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New Gods 8

NEW GODS #8

Cover Date: April-May 1972
Cover Price: $0.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Mike Royer


Story: "The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!" (23 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksMike Royer
LetteringMike Royer
EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Orion
Lightray

Supporting Character(s):

Inspector Dan Turpin (last in issue #5; next in Superman Vol. 2 #7)
Dave Lincoln
Claudia Shane
Victor Lanza

Villain(s):

Kalibak (in between issues #5 and #11)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

New Gods #4 (September 1984)
Jack Kirby's New Gods (1998)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #3 (2007)
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (2017)
New Gods by Jack Kirby (2018)


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Second Story: "Beat The Black Racer!!" (3 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksVince Colletta
EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Fastbak

Supporting Character(s):

Esak
Black Racer

Villain(s):

Terror-Bats (first appearance; large bats that live in the space between Apokolips and New Genesis)
Parademons

Story Reprinted in:

Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1998 series) ([February] 1998)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #3 (2007)
The Black Racer and Shilo Norman Special (October 2017)
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (2017)
New Gods by Jack Kirby (2018)


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Third Story (reprint): "The Stone of Vengeance!" (9 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

EditingJack Kirby

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from : Adventure Comics #77/4 (August 1942)


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