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The biblical Book of Genesis recounts, among other things, of the creation of mankind, whom God placed in a garden where all was good. This earthly paradise, referred to as the [[wikipedia:Garden of Eden|Garden of Eden]], was a place of perfection and bliss:

 

 

The conflict between the two planets symbolizes the struggle of good and evil on a grand mythic scale. However, despite unambiguously representing good, New Genesis and its inhabitants are not entirely perfect. Biographer Charles Hatfield writes, "The saga turns out to be not so simple, for Kirby — and this is revealing – blurs the seeming idealized perfection of New Genesis, adding complexity to his gods."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hatfield |first1=Charles |title=Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby |date=2011 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1617031786 |page=196}}</ref> Similarly, John Morrow writes, "Kirby knew that his New Genesis was no heaven. Rather, it was more like the free West during the [[wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]], which was threatened by forces from within as well as without."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morrow |first1=John |title=Gallery |journal=[[wikipedia:The Jack Kirby Collector|The Jack Kirby Collector]] |date=Spring 2019 |volume=26 |issue=76 |page=34 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jack_Kirby_Collector_76/eXaZDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22new%20genesis%22 |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>