New Gods #1

(June 1984)

Hello, Again! (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

John Costanza

Characters

Jack Kirby

Reprints

• from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #5 (October-November 1971) [text modified]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Jack Kirby (credited) (original editor)

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)

Reprints

• from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #1 (February-March 1971)

This Is Lightray! (Table of Contents: 3)

New Gods / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Jack Kirby (credited) (original editor)

Job Number

X-108

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lightray; Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor]

Reprints

• from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #4 (August-September 1971)

O' Deadly Darkseid (Table of Contents: 4)

New Gods / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Jack Kirby (credited) (original editor)

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)

Reprints

• from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #2 (April-May 1971)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Source / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

? (blue only)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1619

Characters

The Black Racer

Indexer Notes

A blue outline of the Black Racer from New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #3, page 10 is laid over a portion of the article.

The Black Racer Is Coming! (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Racer

Synopsis

Next issue advertisement.

[New Gods #1] (Table of Contents: 7)

New Gods / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (logo design); ?

Editing

Jack Kirby (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Orion

Reprints

• from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #1 (February-March 1971) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Orion figure taken from presentation piece, as seen at Kirby Museum:
http://kirbymuseum.org/gallery/v/Gods/Orion.jpg.html
Additional info per Chrissie Harper and Henry Kujawa. Previous indexer listed Don Heck as inker.
Logo design credit from Todd Klein, who notes that Kirby may have provided a layout of the logo.

[New Gods #2] (Table of Contents: 8)

New Gods / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited) (signed as KIRBY)

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Jack Kirby (original editor)

Job Number

X-144

Genre

superhero

Characters

Orion; Darkseid; Desaad; Brola

Reprints

• from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #2 (April-May 1971) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Although the cover is credited solely to Jack Kirby, the inking is clearly by Vince Colletta. His attribution is verified in "The Thin Black Line", pages 78-79. Colletta was inking all the 4th World stories at this time.