The New Gods
#8
(April-May 1972)
DC,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-02-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Jack Kirby
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!
New Gods / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- X-299
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Kalibak; Dan Turpin
- Reprints
-
in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4 (September 1984) [black and white] - in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1998 series) ([February] 1998) [gray tones only]
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3 (2007 [January 2008])
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in New Gods by Jack Kirby (DC, 2018 series) ([October] 2018)
-
The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!
New Gods / comic story / 23 pages
- Job Number
- X-297
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Kalibak; Dan Turpin; Claudia Shane; Dave Lincoln; Matt Kiernan; Victor Lanza; Dolly Jarvis; Harold; Holly; Moretti
- Synopsis
- Kalibak and Orion battle, doing massive destruction, while Turpin and the Metropolis police force try to stop them.
- Reprints
-
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #52 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed] - in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4 (September 1984)
- in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1998 series) ([February] 1998) [gray tones only]
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3 (2007 [January 2008])
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #85 - New Gods 2 ([Oktober 2016])
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in New Gods by Jack Kirby (DC, 2018 series) ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Royer letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.
Beat the Black Racer!!
The Young Gods of Supertown / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- X-298
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fastbak; Black Racer; Esak; Para-Demons
- Synopsis
- Fastbak races Black Racer for the life of Esak.
- Reprints
- in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1998 series) ([February] 1998) [gray tones only]
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3 (2007 [January 2008])
- in The Black Racer and Shilo Norman Special (DC, 2017 series) (October 2017)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in New Gods by Jack Kirby (DC, 2018 series) ([October] 2018)
-
The Stone of Vengeance!
Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Job Number
- X-284
- Genre
- superhero; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Ali (death); Ferret (death); Killer (death); Rajah; Johnny Hopper; Gunner; J. Rutherford Kelsey (death)
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #77 (August 1942)
-
[no title indexed]
To and from the Source / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mark Evanier; Steve Sherman
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustrations)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- X-296
- Characters
- Orion; Metron; Darkseid
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Bob Rozakis, Christopher C. Zavisa, Dave Edwards, Lester G. Boutillier and Bill Fox.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!
New Gods -
1.
The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!
New Gods -
2.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
3.
Beat the Black Racer!!
The Young Gods of Supertown -
4.
The Stone of Vengeance!
Manhunter -
5.
[no title indexed]
To and from the Source
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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