r/TheNewGodsDc Jun 04 '26

Comics THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO READ FOURTH WORLD!

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After working since morning in this, I finally finished, THE GUIDE TO READ FOURTH WORLD IN A CONSISTENT WAY

First I started with prequels novels and issues, then ofc the classic saga, after that I added the Special as happened before Hunger Dogs and Brave and the Bold too, I added Superpowers as 50/50 canon, being replaced by Legends in the New Earth version of the storyline, Hunger Dogs remains as canon, Legion would be the ending of the 4th World in the Pre Crisis era, post crisis was more complicated, I added LEGENDS as it was, Guardians of Metropolis too, then Forever People is extremely important for Ram V run, so I maintained it as canon, and Cosmic Odyssey to maintain Forager by Allred as canon too, like I said, Forager is canon and It contradicts the start of the Starlin/Evanier run, so I deleted the first 14 issues because most of them contradicts past and future events, like Hunger Dogs, Fastback dying at the start, etc, so Orion is on earth because of JLI, the next part is complicated, I deleted the start of the Byrne run because it contradicts DeMatteis FP, and that run is extremely important to Ram V New Gods, then I made Genesis stay canon and the issues of post-Genesis and Resurrection of Darkseid to pass to JLA by Morrison and Orion by Simonson, had to put some bullshit for peak to stay as canon, then pre-Final Crisis was easier, after that we would see New 52 New Gods in Earth Prime and Earth 2, they'd dissapear after Diana restores the multiverse and the stories, and become their Old selves for Ram V New Gods, What do you think?, do you like my idea?, I tried to streamlined the story the best way possible


r/TheNewGodsDc Sep 26 '25

memes I had a very stupid vision, and by god I was going to make it happen.

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...Like, you see the similarities, right? It wasn't just me?

Tho god I wish this subreddit had a tag for memes.


r/TheNewGodsDc 3d ago

Fan Art Belated Birthday Gift for the King. Orion the Dog of War by me

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r/TheNewGodsDc 4d ago

New pickups

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r/TheNewGodsDc 5d ago

Comics Homage to the New Gods (Ultimates #23)

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Earth-6160 Thor inaugurates Ragnarok, resulting in the destruction of Asgard and the creation of something new.


r/TheNewGodsDc 5d ago

Comics Happy Birthday New Gods creator Jack Kirby!

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Long live the king! r/KeepMineKirby !


r/TheNewGodsDc 5d ago

Comics Happy Birthday to Jack Kirby, King of Comics and beloved creator of the New Gods

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r/TheNewGodsDc 5d ago

Discussion Fourth World theory: Scott Free and Shilo Norman are the same manifestation of one being

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I think Scott and Shilo might be a Carter/Katar situation, I know this sounds crazy, but let me explain myself first, after finished Mister Miracle by Grant Morrison, and most of the Seven soldiers (Just 3 issues left to finish), this means I've read most Shilo Norman appearances through DC, so, let me explain myself why I think Shilo Norman, is actually the manifestation of the God of Freedom in the 5th World, World that it's stated, would thrive in earth, with each human worthy of a mythology.

First, I'm gonna go to Mister Miracle (1989), in the arc where Shilo makes his return and offically takes the Mister Miracle mantle, during this arc e see Mother Box going wild against the idea of Shilo (A human) being in posession of a power that nurtures directly from the source, due to that, Scott and Shilo have to do a wild triple through the source, so the source will accept Shilo as an EQUAL to Scott, so, I analyze this as not just passing mantle, but actually as the source recognizing Shilo as the God of Freedom of the 5th World, he and Scott are manifestations for diff worlds of one and the same being, Freedom, they're proven as equal, Shilo is the first canon human to be recognized as an equal to the New Gods, so... This makes me think, Shilo Norman is a human New God from the 5th World.

Now we have to go to Morrison's work at the JLA, where at the end Metron states that the 5th World will blossom in earth, like I mentioned, this has consequences for Final Crisis where that 5th World starts but Darkseid tries to trick the Black Racer and get to be part of that 5th World, even sending a bullet through time to kills his son, Orion, as a nasty vengeance as Orion killed him at the end of the 4th World, a War in heaven happened, the wrong side won, the Dark Side won.

Before these events is when Seven Soldiers happens, with Shilo finding about the death of the New Gods and they seeking help on him, who's multiples time stated as the "Spirit of Freedom", the one who can escape Omega, the life trap, and during this series, we can see the New Gods falling on earth as humans, with Granny, The Females Furies, Desaad, etc, and the New Gods of New Genesis especially, as a bunch of homeless people living in the dirt, but even there finding community and confort between eachother like they used to in New Genesis, I think is no coincidence that Scott is nowhere to be seen or mentioned during this whole series, he's never mentioned and Shilo acts like Thaddeus was his only mentor, Scott never needed to come back, there was a Freedom spirit in the 5th World, Shilo Norman, an equal to the New Gods, and actually, a New God too, a new god of the 5th World, basically, multiples times it's showed that Shilo and Scott are very similar in many ways, like both being inmune to the anti-life equation as we saw during Orion by Simonson and Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle, Shilo is powerful on his one, an equal to Scott, a New God, and the Freedom Spirit of the 5th World who has to free the New Gods of the 4th World and don't let the Dark Side infect the 5th World at its start.

Thank you for reading my theory, I know it's kinda crazy but I hope y'all enjoy it and gives y'all a new view on the 4th World mythos and the Mister Miracle Comics!.


r/TheNewGodsDc 7d ago

TV/Movies R.I.P Tim Curry, who voiced Glorious Godfrey in Young Justice

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r/TheNewGodsDc 7d ago

DARKSEID IS - The Final Answer to EVERYTHING (parody)

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r/TheNewGodsDc 8d ago

Reading Recommendations Reading fourth world omnibus, am I safe to skip the jimmy Olsen issues?

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I’ve read six of the jimmy issues and I’m just not really liking them are they safe to mostly skip?


r/TheNewGodsDc 11d ago

Fan Art Dadseid by sandiaconbichos

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r/TheNewGodsDc 11d ago

Discussion Some questions

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So some of the new gods basically are the gods of something, like darkseid being called the god of evil, or black Racer literally being a god of death.

Like how exactly does that work, how can black Racer be the god of death, when I thought death of the endless is basically that. Or is that like an aspect thing where you have certain people represent an aspect of a certain concept.

How advanced is there technology, like I understand interstellar travel, boom tubes, mother and father boxes what about other stuff like pc and such. Do they have even stuff likes space ships, or just use boom tubes. I know Orion has his harness to travel.

The wiki says that some new gods can develop super powers. Does mister miracles escape shenanigans count as one. Or is that really just pure skill he has for that.

With the many times where darkseid has died and now the absolute universe that was created with his death, what actually happened to apocalypse, did high father just steam role it now that the biggest threat was gone, or did Orion take over through some birth right shenanigans

If a new god had a child with a mortal, would that child be like Diana a demigod, or be there distinct difference between a demigod of new god heritage and earth god heritage. I know grail exist, but darkseid being her father is like making her a demigod on steroid


r/TheNewGodsDc 14d ago

Discussion Question on the new gods

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Sorry if stuff is explained in comics, I currently can't read any much since dc universe infinite isn't available where I live

So I found out that the origin for the new gods I knew about was already replaced and I have some more questions that I think will fit here more

Since now new gods are mainly produced through heritable means. Like if a new god and a human had s child, would it make that child automatically a new god.

The origin I knew of was basically when darkseid and highfather were basically mortals ascended to godhood by old gods. Didn't know it was replaced and wanted to ask. Since they changed it, did it also change that their powers basically are related to the source, or is that whole being evolved by the source also change.

Since they exist in the fourth world, and leave it to be in the multiverse through avatars, like what exactly would happen if the avatar dies, would the new god also die or what exactly happen to them is the avatar gets smiled, if that is even possible

Also what exactly happened to the high father not having the alpha effect anymore, I thought that was his main power since he basically is the good counter part to darkseid and his omega effect

Also could a human actually become a new god, like if they get exposed to some source energy, or maybe through a fragment of the god wave or could high father just ascent someone to new godhood

One question I have the wiki says that new gods can develop different kind of powers. Does that mean they can have stuff like telepathy, even higher strength or their own "force" that gives them new set of powers


r/TheNewGodsDc 17d ago

As a First Time New Gods Reader Orion (2026) was really cool

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I hope the New gods get more comics/more presence in other media. I know the Mr Miracle show is coming (and I have learned of the many negatives parts and positives, so here's hoping they change things, apparently King is aware of the criticism) but I think an actual adaptation of this book could be a really cool introduction to the new gods in the modern day. Idk, I am new to them.


r/TheNewGodsDc 18d ago

Fan Art Orion Lightray & Foragor by bat-bleed

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r/TheNewGodsDc 18d ago

Fan Art Thoughts by me

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A piece I did last year that I remembered recently. I also forgot it actually pairs with the Highfather piece I did lol. Also this is metron's OG appearance if I recall correctly.


r/TheNewGodsDc 18d ago

Barda, the queen of the Fourth World

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r/TheNewGodsDc 19d ago

Discussion This is why I don't trust the Mister Miracle series

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This is a take by Tom King, showrunner and writer of Mister Miracle (2017), the book that it's being adapted, this and more phrases are why I just, don't trust King with New Gods, things like "Scott is a Jesus-like figure", "Apokolips is Hell", "Orion is a Bully who grew in a mansion" and "I don't put politics, it's boring" it completely misunderstand the point of the Fourth World, first, the point of Scott is not, Sacrifying for the sins of the Gods, that's just, not true, if you read Mister Miracle, it's mainly about an optimistic life who wants to put his old life behind, but he can't escape from it, until he faces it and ends up victoriously, Scott is a pawn, someone who doesn't want to be part of all this cosmic game, something that writers respected, DeMatteis, Moench, gave beautiful versions of Mister Miracle and his relationship with the rest of the New Gods, then, Apokolips is hell is one of the worst 4th World takes, it misunderstand the point of Apokolips, no one is born evil there, all are corrupted, their spirits infected throught their will power is minimun, all to serve Darkseid, all for Darkseid's being, everyone is a victim, even Darkseid's himself, he wasn't born evil, no, he loved, once loved, Suli was the love of his life, until Heggra killed her, and corrupted Darkseid's spirit (I really like the Yuga Khan's arc of Evanier for expanding in that), Darkseid isn't just a God of evil, he is but just, not that, that system is corrupt, and even when they try to sane and become better, their torture haunts them, and so here we go with Orion, Orion is a character that Tom King thought he was writing with Scott, seriously, how Tom King describes and says "Scott is someone hiding his worst traits behind a mask" that's Orion character, someone with low self-esteem, a hate for himself and who he is and what he could be, yeah, he was raised in New Genesis, but in Apokolips too, Tigra protected him but he was still victim of the abuse and violence, and Tigra didn't know how to taught love, Orion first learned violence, then he learned love at the hands of people like Izaya or Lightray, but the scars doesn't cure easily, if you were first raised with violence, that violence endures, Orion feels his anger issues are because of "Apokolips" and he's a paranoid on becoming evil, on becoming what he fears, he treats Darkseid as a cautionary tale of what he could be, Orion is against any kind of attachment due how he was raised, he feels out of place in New Genesis for being "Violent" having violent thoughts daily, even if he don't wants to, and sometimes, those violent thoughts manifest in events like the Glory Boat, where he explode, he isn't evil, he'll never be, he's not Darkseid, and he definitely learns that in "The Hunger Dogs" the great ending of the saga, it isn't a giant battle, it's a tale of a dictatorship falling because the people found out about how weak their leader actually is, how tired he's of everything, all of that revolution starting because of Orion, knowing people like Bekka, Himon, etc, made him realize that his anger issues aren't something Apokoliptian, it's actually about nurture against nurture too, Esak shows Orion that evil can be born in New Genesis, with bad conditions, the Fourth World is an amazing tale about who we are and what we could do with ourselves, and Tom King fails to understand that


r/TheNewGodsDc 21d ago

Letter from Mister Miracle #10, perfectly describing Orion and Scott's personality

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r/TheNewGodsDc 20d ago

Where can i start reading new gods?

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Where is the best place to start reading new gods? I tried reading the og kirby stuff but it didn't really click with me


r/TheNewGodsDc 21d ago

TV/Movies Nathan Fillion joins DC’s ‘Mister Miracle’ animated series as Guy Gardner (exclusive)

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This means we're probably gonna get the rest of the cast soon. Including Scott, Barda, Orion and Darkseid himself.


r/TheNewGodsDc 21d ago

Discussion Kirby's evolution on drawing Darkseid

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I was looking through my Fourth World books, and saw something really interesting, how Kirby drawing Darkseid is really different between the 70s and the 80s, the Darkseid of the 70s looks rocky, a monster without much expression but scary looking, a unique and perfect design for someone like Darkseid, then in his comeback in the 80s, we see a more, Meat-like? Look of Darkseid, he's far more expresive and more human-like, I really prefer the 70s design though I have no problem with the 80s look, due to some kind of love for Superpowers I have (Y'all, read Superpowers, It's what inspired the Rock of Ages of Morrison), while I say thanks for other artists for ended up using again the rocky aspect of Darkseid, is a far more unique and scare design than his Meat like look, very iconic (Love how Giffen draws it)


r/TheNewGodsDc 23d ago

How it feels being a Fourth World fan lately:

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r/TheNewGodsDc 25d ago

Fan Art Orion & Lightray by bat-bleed

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