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1* AntiClimaxBoss: Imperiex Prime is built up as a massive threat, requiring all of Earth's heroes to battle him, possessing the power of the Big Bang, and annihilating Doomsday [[CurbStompBattle in a single blast]]. One would've expected an all-out, climactic battle between him and Superman at the end but [[spoiler: what happens is that Brainiac-13 takes over Imperiex's energies along with War World and by the time Superman is completely amped up from the sun to do battle, the only interaction that happens between Superman and Imperiex is that they share some words before Superman pushes War World with Brainiac-13 and Imperiex back to the Big Bang through a Boom Tube to destroy them both]].
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3** ''Adventures of Superman'' #596, one of the issues dealing with the aftermath of the story featured the [=LexCorp=] Towers heavily damaged due to the events of the story. While written months before, it was released ''one day after 9/11''. DC acknowledged the similarities and made the books returnable without penalty to retailers.
4** To honor and mourn the casualties in the war, Superman switched his costume to a darker one that included a black and red variant of the "S"-shield, which lasted for a year. This took on unavoidable RealitySubtext due to 9/11, where many also wore black in remembrance.

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