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== Biblical references == | == Biblical references == | ||
=== The twin planets === | |||
The twin planets '''New Genesis''' and '''Apokolips''' are clear references to the first and last books of the Bible, [[wikipedia:Book of Genesis|Genesis]] and [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Apocalypse]] respectively. | The twin planets '''New Genesis''' and '''Apokolips''' are clear references to the first and last books of the Bible, [[wikipedia:Book of Genesis|Genesis]] and [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Apocalypse]] respectively. | ||
The conflict between the two planets symbolizes the struggle of good and evil on a grand mythic scale. However, despiste 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> | The conflict between the two planets symbolizes the struggle of good and evil on a grand mythic scale. However, despiste 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> | ||
=== The rulers of the twin planets === | |||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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{{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Isaiah 2:1-5|inline=false}} | {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Isaiah 2:1-5|inline=false}} | ||
=== The sons of the rulers of the twin planets === | |||
Highfather has a son, '''Scott Free''' (also known as '''Mister Miracle'''), whose character is in some ways a reference to [[wikipedia:Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as the [[wikipedia:God the Son|Son of God]], who came to free us from the power of Satan: | Highfather has a son, '''Scott Free''' (also known as '''Mister Miracle'''), whose character is in some ways a reference to [[wikipedia:Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as the [[wikipedia:God the Son|Son of God]], who came to free us from the power of Satan: | ||