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Spoilers ahead for The New Gods # 1!After years out of the spot , the Fourth World Saga ’s iconic characters are back inThe New Gods . Jack Kirby ’s beloved gamey - concept franchise getting even in a level that is shaping up to be the most important part ofthe DC All In initiative .
The King of Comics deepen the game for the DC Universe with the cosmos of the Fourth World Saga . Not only did he introduce forward-looking and powerful characters like Darkseid , but his story set the bedrock for the DCU ’s cosmology , which still inspire comic creators today . Now the New Gods have return at a polar minute in DC Comics ' story with a story that ’s just as daring as Kirby himself .
The New Gods #1is a Godly Epic, Yet Beautifully Human
It’s an Epic in Every Sense of the Word
InThe New Gods # 1by Ram V , Evan Cagle , Jorge Fornés , Francesco Segala , and Tom Napolitano , ripples are still being felt all over thecosmos after Darkseid ’s demise . At the edge of reality , Metron faces the Source Wall , where he hear of a prophecy that call a reckoning and an ending for the age of god . On New Genesis , Metron come back to consult with the Highfather about the vaticination and bring out thata child on Earth will awake as a New God , and that they could usher in an geezerhood of dark .
Highfather anticipate for his champion , Orion , who is busy eliminating Darkseid ’s remaining forces . After hearing of the task Highfather is require of him , Orion heads to Earth to confer with one of his close confidante , Scott Free , aka Mister Miracle . However , Miracle is officious with an even more unmanageable task : farm an infant girl . After finally catch his sister modify and put to eternal sleep , Miracle meet with Orion , who tell his comrade that Highfather wants Orion to vote out the New God when they appear on Earth .
… Orion gives Miracle seven days before Orion starts his hunt for the god child .
However , Orion does not want to do that and implores Mister Miracle to find the unexampled God before Orion does and get them somewhere safe . Scott repel the offer , but Orion pay Miracle seven sidereal day before Orion starts his hunt for the god child . land mile away in India , a young couple is flee for their lives from several soldier with their shaver , Kamal . The soldier kill the boy ’s father and the acute commotion make Kamal to beam an unearthly blue . Kamal becomes a New God and complete the soldiersas the prognostication once again speaks of reckoning .
WhereThe New GodsFits in a Post-Absolute PowerDC Universe
How Darkseid’s Death Has Driven DC All In
While the New Gods ' chronicle has been told since the heydays of Jack Kirby , things have changed wildly in the last several months . As a result of Amanda Waller ’s machinations in Absolute Power , the multiverse was sealed off and that set out to drive Darkseid mad . With all his ability coalesced into one being , Darkseid became uneasy and sought to get around the cycle by meld with the knock-down being , the Spectre . The Spectre brought Darkseid to the Justice League , where a fighting broke out and Darkseid ’s physical body was destroy .
Do n’t miss that outrageous bit in the DC All In Special # 1 !
However , that was n’t the final stage of Darkseid as his energy broke through the dimensional barrier and found a new population . His Energy Department imprint on this humanity and created the Absolute Universe , a world where DC ’s iconic heroes still exist , but without the quilt of their prime vis-a-vis . mirthful God Almighty have talk about how the Absolute Universe isa inwardness part of the epic story that DC Comics ' new All In initiativeis evidence for the next several years . Ram V even speak with Screen Rantabout the roleThe New Godsplays in this epic .
jampack volt : … I would say it kind of bring in New Gods very much a part of what is happen in the DCU . And then , as a form of look into thing to come , I would like to say that New Gods are unambiguously positioned as being the connective tissue paper between the All In and the Absolute Universes . They ’re the only characters who sit outside of the duality conflux dot , even if they do n’t know it , they ’re the only one who have approach to both the universes .
Ram V confirm that Darkseid ’s dying is the driving force of his fib and that while the al-Qur’an was in the first place conceptualized years ago , a few minor tweaks made it a central part of the overall All In narrative . He also discussed how the New Gods are one of the few beingness in the entire DC Universewho sit outside both the Prime and Absolute Universes , allow for them to play as the connective tissue paper between these worlds .
The New Gods #1is the Ambitious Opening Chapter it Needed to Be
The New Gods #1Embraces Kirby While Forging Its Own Path
This is the firstNew Godstitle since the mid-’90s , so when DC announced it at this twelvemonth ’s San Diego Comic - Con , expectations were sky - gamey , double so after the Absolute Universe start in earnest . But even with all that pressure , The New Gods # 1’screative team exceeded those expectations andcrafted one of the good comical books that DC Comics has put out all year . pound V excellently balances this account . It ’s grand and lofty , almost Shakespearean at points ( not unlike Kirby ’s original Fourth World Saga ) . But there ’s also a real humankind woven in here , that keep the story relatable .
Ram V and Evan Cagle are taking the New Gods into an exciting new futurity .
Of course , Ram V is just one part of this story . Evan Cagle ’s art elevatesThe New Gods # 1to another level . Whether it ’s Orion tearing his way through Darkseid ’s underlings or Kamal awakening as a New God , every moment has so much obvious effort and care put into it . Even the insidious thing , likeMister Miracle cracking a smirk during Orion ’s overacting lecture make the characters that much more three - dimensional . And having Jorge Fornés ’ furnish fine art during the opening prophecy was an excellent ghost , giving this story an extra dosage of dignity .
DC Comics has been fire on all cylinders recently and this book is a solid object lesson of the creativity and work that artists and writer are putting in during the All In era . The New Gods # 1 is n’t a book that was put out to cash in in on Darkseid ’s death . This is a comic that has a lot of musical theme and ambition thatwants to establish on the foundation that Jack Kirby repose so many twelvemonth ago . But it ’s also not retread the same dry land . Ram V and Evan Cagle are taking the New Gods into an exciting Modern future .
Do Not MissThe New Gods #1
If There’s a DC All In ‘Must Read’, It’s This One
DC All In has a set run for it flop now between hit record book likeAbsolute Wonder WomanandJustice League Unlimited . ButThe New Gods # 1is something special . No one cognise what the futurity hold for DC Comics over the next few age , but it ’s clear that this Word is destine to become the defining series of the All In era . The entire creative team generate their all in this serial , and anyone who ’s ever had the delight of reading Jack Kirby ’s cosmic heroic poem owes it to themselves to curb outThe New Gods # 1 .
The New Gods # 1is available now from DC Comics .
