The New Gods #12

Jack Kirby's cosmic mythology gets a bold 1977 relaunch as the New Gods reclaim their own title, and Al Milgrom's cover announces it with genuine fanfare — "At last — in their own magazine again!" Center stage, a red-and-yellow-costumed hero surges forward in full battle cry, flanked by a white-clad figure recoiling in alarm, a dark-haired woman in pink, and a masked ally in red, while a cool, enthroned figure watches from the background with eerie calm. The cover tagline — "From the stars to Planet Earth — to defeat Anti-Life or die!" — sets the stakes at a cosmic scale perfectly suited to Gerry Conway and Don Newton's interior tale, "Prelude to a Holocaust.