Jack Kirby's Fourth World: Fourth World, New Gods, Gog, Cosmic Odyssey, Mister Miracle, Anti-Life Equation, Apokolips, Death of the New...
- ISBN-10
- 1230626964
- ISBN-13
- 9781230626963
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- University-Press.org
- Author
- Source Wikipedia
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Fourth World, New Gods, Gog, Cosmic Odyssey, Mister Miracle, Anti-Life Equation, Apokolips, Death of the New Gods, List of New Gods, Mother Box, Source Wall, Mageddon, Boom tube, Black Racer, Sobek, New Genesis, Sonny Sumo, Aurakles, Oberon, Chessure, Super-Cycle. Excerpt: The New Gods are a fictional race appearing in publications by DC Comics, as well as the title for four series of comic books about those characters. They first appeared in New Gods #1 (February 1971), and were created and designed by Jack Kirby. The New Gods are natives of the twin planets of New Genesis and Apokolips. New Genesis is an idyllic planet filled with unspoiled forests, mountains, and rivers and is ruled by the benevolent Highfather, while Apokolips is a nightmarish, ruined dystopia filled with machinery and fire pits and is ruled by the tyrant Darkseid. The two planets were once part of the same world, a planet called Urgrund (German for "primeval ground"), but it was split apart millennia ago after the death of the Old Gods during Ragnarok. The characters associated with the New Gods are often collectively referred to as "Jack Kirby's Fourth World." The New Gods first appeared in New Gods #1 and Mister Miracle #1 (both titles were published concurrently). The other two "Fourth World" titles were Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen and Forever People. Various New Gods, notably Darkseid, went on to interact with other denizens of the DC Universe. The opening sequence of New Gods #1 references the "Old Gods" and the "New Gods" (e.g., "There came a time when the Old Gods died..."). In a "Young Gods of Supertown" back-up story in Forever People #5, the explorer Lonar retrieves a helmet from the rubble of what represents the last battle of the Old Gods. The helmet closely resembles that worn by the Marvel Comics character Thor, a character whom...
