Death of the New Gods #8

Type: comic book / magazine
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Date: June 2008
Cover Price: $3.50
Final issue
cover by Jim Starlin and Art Thibert

Contents

“The End” -- 30 pages

  • written by Jim Starlin
  • pencils by Jim Starlin
  • inks by Art Thibert
  • Darkseid reveals that he’s been tapping into the dead New Gods and that he plans to remake the universe (as seen in Countdown to Final Crisis)
  • confronting Darkseid, the Source entity resurrects Orion to fight Darkseid, but Darkseid escapes
  • Superman witnesses New Genesis and Apokolips combine as part of the Source’s plans for a Fifth World
  • the resurrected Orion is sent to Earth to kill Darkseid (as seen in Countdown to Final Crisis #1)

Additional Images


A page from Death of the New Gods #8 (June 2008).


The Source resurrects Orion. From Death of the New Gods #8 (June 2008).


The Source apparently destroys New Genesis and Apokolips. From Death of the New Gods #8 (June 2008).


Superman sees that New Genesis and Apokolips have been merged as part of the Source’s plans for a Fifth World. From Death of the New Gods #8 (June 2008).


The final page of Death of the New Gods #8 (June 2008).


See It in Context on the Continuity Pages:

Death of the New Gods #1New Gods: Death of the New Gods (2007-2008)

by Julian Darius | in The Continuity Pages | complete as of 13 June 2013

As part of the larger Countdown to Final Crisis event, DC created several related mini-series and specials. One of that event’s many storylines focused around the New Gods, particularly their deaths. Lightray died in the… [more]


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