I can sense them all now! Moonrider! Beautiful Dreamer! Vykin the Black! Big Bear! --And Sonny Sumo!! As Darkseid has banished them with his blazing eyes-- I, Highfather, gather them in-- With the power of this hand!!! As omega ends all things-- Let alpha begin them anew!! Let the Alpha-Bullets fly!! Rush into the "soon to be!" across the "now!" Find them in the "once was!" Find them--!! Restore them--!! --Where I have meant it to be!! 
Forever People #7 is an issue of the series Forever People (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1972.
Synopsis for "I'll Find You in Yesterday"
The Council of the Young on New Genesis appeals to Highfather to counteract Darkseid's Omega Effect on the Forever People with his Alpha Bullets. Accordingly, Izaya sends the Alpha Bullets out to seek the youths in the eras to which they have been displaced: Mark Moonrider and Beautiful Dreamer in 1865 at Ford's Theater on the night of Lincoln's assassination; Vykin the Black in the time of Ponce De Leon; and Big Bear in Roman Britain. All are reunited with Serifan, who has escaped death at the Justifiers' hands. They are led by the last Alpha Bullet to a monastery in Honshu, where a priest hands over the Mother Box which was entrusted to them in a past era by Sonny Sumo.
Appearing in "I'll Find You in Yesterday"
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Antagonists:
- Glorious Godfrey
- John Wilkes Booth
- Roman Empire
Other Characters:
- Abraham Lincoln
- Esak
- Ponce de León (Mentioned only)
- Arta
- Lanslac
- Gwane
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Metron
- Justifiers
- Sonny Sumo (In picture only)
Locations:
- 20th Century
- Apokolips
- New Genesis
- Japan
- Honshu
- 5th Century
- 1865
- Washington, D.C.
- Ford's Theatre
- Washington, D.C.
- 1513
- Florida
- Fountain of Youth (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Mobius Chair
- Mother Box
- Induction Rifle (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Super-Cycle
- Alpha Bullets
Synopsis for "Lonar of New Genesis and his Battle-Horse - Thunderer!"
Lonar shows his horse, Thunderer, to Orion, who sparks fear in the beast.
Appearing in "Lonar of New Genesis and his Battle-Horse - Thunderer!"
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Synopsis for "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #80.
Felix Black, unable to sleep because of a childhood nerve injury, finally has his tension of never being able to relax boil over, pushing him into a life of crime. Meanwhile, Wesley and Sandy are visiting their friend, would-be PI Nick Parks, who can't seem to stay awake. When the jeweler's that's hired him for protections is robbed by Black's gang, he goes on the warpath to find out who was responsible, only to end up kidnapped by them. Black tries to force the other crooks not to go along with his rule of no killings, but his nerve breaks when they stand up to him. Sandman and Sandy find their way to the gang's hideout, and in the brawl Felix Black gets another head injury, which allows him to sleep like a normal person, and quells his desire to commit crimes.
Appearing in "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep"
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- Felix Black (Single appearance)
- Blackie (Single appearance)
- Smokey (Single appearance)
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- Nick Parks (Single appearance)
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Notes
- The Forever People story from this issue is reprinted in the Jack Kirby's Forever People trade paperback.
- Arta, Lanslac and Gwane represent "historical" versions of the Arthurian characters Arthur Pendragon, Lancelot and Gawain. In Real World, there is no consensus that King Arthur was based on a real person.
Trivia
- This issue implies that Big Bear's example to the Britons during the Roman withdrawal from the island of Britain gave the inspiration to the Arthurian myth, with Big Bear's misidenfication as a warlock and sudden disappearance upon being struck by Highfather's Alpha-Bullet leading to associations with Merlin the Magician.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Recommended Reading:
- Forever People (Volume 1)
- Forever People (Volume 2)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 1)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 2)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 3)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 4)
- Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle (Volume 1)
- New Gods (Volume 1)
- New Gods (Volume 2)
- New Gods (Volume 3)
- New Gods (Volume 4)
- Orion (Volume 1)
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Volume 1): issues #133-#148
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World (Volume 1)
- Death of the New Gods (Volume 1)
- DC Graphic Novel #4
- Genesis (Volume 1)