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The '''New Gods''' are a fictional race appearing in the [[wikipedia:eponym|
Despite the creative strength of Kirby's material, the book's sales slipped steadily after a strong start. Despite the sales failure of the book, Kirby's work has remained an inspiration for future comics creators. [[wikipedia:Comics historian|Comics historian]] [[wikipedia:Les Daniels|Les Daniels]] observed in 1995: <blockquote>"Kirby's mix of slang and myth, science fiction and the Bible, made for a heady brew, but the scope of his vision has endured."<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|chapter= The Fourth World: New Gods on Newsprint|title = [[wikipedia:DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes|DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes]]|publisher = [[wikipedia:Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|year = 1995|location= New York, New York|page = 165|isbn = 0821220764}}</ref></blockquote>
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They also represented two principles at war with one another, inside each individual person, even inside seemingly worldly Christian monarchs; thus Augustine could boast approvingly, "...believing [Christian] monarchs of this world came to the city of Rome, as to the head of Babylon: they went not to the temple of the Emperor, but to the [[wikipedia:Saint Peter's tomb|tomb of the Fisherman]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801087.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 87 (Augustine), 7.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref>
A prophecy foretold that '''Darkseid''' would meet his final defeat at the hands of '''Orion''' in a cataclysmic battle in the fiery '''Armaghetto''' slum of the planet '''Apokolips'''.
In the biblical Book of the Apocalypse, [[wikipedia:Armaggedon|Armaggedon]] (from the [[wikipedia:Hebrew|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|הַר מְגִדּוֹ}} ''Har Məgīddō'') is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the [[wikipedia:end time|end time]]s, which is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location. The term thus has come to be used in a generic sense to refer to any [[wikipedia:eschatology|end of the world]] scenario. The "mount" of [[wikipedia:Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]] in northern Israel was the location of various ancient battles, including [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|one in the 15th century BC]] and [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|one in 609 BC]].
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King Josiah restored the [[wikipedia:Solomon's Temple|temple of Jerusalem]], which had been desecrated by the Assyrians after his father King Acaz had created an alliance with the Assyrian Empire:
{{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=2 Kings 22:2-
=== The rulers of the twin planets ===
[[File:Highfather_(Izaya_the_Inheritor_-_circa_1972).png|thumbnail|Highfather, as he appeared in Forever People #7 (March 1972)]]
Likewise the rulers of the respective planets, '''Highfather''' and '''Darkseid''' (onomotopeic for "Dark Side"), refer to some extent to [[wikipedia:God the Father|God the Father]] and to [[wikipedia:Satan|Satan]].
[[File:Justice_League_Odyssey_Darkseid.jpeg|thumbnail|Darkseid. Textless variant cover of ''Justice League: Odyssey'' Vol 1 #21 (June 2020). Art by Will Conrad.]]
'''Darkseid''' is the tyrannical ruler of the planet [[wikipedia:Apokolips|Apokolips]] whose ultimate goal is to enslave the universe by eliminating all hope and free will in sentient beings.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |pages=71–was 73}}</ref>
'''Highfather''', on the other hand, is a sage and a peacemaker. He was originally known as '''Izaya the Inheritor''', a name which is a phonetic variant of the Old Testament prophet [[wikipedia:Isaiah|Isaiah]]. While he was known as Izaya, he could be somewhat compared to the God of the Old Testament under the guise of the God of war. In fact, when Darkseid plotted to instigate an interplanetary war by manipulating his own uncle [[wikipedia:Steppenwolf (comics)|Steppenwolf]] into raiding New Genesis and killing Izaya's wife, Avia, he wounded Izaya but purposefully did not kill him, so that Izaya would try to
In the biblical '''Book of Genesis''', God is sorrowed to see evil acts of hatred being committed among men, and regrets having created a being that chose to do evil, to the point of sending the [[wikipedia:Genesis_flood_narrative|Great Flood]] to destroy
{{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Genesis 6:5-7|inline=false}}
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