6/24/2023 0 Comments Hunger dogs kirby![]() ![]() ![]() Kirby's Darkseid has been remarkably complex throughout these books, far moreso than his modern incarnation as a petty dictator Darkseid has been at times a wandering philosopher, strangely disconnected from his flunkies' attacks on New Genesis. Even more poignant, however, is Darkseid's seeming acceptance of Orion, going so far as to kill his assistant Desaad for plotting against Orion. In New Gods, Orion finally accepts aloud that Darkseid is his father, the issue with which Orion has struggled throughout the series. When Mark Moonrider asks Devilance whether he really wants to fight an endless war, it's a summary of the Forever People thus far, and fitting that they end up on a peaceful planet all their own. The Forever People, who've tried to uphold their vow of non-violence throughout their time on Earth, face in the end Devilance the Pursuer, whose own raison d'etre is to cause violence as he goes. ![]() It's obvious that throughout it all, Kirby never lost sight of the overriding themes inherit in each of his Fourth World series. In fact, if you tilt your head and squint a little bit, I'd argue there are moments in this fourth volume that almost feel like conclusion. ![]() I'd like to think that the Fourth World didn't come to a screeching halt, as long-time Jack Kirby assistant Mark Evanier says it did in his afterword to the Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Volume 4 (even though indeed it did). ![]()
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