![]() ![]() in the city,” says Hartwell of himself, “… and taking ‘guff’ is not my prime attribute!” However, the generally more convincing earthly dialogue, and the New Gods’ archaic formality, complement each other well. ![]() New Gods Part 1 lacked the deft scripting of Kirby’s Marvel work with Stan Lee, suffering some clunky dialogue and narration. It initially seems off-topic here, but a brilliant final reveal, brings it powerfully back into the continuity, and demonstrates Kirby’s mythic power. ![]() The lead character has been the New Genesis raised Orion (cover image), however, this volume’s opener ‘The Pact’ shifts both location and time to New Genesis at the starting point of the war. Kirby wisely began the series’ with the rising hostilities spilling over onto Earth, and so involving humans for reader identification. New Gods Part 2 continues the series written and drawn by Jack Kirby during his early 70s stint at DC, focussing on the growing war between planets: the idyllic New Genesis, and the appropriately named Apokolips – a planet of gaping ‘fire pits’, industrial blight, and prison camps. ![]()
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