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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published February-March 1972
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Kirby

Cover Details

Characters Steppenwolf; Izaya
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Mike Royer
Reprinted in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3

24 page New Gods story "The Pact!"

Characters Orion (origin); Metron; Izaya; Mr. Miracle [Scott Free] (origin); Granny Goodness; Darkseid; Heggra; Tigra; Avia; Steppenwolf (intro); Parademons
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.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Mike Royer
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #112; in Année Zéro (Arédit, 1979 series) #4; in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3

2 page The Young Gods of Supertown story "Vykin the Black!"

Characters Vykin the Black; Stanga
Synopsis Vykin stops a monster in the tunnels under New Genesis.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Mike Royer
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn

9 page Manhunter story "The Legend of the Silent Bear"

Characters Manhunter
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #76 (July 1942)

2 page Here Come the Robots story "A World of Thinking Machines"

Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #2 (May-June 1946)