New Gods #6

The cover says it all: Darkseid and Mister Miracle are locked in a brutal, close-quarters clash, each straining against the other with raw fury, while a third figure's hands reach in from below — promising that this confrontation runs deeper than it first appears. Billed as Jack Kirby's "cataclysmic all-new conclusion to the immortal saga," this November 1984 issue wraps up the New Gods story with the kind of cosmic stakes the cover copy captures perfectly: "Even Gods Must Die!" With pencils and story by Kirby and inks by D. Bruce Berry, this is the Fourth World brought to a thunderous close.