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The '''New Gods''' are a fictional race appearing in the [[wikipedia:eponym|eponym]]ous [[wikipedia:comic book|comic book]] series published by [[wikipedia:DC Comics|DC Comics]], as well as selected other DC titles. Created and designed by [[wikipedia:Jack Kirby|Jack Kirby]], they first appeared in February 1971 in ''New Gods'' #1. | The '''New Gods''' are a fictional race appearing in the [[wikipedia:eponym|eponym]]ous [[wikipedia:comic book|comic book]] series published by [[wikipedia:DC Comics|DC Comics]], as well as selected other DC titles. Created and designed by [[wikipedia:Jack Kirby|Jack Kirby]], they first appeared in February 1971 in ''New Gods'' #1. | ||
== Story setting == | |||
The New Gods are natives of the twin planets of [[wikipedia:New Genesis|New Genesis]] and [[wikipedia:Apokolips|Apokolips]]. New Genesis is an [[wikipedia:idyll|idyll]]ic planet filled with unspoiled forests, mountains, and rivers that is ruled by the benevolent [[wikipedia:Highfather|Highfather]], while Apokolips is a nightmarish, polluted, and ruined [[wikipedia:dystopia|dystopia]] filled with machinery and fire pits that is ruled by the tyrannical [[wikipedia:Darkseid|Darkseid]]. The two planets were once part of the same world, a planet called ''Urgrund'' ([[wikipedia:German language|German]] for "primeval ground"), but it was split apart millennia ago after the death of the Old Gods during [[wikipedia:Ragnarök|Ragnarök]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=oldgods|title= The Unofficial Old Gods Biography|publisher= DCU Guide|archive-url= https://archive.is/20120327015433/http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=oldgods|archive-date= March 27, 2012|url-status= dead|access-date=2010-10-19}}</ref> | |||
The characters associated with the New Gods are often collectively referred to as "[[wikipedia:Fourth World (comics)|Jack Kirby's Fourth World]]". Kirby began the "Fourth World" in ''[[wikipedia:Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen|Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen]]'' #133 (Oct. 1970).<ref>{{cite book |author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|chapter= The Bronze Age 1970–1984|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[wikipedia:Taschen|Taschen]]|year=2010|location= Cologne, Germany|isbn= 9783836519816|page= 447|quote= Kirby began introducing new elements to the DC Universe, building toward the introduction of a trio of new titles based on a complex mythology he called the Fourth World.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McAvennie|first=Michael|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter=1970s|title=DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-7566-6742-9|page=145|quote=As the writer, artist, and editor of the Fourth World family of interlocking titles, each of which possessed its own distinct tone and theme, Jack Kirby cemented his legacy as a pioneer of grand-scale storytelling.}}</ref> The New Gods first appeared in ''New Gods'' #1 (Feb.-March 1971)<ref name="Overstreet">{{gcdb series|id= 1981|title= ''New Gods''}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1= Overstreet|first1= Robert M.|title= [[wikipedia:Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide|Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide]]|edition= 49th|publisher= [[wikipedia:Gemstone Publishing|Gemstone Publishing]]|date= 2019|location= Timonium, Maryland|page= 901|isbn= 978-1603602334}}</ref> and ''[[wikipedia:Forever People|Forever People]]'' #1 (Feb.-March 1971).<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 1977|title= ''Forever People''}}</ref><ref>Overstreet, p. 691</ref> Another "Fourth World" title ''[[wikipedia:Mister Miracle|Mister Miracle]]'' was launched in April 1971.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 1980|title= ''Mister Miracle''}}</ref><ref>Overstreet, p. 879</ref> Various New Gods, notably Darkseid, went on to interact with other denizens of the [[wikipedia:DC Universe|DC Universe]].{{fact|date=May 2021}} | |||
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