THE NEW GODS THREAD #2 - NOW IT IS THE END!

(Previous thread )

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN EVEN GODS MUST DIE! WE HAVE READ OF THE STRUGGLES OF NEW GENESIS AGAINST THE VILE PLANS OF DARKSEID, AND NOW WE REACH THE CLIMAX OF THEIR EPIC WAR! FROM HERE THE END BEGINS!

THE NEW GODS #11 - DARKSEID AND SONS! WHAT NEW CARNAGE AND SECRETS AWAIT ORION?! WHAT IS THE DEMON BOND THAT TIES ORION AND KALIBAK TOGETHER IN CONSTANT CONFLICT?!

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NEW GODS #11 ENDS! MURDER AND BETRAYAL! BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER! BOTH KALIBAK AND DESAAD DEAD, ONE BY THE BLACK RACER, AND THE OTHER BY DARKSEID HIMSELF!

ORION VOWS THAT THIS WAR ENDS NOW! LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

Thanks man.

Let's take a second to appreciate Kirby's Darkseid. Unlike other versions, Darkseid has rich complexity to his character. He's more than just an evil rock. He has fears, he has honor, he has humor, he has loves, and he has pride, especially in his son Orion. So great is this pride that he eradicates his most competent and loyal minion, not to mention the closest thing he has to a friend, because he dared to try to kill him.

Like everything Kirby has created, it's a fucking shame what DC has done to him.

May the man rest in piece.

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Darkseid is proud, but also envious of Orion. Orion is the man that Darkseid wishes he was.

Orion is bold, leaping into battle in the face of fear. Darkseid is scheming, working behind the scenes and hides when he's afraid. Most of all, Orion has actual honor, confronting his foes face to face, while Darkseid more often stabs his foes in the back.

THE NEW GODS #12 - EVEN GODS MUST DIE!

IT'S THIRTEEN YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL NEW GODS SERIES ENDED! DC COMICS, DESIRING MORE MATERIAL, REVIVES THE NEW GODS AND GIVES JACK KIRBY A CHANCE TO END THE SERIES! DC REPRINTS THE ORIGINAL 1971 SERIES which I used for this story time AND THE KING INCLUDES ANOTHER STORY! A NEW STORY! A PROLOGUE TO HIS forcedENDING, THE HUNGER DOGS!

TIRED OF THE ENDLESS WAR AND CARNAGE, ORION TRAVELS ONCE AGAIN TO HELLISH APOKOLIPS TO END DARKSEID'S EVIL ONCE AND FOR ALL!

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>TO OPPOSE HIM IS TO DIE!
>TO SURVIVE HIM IS LIFE LIVED IN FRAGMENTED FORM!

Fucking Hell Kirby!

NEW GODS #12 ENDS!
ORION IS DEAD!

AFTER CLIMACTIC BATTLE, ORION IS CLAIMED BY HIS FATHER'S RUTHLESS CUNNING! BUT YET, EVEN THIS IS NOT VICTORY FOR DARKSEID! APOKOLIPS HAS BECOME THE REALM OF PURE AUTOMATION! MACHINES REPLACE HIS MIGHTY WARRIORS! DARKSEID IS FILLED WITH DISCONTENT AND LONELINESS AS THE FANTASTICALLY SINISTER MACHINES REVIVE HIS LONG DEAD ALLIES INTO SOULLESS BIOLOGICAL MACHINES! EVEN HIS OWN SON, KALIBAK, IS NOT IMMUNE FROM THIS VILE PROCESS!

DARKSEID'S TRIUMPH IS FURTHER TARNISHED BY THE GROWING UNREST FROM THE LOWER CLASSES! VIOLENCE DARES ERUPT IN DEFIANCE OF DARKSEID! APOKOLIPS IS ON THE VERGE OF REBELLION!

THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE FINAL CHAPTER! WHAT AWAITS THE NEW GODS IN THE RAGNAROK THAT IS
THE HUNGER DOGS

This is some deep meta-commentary from Kirby.

Thanks for the storytimes OP. I really like it.

I guess that counts.

THE END HAS ARRIVED!

THE HUNGER DOGS!

PUBLISHED IN 1985, JACK KIRBY BRINGS THE CURTAIN DOWN ON HIS COSMIC OPERA! THE FINAL BATTLE ARRIVES, NOT TO BE POWER VERSUS POWER, BUT POWER VERSUS THE POWERLESS!

OPEN REBELLION ON APOKOLIPS! AGE HAS DULLED THE FEAR OF DARKSEID! DARKSEID FINDS HIMSELF THREATENED NOT BY HIS SON, ORION, OR THE WARRIORS OF NEW GENESIS, BUT THE VERY DREGS HIS RULE HAS OPPRESSED! THE HUNGER DOGS!

ORION LIVES!

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THE HUNGER DOGS, AND THE NEW GODS, ENDS!
APOKOLIPS THROWS OFF DARKSEID'S YOLK OF CRUEL CONTROL, AND NEW GENESIS IS REBORN! THE WAR BETWEEN THE NEW GODS IS OVER!

Thanks for joining me for this long story-time of the New Gods, and honoring the legend that was Jack Kirby!

ALL HAIL THE KING!

Thanks for the storytime OP. It was pretty good.

What a ride.

Damn DC for meddling with this epic.

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IT CUTS DEEP.

Hail to the King, you beautiful OP.