Rann-Thanagar War | |
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Cover to Rann-Thanagar War #1
Art by Ivan Reis and Marc Campos. |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | |
Publication date | (Limited series) July 2005 - December 2005 (Infinite Crisis Special) April 2006 |
Number of issues | 6, with one special |
Main character(s) | Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Hawkgirl, Adam Strange, Blackfire, Green Lantern Corps, Captain Comet, Starman |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Dave Gibbons |
Penciller(s) | Ivan Reis |
Inker(s) | Marc Campos |
Colorist(s) | John Kalisz |
Collected editions | |
Rann-Thanagar War |
Rann–Thanagar War is a six-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 2005. Written by Dave Gibbons, and illustrated by Ivan Reis, Marc Campos, and John Kalisz, the series concerns a war between the planets Rann and Thanagar, and features Adam Strange, the Green Lantern Corps, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, L.E.G.I.O.N. and Captain Comet, along with other DC space adventurers. The series was followed in early 2006 with the one-shot book Rann-Thanager War: Infinite Crisis Special.
Rann-Thanagar War, along with Villains United, The OMAC Project, and Day of Vengeance, is one of four miniseries which lead up to DC Comics' Infinite Crisis event. Unlike most of the other tie-ins, it is also a continuation of storylines from two other series: Adam Strange: Planet Heist and Green Lantern: Rebirth.
In the continuity which existed prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, a war erupted between the planets Rann and Thanagar. Rann's adopted hero Adam Strange and Thanagarian law enforcement officers Hawkman (Katar Hol) and Hawkgirl (Shayera Hol) worked desperately to end the conflict. The trio succeeded, eventually revealing that events leading up to the war were manipulated by the intergalactic criminal Kanjar Ro.