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New Gods 5

NEW GODS #5

Cover Date: October-November 1971
Cover Price: $0.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Mike Royer


Story: "Spawn" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksVince Colletta
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Orion
Highfather
Metron (next in Forever People #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Claudia Shane (next in issue #8)
Dave Lincoln (next in issue #8)
Harvey Lockman (next in New Gods Vol. 2 #8)
Victor Lanza (next in issue #8)
Det. Sgt. Dan "Terrible" Turpin (first appearance; next in issue #8)

Villain(s):

Slig (next in issue #13; dies)
Kalibak (next in issue #8)
Leviathan (first actual appearance; a monstrous sea dwelling creature)

Other Character(s):

Promethean Giants (first appearance)
Nolan (first appearance; a police officer)

Story Reprinted in:

New Gods #3 (August 1984)
Jack Kirby's New Gods (1998)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 (2007)
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (2017)
New Gods by Jack Kirby (2018)


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Second Story (reprint): "Scavenger Hunt..." (9 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Adventure Comics #74/4 (May 1942)


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Third Story: "Introducing Fastbak!" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksVince Colletta
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Fastbak (first appearance; the fastest New God (after Lightray); tries out new Aero-Pads; next in #8/2)
Highfather (next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #147)

Location(s):

New Genesis
Supertown

Story Reprinted in:

Jack Kirby's New Gods (1998)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 (2007)
The Black Racer and Shilo Norman Special (October 2017)
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (2017)
New Gods by Jack Kirby (2018)


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