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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> | 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> | ||
In [[wikipedia:Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine]]'s ''[[The City of God]]'' (early 5th century), Babylon and Jerusalem referred to two spiritual cities which were spiritually at war with one another, throughout all of history: <blockquote>Babylon [from [[Tower of Babel|Babel]]] is interpreted confusion, Jerusalem vision of peace. ...They are mingled, and from the very beginning of mankind mingled they run on unto the end of the world. ...Two loves make up these two cities: [[love of God]] makes Jerusalem, love of the world makes Babylon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801065.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 65 (Augustine), 2.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref></blockquote> | In [[wikipedia:Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The City of God|The City of God]]'' (early 5th century), Babylon and Jerusalem referred to two spiritual cities which were spiritually at war with one another, throughout all of history: <blockquote>Babylon [from [[wikipedia:Tower of Babel|Babel]]] is interpreted confusion, Jerusalem vision of peace. ...They are mingled, and from the very beginning of mankind mingled they run on unto the end of the world. ...Two loves make up these two cities: [[wikipedia:love of God|love of God]] makes Jerusalem, love of the world makes Babylon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801065.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 65 (Augustine), 2.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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 [[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> | 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> | ||
=== The rulers of the twin planets === | === The rulers of the twin planets === | ||