Jack Kirby's Fourth World #8

Dates

Cover date

October 1997

On sale

August 13, 1997

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

  Barcode 76194120941800811

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Story arc: Genesis

This is part 9 of 23. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Genesis (1997) #1
2. Green Lantern (1990) #91
3. Starman (1994) #35
4. Steel (1994) #43
5. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #72
6. The Power of SHAZAM! (1995) #31
7. Genesis (1997) #2
8. Impulse (1995) #30
9. Jack Kirby's Fourth World (1997) #8
10. Supergirl (1996) #14
11. Superman #128
12. Adventures of Superman #551
13. Aquaman (1994) #37
14. Genesis (1997) #3
15. Resurrection Man #6
16. Young Heroes in Love (1997) #5
17. Genesis (1997) #4
18. Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #97
19. Robin (1993) #46
20. The Spectre (1992) #58
21. Wonder Woman #126
22. Xero (1997) #6
23. DC Finest: Supergirl: Body & Soul (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Godhood's End · 17 pages

  On Earth, the Forever People attempt to calm a rampaging mob driven wild by the Godwave, but the destruction of the Source Wall leaves them helpless. Meanwhile, Highfather convinces Zeus, Jove, Odin, and Ares to unite with him into one being so that they can repair the Source Wall, but they are betrayed by Ares who has plans of his own.

• Tumbleweeds · Tales of the New Gods · 5 pages

  Back in the early twentieth century, Scott Free and Metron have spent the last ten years in Kansas, mostly trying to fit in, but Scott is tired of the subterfuge. He openly uses Apokoliptian technology to subdue some troublemakers in a bar, and Metron decides it's time for them to move on, having finished building a flying car for them to travel to another city.

Reprinted in

Fourth World by John Byrne Omnibus (2021), Tales of the New Gods (2008)