- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza; typeset
- Characters
- Darkseid; Jack Kirby
Title and credits, includes illustration from The New Gods #1. Also includes a Jack Kirby icon by Bruce Timm.
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Indicia and publisher information with illustration from The New Gods #2. Also includes a Jack Kirby icon by Bruce Timm superimposed on the illustration.
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia ?; Don Heck ?
- Colors
- Gaspar Saladino
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (logo design); ?
- Job Number
- X-102
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion
- Reprints
Ink credits from GCD index for original issue, which notes it is disputed whether the inks were by Giacoia or Heck. The Table of Contents for this collection credits the inks to Don Heck.
Logo design credit from Todd Klein, who notes that Kirby may have provided a layout of the logo.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-107
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion (introduction); Lightray (introduction); Metron (introduction); Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor] (introduction); Para-Demons (introduction); Darkseid; Kalibak (introduction); Victor Lanza (introduction); Claudia Shane (introduction); Dave Lincoln (introduction); Harvey Lockman (introduction); The "Source" (introduction); New Genesis (introduction); Apokolips (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Orion frees Lanza, Shane, Lincoln, and Lockman from Darkseid.
- Reprints
Fourth appearance of Darkseid in cameo.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X-144
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Darkseid; Desaad; Brola
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-117
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Izaya [as High Father]; Darkseid; Desaad; Mantis (cameo); Victor Lanza; Claudia Shane; Harvey Lockman; Dave Lincoln; Brola (introduction); The Deep Six (introduction, cameo)
- Synopsis
- Orion explains the nature of the war against Darkseid to Lanza, Shane, Lincoln, and Lockman.
- Reprints
Second full appearance of Darkseid.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (pencils and photo montage)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Jack Kirby (photo montage)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- X-168
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Black Racer
- Reprints
Photo montage background by Jack Kirby.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-142
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Metron; Victor Lanza; Claudia Shane; Dave Lincoln; Harvey Lockman; Intergang; Black Racer [also appears as Sgt. Willie Walker] (introduction); Sugar-man (death); Badger; Verna Johnson; Ray Johnson; Mother Box
- Synopsis
- The Black Racer comes to earth and takes possession of the body of Willie Walker.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza ?
- Job Number
- X179
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Claudia Shane; Victor Lanza; Dave Lincoln; Harvey Lockman
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-162
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Metron; Darkseid; Black Racer [also as Sgt. Willie Walker]; Esak; Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor]; Seagrin (dead); Verna Johnson; Ray Johnson; Dave Lincoln; Victor Lanza; Claudia Shane; Harvey Lockman; Mother Box; Snaky Doyle; Intergang; Slig; Country Boy (from In the Days of the Mob); Orion
- Synopsis
- Orion stops Inter-Gang and their "Jammer."
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-211
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Slig
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-190
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Mother Box; Metron; Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor]; Kalibak; Dave Lincoln; Claudia Shane; Victor Lanza; Harvey Lockman; Sgt. Dan Turpin; Leviathan (introduction); Slig; Mother Box (death); Shark-Seed; Nolan
- Synopsis
- Orion battles Slig and the Deep Six. Kalibak arrives on Earth looking for Orion.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-231
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fastbak (introduction); Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor]; Monitors
- Synopsis
- Fastbak test his Aero-Pads and evades the Monitors.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X249
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-241
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Mother Box (Orion's); Lightray; Mother Box (Lightray's); Leviathan; The Deep Six [Jaffar (death); Shaligo (death); Trok (death); Gole (death); Pyron (death)]; Farley Sheridan; Richard Sheridan (death); Lynn Sheridan
- Synopsis
- Lightray and Orion battle the Deep Six while Farley and Richard Sheridan learn more about each other's views.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X-270
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steppenwolf; Izaya
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-269
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion (origin); Metron; Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor] (origin); Scott Free [Mister Miracle] (origin); Granny Goodness; Darkseid; Queen Heggra (first appearance, death); Tigra (first appearance); Avia (first appearance, death); Steppenwolf (first appearance, death); Parademons; Monitors
- Synopsis
- The history of the war between New Genesis and Apokolips is told, and the pact made between Izaya and Darkseid that brought a temporary peace between the two.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-267
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Vykin the Black; Stanga
- Synopsis
- Vykin stops a monster in the tunnels under New Genesis.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X-299
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Kalibak; Dan Turpin
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- 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
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- X-298
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fastbak; Black Racer; Esak; Para-Demons
- Synopsis
- Fastbak races Black Racer for the life of Esak.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X-323
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightray; Orion; Forager
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-322
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Forager (introduction); Orion; Lightray; Mantis; Prime One (introduction, death); Eve Donner (introduction); Dave Lincoln; Queen Widow (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Forager is given the task of searching out Orion and help him stop Mantis from mobilizing all the bugs into a large army.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X-332
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Mantis; Forager
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bruce Timm
- Inks
- Bruce Timm
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
Page filled with a repeating pattern of icons of Jack Kirby by Bruce Timm.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-331
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Forager; Mantis; Dave Lincoln; District Attorney J. Mason Hartwell; Shamus; Dan; Ralph
- Synopsis
- Mantis and his bug army invade Earth.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- X-345
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Kalibak; Black Racer [Sgt. Willie Walker]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Job Number
- X-344
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Kalibak; Desaad; Darkseid; Black Racer [Sgt. Willie Walker]; Commissioner Matt Kiernan; Dave Lincoln; Claudia Shane; Verna Johnson; Ray Johnson
- Synopsis
- Kalibak escapes police custody and battles Orion. Kalibak is killed and taken by the Black Racer.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- D. Bruce Berry
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- D. Bruce Berry
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion (death ?); Mekkanoids; Lashina; Mad Marriet; Stompa; Bernadeth; Granny Goodness; Darkseid; DeSaad (resurrection); Lightray; Steppenwolf (resurrection); Kalibak (resurrection); Mantis (resurrection); Tigra
- Synopsis
- Orion and Lightray invade Apokolips.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Boom Tube
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Greg Theakston (signed)
- Colors
- Greg Theakston ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Darkseid; Himon; Hunger Dogs
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- D. Bruce Berry; Mike Royer; Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Greg Theakston; Bill Wray; Tony Dispoto
- Letters
- D. Bruce Berry; Mike Royer
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Darkseid; Hunger Dogs; Orion; Himon (death); Mother Box; Lightray; High Father [Izaya, the Inheritor]; Bekka (introduction); Lonar; Thunderer; Esak (death); Tigra; Metron
- Synopsis
- Darkseid launches an attack against New Genesis. New Genesis is destroyed by High Father's counter move and Apokolips is heavily damaged.
- Reprints
This story contains revised and reordered pages from Kirby's original conclusion to his New Gods saga -- printed as pages 12-18, 31-46 here -- originally submitted to DC for inclusion in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #6.
For more information, see The Jack Kirby Collector #6 or The Collected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 1.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-108
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightray; Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor]
- Reprints
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Len Wein; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deep Six [Gole; Jaffar; Shallgo; Slig; Trok; Kurin]
- Reprints
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (contributing writer); Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Kesel (contributing writer); Bob Rozakis (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Metron; Orion (background); Lightray (background); Darkseid (background)
- Reprints
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Gary Cohn (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Kesel (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- New Genesis; Highfather; Supertown; The Park; Memorial Statues; The World Below
- Reprints
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Gary Cohn (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Kesel (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- New Gods [Aria; Bekka; Big Barda; Black Racer; Darkseid; DeSaad; Doctor Bedlam; Esak; Fastbak; Forager; Glorious Godfrey; Granny Goodness; Heggra; Highfather; Himon; Kalibak; Kanto; Lightray; Lonar; Mantis; Metron; Mister Miracle; Mokkari; Orion; Devilance the Pursuer; Simyan; Steppenwolf; Tiggra; Virmin Vundabar]
- Reprints
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Joey Cavalieri (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Kesel (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Drew Moore
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (original editor); Len Wein (original contributing editor); Marv Wolfman (original consulting editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion Lightray (background); Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor] (background); Kalibak (background)
- Reprints
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Joey Cavalieri (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); John Ostrander (contributing writer); Bob Rozakis (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Terry Austin
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steppenwolf
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Thibodeaux (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; Todd Klein (logo design)
- Job Number
- C-710
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Darkseid; Orion; Mantis; Kalibak
- Reprints
Originally presented as a wrap-around cover
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Metron; Kalibak
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-729
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Racer
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightray; Orion; Leviathan; some of the Deep Six ?
- Reprints
Originally presented as a wrap-around cover
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Terrible Turpin; Kalibak
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Thibodeaux (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Forward! The Earth is ours!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Mantis; Forager
- Reprints
Originally presented as a wrap-around cover
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- D. Bruce Berry (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Darkseid; Orion; Lightray; DeSaad
- Reprints
Originally presented as a wrap-around cover
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightray; Orion; Mantis; Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Darkseid; Metron
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Farley Sheridan; Lynn Sheridan; Richard Sheridan
- Reprints
The original penciled page for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #6 page 5.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray
- Reprints
The original penciled page for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #6 page 8.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Leviathan; The Deep Six [Shaligo; Trok; Gole; Pyron]
- Reprints
The original penciled page for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #6 page 24.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Mike Royer
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Richard Sheridan (dead)
- Reprints
The original penciled page for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #6 page 25.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Lightray; Eve Donner
- Reprints
The original penciled page for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #9 page 21.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Mantis; Forager
- Reprints
The original penciled page for cover to The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #10.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Forager
- Reprints
The original penciled page for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #10 page 5.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Terrible Turpin; Kalibak
- Reprints
The original penciled page for the cover of New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Himon; Darkseid
- Reprints
The original penciled page for DC Graphic Novel (DC, 1983 series) #4 - The Hunger Dogs page 11.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion
Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustration from The New Gods #5.