Unofficial Jack Kirby's Fourth World Index

JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD #1

Cover Date: March 1997
Cover Price: $1.95

Cover Credits:
Art: Walter Simonson (signed)

Story: "Born of Thunder, Born of Flame" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Byrne
Art	John Byrne
Lettering	John Byrne
Colors	Lee Loughridge
Editing	Paul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Highfather (last in New Gods Vol. 3 #15; also in flashback in between pages 12 and 13 of New Gods Vol. 1 #7 and in flashback in between pages 16 and 17 of New Gods Vol. 1 #7)

Takion (last in New Gods Vol. 3 #15; next in issue #3)

Guest Star(s):

Thor (last in Dreaming #8/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Vayla (first appearance; Izaya's second wife; dies in flashback)

Villain(s):

Darkseid (last in New Gods Vol. 3 #15; next in issue #3)

Tigra (last in New Gods Vol. 2 #12)

Kalkus (first appearance; a servant of Darkseid's; next in issue #6)

Guest Appearance(s):

Olympian Gods:

Ares (in flashback)

Artemis (in flashback)

Aphrodite (in flashback)

Pan (in flashback)

Hera (in flashback)

Zeus (in flashback)

Hermes (in flashback)

Phoebus Apollo (in flashback)

Vayla's father (in flashback)

Comment(s):

This issue retells the origin of the Fourth World, incorporating much of New Gods Vol. 1 #1 and #7 redrawn by John Byrne with some added details.

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