The Forever People #3

From the fertile imagination of Jack Kirby and inker Vince Colletta comes this July 1971 installment of DC's New Gods saga, pitting the Forever People against a terrifying new threat. The cover says it all — a helmeted armored figure looms menacingly over the scrambling team, barking "Live by MY rules — or DIE!" while the cover copy warns that the Justifiers, brainchild of the sinister Glorious Godfrey, believe, judge, and kill in the name of Anti-Life. It's a wonderfully kinetic image, with all five Forever People caught mid-flight in a desperate surge, and the promise of "Life vs. Anti-Life!" at the heart of the story makes this a compelling piece of Kirby's sweeping Fourth World mythology.