New Gods
#4
(September 1984)
DC,
1984 Series
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-05-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti (credited) (editor)
The Death-Wish of Terrible Turpin
New Gods / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as
KIRBY) - Inks
- Mike Royer (signed as Royer)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Terrible Turpin; Kalibak
- 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) #4 ([May] 2008) [1/4 page size]
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018]) [1/4 page]
- in New Gods by Jack Kirby (DC, 2018 series) ([October] 2018)
-
[The New Gods #7]
New Gods / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Jack Kirby (original editor)
- Job Number
- X-270
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steppenwolf; Izaya
- Reprints
- from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #7 (February-March 1972) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
inside front cover, has a Cover Gallery banner above the cover reprint at the top of the page
The Pact!
New Gods / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Mike Royer (credited)
- Editing
- Jack Kirby (credited) (original editor)
- Job Number
- G-1328
- 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
- from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #7 (February-March 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Royer letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda. The original job number is X-269.
The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!
New Gods / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Mike Royer (credited)
- Editing
- Jack Kirby (credited) (original editor)
- 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
- from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #8 (April-May 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Royer letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.
[no title indexed]
The Source / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Mark Evanier
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-1666
Indexer Notes
The story of how Frank Welker was cast as the voice of Darkseid.
[The New Gods #8]
New Gods / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Jack Kirby (original editor)
- Job Number
- X-299
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orion; Kalibak; Dan Turpin
- Reprints
- from The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #8 (April-May 1972) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
inside back cover, has a Cover Gallery banner above the cover reprint at the top of the page
The Pact
New Gods / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Izaya; Steppenwolf
- Reprints
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([May] 2008) [1/4 page size]
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018]) [1/4 page]
- in New Gods by Jack Kirby (DC, 2018 series) ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Death-Wish of Terrible Turpin
New Gods -
1.
[The New Gods #7]
New Gods -
2.
The Pact!
New Gods -
3.
The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!
New Gods -
4.
[no title indexed]
The Source -
5.
[The New Gods #8]
New Gods -
6.
The Pact
New Gods
This issue was modified by, among others
- mcomics
- Nick Caputo
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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