Imperiex

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In the DC Universe Imperiex was an evil alien entity, featured in the Our Worlds at War crossover.

He was first mentioned in the Superman titles 2000, when Mongul, the son of the deceased villain of the same name, arrived on Earth saying Imperiex had destroyed Warworld and was heading for Earth. He convinced Superman to help him fight Imperiex. However it transpired that the huge alien entity they had encountered was just a probe; Imperiex Prime himself was a much larger and more powerful being. He had detected imperfections in the fabric of the universe, and his ultimate plan was to destroy it and create a new, perfect one. To do so he headed for Earth, the planet which holds the Universe together, to start a new Big Bang from there.

On Earth several of his Hollower-machines destroyed Topeka, Kansas (as well as seven other places) when they tried to dig into Earth to tear up the space-time which would cause a new Big Bang.

President Lex Luthor rallied other superheroes, the military of the U.S. and other countries such as Pokolistan, and several untrustworthy alien allies (including Brainiac-13 and Darkseid) together. Furthermore, Luthor had decided that Superman alone did not have enough power to lead a strike force and arranged for Doomsday to be released from captivity and brainwashed to believe all Imperiex drones to actually be Superman. They fought the Imperiex probes (and Brainiac's breakaway third faction) until, with the help of the other heroes, Superman managed to send both Imperiex Prime's and Brainiac's consciousness to the Big Bang. Imperiex Prime realised that the imperfection he had detected was himself.

The Imperiex War was not won without cost. Several people, including Queen Hippolyta, Maxima, and General Sam Lane (Lois Lane's father) all died defending Earth. Aquaman, Doomsday, Guy Gardner, and Steel were all presumed dead, but later turned up alive for different reasons.