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New Gods 9

NEW GODS #9

Cover Date: June-July 1972
Cover Price: $0.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Mike Royer


Story: "The Bug!" (26 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksMike Royer
LetteringMike Royer
EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Orion
Lightray

Supporting Character(s):

Dave Lincoln

Villain(s):

Mantis (last in Forever People #2)
Armored Killers (first appearance; a rival group of Bugs; attack the Colony; many die)

Other Character(s):

Eve Donner (first appearance; a television writer)
Forager (first appearance; one of the "Bugs" of New Genesis; revealed to be a New God; comes to Earth)
Prime One (first appearance; head male of the Bugs; dies)
Queen-Widow (also called All-Widow; first appearance; leader of the Colony)

Location(s):

Metropolis
New Genesis

Story Reprinted in:

New Gods #5 (October 1984)
Jack Kirby's New Gods (1998)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #3 (2007)
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (2017)
New Gods by Jack Kirby (2018)


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Second Story (reprint): "The Lady and The Tiger!" (9 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from : Adventure Comics #78/5 (September 1942)


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