Jack Kirby's Fourth World
DC · 1997–1998 · 20 issues
About the series
In the late 1990s, DC Comics revisited Jack Kirby’s sprawling cosmic mythos with this 20-issue series, written and drawn entirely by John Byrne. The run reimagines the epic struggle between the godlike denizens of New Genesis and Apokolips, centering on the orphaned hero Orion and the ever-present threat of Darkseid. Byrne’s detailed, dynamic artwork brings a sleek, modern sheen to Kirby’s original bombastic concepts, making this a key entry for fans of the Fourth World saga. It stands as a distinct, creator-driven take on one of comics’ most ambitious fictional universes.