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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October-November 1971
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Kirby

Cover Details - "Spawn!"

Characters Orion; Slig
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Mike Royer
Reprinted in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #3; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2

22 page New Gods story "Spawn"

Characters Orion; Metron; Izaya; Kalibak; Dave Lincoln; Claudia Shane; Victor Lanza; Harvey Lockman; Sgt. Dan Turpin; Leviathan; Deep Six [Slig; Shark-Seed]; Nolan; Kalibak
Synopsis Orion battles Slig and the Deep Six. Kalibak arrives on Earth looking for Orion.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Mike Royer
Letters Mike Royer
Reprinted in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #3; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2

1 page illustration

Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby
Notes Jack Kirby self-portrait

9 page Manhunter story "Scavenger Hunt"

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 #74 (May 1942)

4 page The Young Gods of Supertown story "Introducing Fastbak"

Characters Fastbak; Izaya
Synopsis Fastbak test his Aero-Pads and evades the Monitors.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #112; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn