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New Gods by Jack Kirby (New Gods (1984)) Kindle & comiXology
At the heart of the Fourth World is The New Gods, a series whose scale and grandeur have astonished readers for generations. And at the center of Kirby’s startlingly original pantheon of larger-than-life characters are two of comics’ greatest adversaries: Orion of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips!
Ranging across space and time, these implacable foes are locked in a ceaseless struggle to control the fundamental forces of the universe. But this pair are more than mortal enemies—they are also father and son!
Raised in exile as a living instrument of peace between Apokolips and New Genesis, Orion swore to uphold the life-affirming values of his adopted world. But the bottomless rage and thirst for combat that course through his veins cannot be extinguished. In the end, will he defeat Darkseid and thwart his quest for the Anti-Life Equation—or will he forsake his vow and seize the ultimate power for himself?
See cosmic fury unleashed—and thrill to the imaginative power of one of the medium’s greatest masters—in New Gods by Jack Kirby, collecting issues #1-11 of the legendary series together with the King’s two concluding tales, “Even Gods Must Die!” and “The Hunger Dogs!”
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDC
- Publication dateSeptember 4, 2018
- File size1439796 KB
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- ASIN : B07GQBQG1H
- Publisher : DC (September 4, 2018)
- Publication date : September 4, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 1439796 KB
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- Print length : 424 pages
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About the author
Jack Kirby (/ˈkɜːrbi/; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.
Kirby grew up poor in New York City, and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for National Comics, later to become DC Comics.
After serving in World War II, Kirby produced work for a number of publishers, including DC, Harvey Comics, Hillman Periodicals. At Crestwood Publications he and Simon created the genre of romance comics and later founded their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Ultimately, Kirby found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, which in the next decade became Marvel. There, in the 1960s, Kirby and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of the company's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. The Lee-Kirby titles garnered high sales and critical acclaim, but in 1970, feeling he had been treated unfairly, Kirby left the company for rival DC.
At DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, the Fourth World's New Gods have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby, who has been called "the William Blake of comics", began receiving great recognition in the mainstream press for his career accomplishments, and in 1987 he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Kirby was married to Rosalind "Roz" Goldstein in 1942. They had four children, and remained married until his death from heart failure in 1994, at the age of 76. The Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honor.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Susan Skaar (Kirby Museum website) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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This is an epic story that's truly imaginative in the purest sense of the word. There are twists and turns in the plot, and fascinating details and history of the worlds of New Genesis and Apokolips, but the real impressive work is in the characters and their relationships with one another--these mythical figures from advanced civilizations that are instantly familiar but unique enough to hold your interest.
One big caveat for newer readers though. It seems obvious, but because this was written in the 70s~ the storytelling is very...of the time. So that means a lot of silliness that might be a little self aware but is still played pretty seriously. Smoke capsules in car tailpipes. Goofy human characters as reader surrogates who say things like, "But I'm Victor Lanza! An insurance executive! A family man! My wife makes me carry an umbrella in case it rains!"
Even the main character, Orion, is supposed to be a conflicted, brooding hero trying to overcome his violent nature, but I kept cracking up at how over-the-top and brutish he was (yes, I understand some of that is purposeful, but boy is it extreme), to the point where most characters, even his friends, are like "Wow, you're really brutal and kind of a d*ck, maybe take it easy?"
But that's all part and parcel with the kind of comic and story this is, and you just have to go along with the ride. This whole undertaking is truly a feat when you consider it all came from the mind of one man. If you're a DC comics reader, or even just a little bit curious, I really recommend reading this at least once. There's not a lot else out there that's quite like it. And on that note, I leave you with an image of a couple of awkward panels that had me laughing out loud for a good minute.*
*P.S., I've read a lot of later stories like Final Crisis, Mister Miracle etc., and I always kind of thought to myself, wow some of these New Gods are real jerks! Now that I've finally read the original story, I can confirm that they were all at least a little bit jerkish from the get-go(particularly Metron)! But that doesn't make them, or their worlds, any less fascinating.
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2021
This is an epic story that's truly imaginative in the purest sense of the word. There are twists and turns in the plot, and fascinating details and history of the worlds of New Genesis and Apokolips, but the real impressive work is in the characters and their relationships with one another--these mythical figures from advanced civilizations that are instantly familiar but unique enough to hold your interest.
One big caveat for newer readers though. It seems obvious, but because this was written in the 70s~ the storytelling is very...of the time. So that means a lot of silliness that might be a little self aware but is still played pretty seriously. Smoke capsules in car tailpipes. Goofy human characters as reader surrogates who say things like, "But I'm Victor Lanza! An insurance executive! A family man! My wife makes me carry an umbrella in case it rains!"
Even the main character, Orion, is supposed to be a conflicted, brooding hero trying to overcome his violent nature, but I kept cracking up at how over-the-top and brutish he was (yes, I understand some of that is purposeful, but boy is it extreme), to the point where most characters, even his friends, are like "Wow, you're really brutal and kind of a d*ck, maybe take it easy?"
But that's all part and parcel with the kind of comic and story this is, and you just have to go along with the ride. This whole undertaking is truly a feat when you consider it all came from the mind of one man. If you're a DC comics reader, or even just a little bit curious, I really recommend reading this at least once. There's not a lot else out there that's quite like it. And on that note, I leave you with an image of a couple of awkward panels that had me laughing out loud for a good minute.*
*P.S., I've read a lot of later stories like Final Crisis, Mister Miracle etc., and I always kind of thought to myself, wow some of these New Gods are real jerks! Now that I've finally read the original story, I can confirm that they were all at least a little bit jerkish from the get-go(particularly Metron)! But that doesn't make them, or their worlds, any less fascinating.
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Kirby fue un hombre adelantado a su tiempo y su forma de relatar historias es como la de un escritor de mitología griega. Imaginación sin límites. Hacia falta una colección de 'New Gods' en TP.
Historia fundamental para cualquier fan de los cómics, si estás empezando a leer cómics quizá el texto de los primeros 11 números te parezca un poco soso en algunas partes pero es que es de los años 70, aún así es una lectura que se disfruta demasiado.
Kirby escreveu e desenhou, quase que simultaneamente, "Superman Pal's Jimmy Olsen", "The Forever People", "Mister Miracle", "Demon" e este "New Gods", cujas onze edições estão aqui reunidas, enriquecidas por dois epílogos, todos de autoria de Kirby, publicados anos depois: "Even Gods Must Die!" e "Hunger Dogs".
A explosão de criatividade de Kirby dá à luz personagens e conceitos que fazem parte crucial do Universo DC até hoje, inclusive no Cinema: Darkseid, Orion, Big Barda, Mister Miracle, Steppenwolf, Apokolips, Parademons, Anti-Life Equation, Mother Boxes, Boom Tubes - e por aí vai.
Ao folhear as páginas da caprichada edição, percebe-se que Kirby se sentia em casa naquele momento, muito à vontade para fazer sua imaginação e seu traço inconfundível deixarem para sempre uma marca, perene e personalíssima, no Universo DC.