The Death of the New Gods

*SPOILERS*

I have avoided these books, The Death of the New Gods for months.

I am a fan of the New Gods.

I like Jim Starlin's work and I think he wants to do right by these characters.

I just finished reading the books moments ago. It's safe to say I have mixed emotions about them.

Scott Free's final moments were heartbreaking, but I'm not buying. Scott Free's overriding theme is not rationalism versus dark passion, it's individual freedom versus group oppression.

I don't like Darkseid surviving... at all. The confrontation with Orion at the end was the right thing and to have it not be the resolution is weak.

Bottom line, growing dissatisfaction.

The A-List

I've read alot of comic books. I have an idea about what's good. The A-List is where the two meet. 

Under this category I intend to point out things that I like. It might be a title, a creator or an individual issue. 

The bottom line is that it's something I think is worth checking out. In this first entry we kick it off with arguably THE all-time great, Jack Kirby. A portion of the titles that Kirby co-created is a simple testament to his achievement:

Captain America  

The Fantastic Four 

The Mighty Thor 

The Incredible Hulk 

The Avengers  

The X-Men 

Machine Man 

Devil Dinosaur   

The Eternals 

The New Gods   

Mister Miracle 

The Forever People 

Kamandi... 

That list is of course incomplete and it only hints at all the other characters and things he created/co-created along the way like Galactus and the Negative Zone. Not to mention all the subsequent greats like Steve Rude and Walt Simonson that he influenced.