- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: D C Comics (a division of Warner Brothers - A Time Warner Entertainment Co.) (Dec 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1563893851
- ISBN-13: 978-1563893858
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 16.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 732,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The conflict between the New Gods cannot be resolved until Orion, the hero, confronts Darkseid, the black-helmeted supervillain who is secretly Orion's father.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Best. Comic. Ever.,
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This review is from: Jack Kirby's New Gods (Paperback)
The career high point of the Worlds Greatest Comic Book Artist; for anyone who likes superheroes, it has something of the status of holy writ. Just to take one example -- the double page spread of the alien ship in "The Glory Boat" seem to literally burst of the page as if it was 3D. Other creators may have put better dialogue into the speech bubbles, but no other artist ever crammed more action and energy into the pictures.
Yeah, I wish it could have been reprinted in colour.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Must-have for the Kirby fan,
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This review is from: Jack Kirby's New Gods (Paperback)
This book collects Jack Kirby's ground-breaking New Gods series in an affordable format. Many consider this 1970's DC series to be his most imaginative and original work, in which he had the opportunity to both write the stories as well as draw the art. The artwork is in black and white with gray tones. I'm trying hard to avoid the phrase 'epic modern fantasy' without much success. Jack Kirby was creator or co-creator of some of the most important characters in comics, including Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, the Silver Surfer, and the Challengers of the Unknown.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Jack Kirby's magnum opus?,
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This review is from: Jack Kirby's New Gods (Paperback)
We have to thank Jack Kirby for his part in the creation (most often with Stan Lee) of so many great characters at Marvel, characters who are still going strong today. But all was not well at Marvel for many reasons and Jack moved to rivals DC and pretty soon created this memorable if short-lived series and others in the Fourth World genre. Collected here are the 11 issues of the original series.
Starting with the destruction of the planet of the Old Gods (Asgard?, Balduur is mentioned in a later tale) and the creation of two separate worlds from the embers, New Genesis the pastoral home of the New Gods and Apokolips the dark industrialised home of Darkseid and Kaliban. The struggle moves to Earth and New Gods Orion and Lightray with allies, both human and from New Genesis, take on the dark forces of Apokolips, Kalibak, The Deep Six and others in some truly great stories. The artwork on The Glory Boat, The Pact and The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin in particular are stunning even in black and white, especially the battle scenes and the double-page spreads. So much can be read into these tales as both allegories and as the foundation for many future books,films etc. The mystical Source and the Anti-Life Equation have been interpreted in so many ways depending on who is reading them. This is my third re-reading and I still come across things in the artwork that I did not notice before. The Young Gods of New Genesis mini series are also included as a nice extra. Yes it would be great in colour, I had the originals when they first came out and it would have been nice to read the extra tale that was added to the 1984 reprints but no doubt that will be included in the new hardback Fourth World series. Also the Manhunter tales that were in the original comics would have been a nice extra. The covers for the comics are all gathered at the back which is a little odd. I would have liked the original covers at the front of each story but that is a minor grumble. Kirby fans still debate over which is the late maestro's best work, the early Captain America tales, the Fantastic Four, Thor, OMAC and so many others but with a career that lasted over 50 years it has to be a subjectice choice but for me as he single-handedly created this series the New Gods will remain a very close second to my personal favourite, his epic 100 issue run on the Fantastic Four. As with so many of Jack's characters Darkseid, Mantis, Kalibak and others who appeared in this volume continued to grace DC comics for many years and keep the King's memory alive.
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