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New Gods 1

NEW GODS #1

Cover Date: February-March 1971
Cover Price: $0.15

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Frank Giacoia


Story: "Orion Fights for Earth!" (23 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksVince Colletta
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Orion (first appearance; last chronological appearance in Forever People Vol. 1 #7/2)
Lightray (first appearance; last chronological appearance in DC Special Series #10/2)
Metron (first appearance; last chronological appearance in Blood of the Demon #10; next in issue #3)
Highfather (Izaya the Inheritor; first appearance; last chronological appearance in DC Special Series #10/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Claudia Shane (first appearance; a secretary)
Dave Lincoln (first appearance; a police detective)
Harvey Lockman (first appearance)
Victor Lanza (first appearance; an insurance broker)

Villain(s):

Darkseid (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136)
Kalibak (first appearance; last chronological appearance in Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #34; next in issue #5)
Parademons (first appearance)
Darkseid's Dog Cavalry (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Old Gods (first appearance; in flashback)

Location(s):

Apokolips (first appearance)
New Genesis: (first appearance)
Supertown (first appearance)
GodWorld (first appearance; in flashback)

Comment(s):

First appearance of Orion's Astro Glider.
Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #1 (June 1984)
Jack Kirby's New Gods (1998)
Millennium Edition: New Gods #1 (June 2000)
DC Presents: Darkseid War 100 Page Spectacular #1 (February 2016)


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