OLD GODS AND NEW A COMPANION TO JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD TP

For its 80th issue, the Jack Kirby Collector magazine presents a double-sized 50th anniversary examination of Kirbyís magnum opus! Spanning the pages of four different comics starting in 1970 (New Gods, Forever People, Mister Miracle, and Jimmy Olsen), the sprawling ìEpic for our timesî was cut short mid-stream, leaving fans wondering how Jack wouldíve resolved the confrontation between evil Darkseid of Apokolips and his son Orion of New Genesis. This companion to that ìFourth Worldî series looks back at Jack Kirbyís own words, as well as those of assistants Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman, inker Mike Royer, and publisher Carmine Infantino, to determine how it came about, where it was going, and how Kirby wouldíve ended it before it was prematurely cancelled by DC Comics! It also examines Kirbyís use of gods in Thor and other strips prior to the Fourth World, how they influenced his DC epic, and affected later series like The Eternals and Captain Victory.