Why weren most of the New Gods in the Crisis of Infinite Earths?
Mikishawm – Marv Wolfman briefly explained the absence of the New Gods in early 1986s AMAZING HEROES # 91 (a CRISIS wrap-up issue), noting that I regret not being able to use the Jack Kirbys Fourth World characters more because of things that Jack is planning to do with them. Jacks follow-up to Hunger Dogs turned out to be 1985s SUPER POWERS # 1-6, published concurrently with CRISIS # 6-11. John Byrne continued with the repercussions of the graphic novel in his early post-Crisis New Gods trilogy (SUPERMAN # 3/ ADVENTURES # 426/ ACTION # 586), notably in his acknowledgment of New Genesis destruction. By COSMIC ODYSSEY # 1, though, the Source seemed to have put the planet back together again. (Ive always thought there was a story in there somewhere) After the Hunger Dogs experience, its remarkable that Jack wanted to have anything to do with the characters at all. As Walt pointed out, the graphic novel began as a 24-page Last New Gods story entitled “The Road to Armagetto, which would ha
