrives to come to his team-mates' aid. He discovers for the first time that there is more than one Imperiex, but is unable to prevent Wonder Woman from slicing into the armour of one probe, causing it to explode and injure her horribly. As Maxima and Starfire arrive to help Superman transport the wounded, they also inform Aquaman that a probe has struck just outside Atlantis' capital city - he must go.

On Earth, Lex Luthor and his advisors review the war effort - the Imperiex probes have landed in the exact centre of each continent and must be stopped. In Krasnoyarsk in Russia, Booster Gold and Blue Beetle see an Imperiex probe kill Warrior, and all over the world heroes and villains alike must battle to save the planet. Aboard the space ark, Superman has a brief reunion with Lois Lane before heading to Atlantis. In Atlantis, Aquaman tells Tempest to be ready if he should fall, and takes Neptune's trident into battle with the Imperiex probe. Knowing that he must give his all, he slices into the probe's armour; Superman arrives to see a massive energy explosion and to find Aquaman's armour empty and Atlantis itself missing...