(June 2000)

DC, 2000 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
2.50 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
2000-04-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Comics Millennium Editions
Barcode
761941224190 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Adam Philips (credited) (editor - collected edition); Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano) (associate editor - collected edition); Jack Kirby (credited) (editor - original series); Mike Carlin (credited) (executive editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Jack Kirby Unleashes the Fourth World Saga (Table of Contents)

New Gods / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (logo design); ?; typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Orion
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Vince Colletta is mistakenly credited as inker.

New Gods #1 Jack Kirby's Fourth World Arrives (Table of Contents: 1)

Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Discusses Jack Kirby’s early 1970’s work at DC.

Indexer Notes

Printed on inside front and back covers.

Orion Fights for Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

New Gods / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Orion; Lightray; Izaya Highfather; Metron; Darkseid; Kalibak; Victor Lanza; Claudia Shane; Dave Lincoln; Harvey Lockman
Synopsis
The Source tells Orion to go to Apokolips and there he releases the humans, whose minds hold the secret to the “Anti-Life Equation”, from Darkseid.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from GCD index of The New Gods #1.

A Visit with Jack Kirby (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited as Marvin Wolfman)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Marv tells of his visit to see Jack Kirby a few years before he started to work for National/DC.
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Jack Kirby Unleashes the Fourth World Saga
    New Gods
  2. 1. New Gods #1 Jack Kirby's Fourth World Arrives
    Remembering the Millennium
  3. 2. Orion Fights for Earth!
    New Gods
  4. 3. A Visit with Jack Kirby
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Pat Lang
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Stangas
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore