Forever People Vol 1 4
From DC Database
"The Kingdom of the Damned!"
"The Amazing Dreams of Gentleman Jack"
Appearing in "The Kingdom of the Damned!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- None
Locations:
- Armagetto
- Happyland
Items:
- Anti-Life Equation (referenced only)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Kingdom of the Damned!"
The Forever People are taken to Happyland, an amusement park run by DeSaad, who tortures them in various inventive ways there. Darkseid searches for a mind which can comprehend the Anti-Life Equation. And the Forever People's Mother Box, about to be executed by Desaad, phases out and winds up in the hands of martial artist Sonny Sumo.
Appearing in "The Amazing Dreams of Gentleman Jack"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Gentleman Jack Purvis (a prisoner)
Other Characters:
- Gus (Gentleman Jack's henchman)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Amazing Dreams of Gentleman Jack"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- "The Kingdom of the Damned!" is reprinted in the Jack Kirby's Forever People trade paperback.
- With this issue, the format of the series changes. The cover price increases from 15¢ per copy to 25¢ per copy, and the page count increases to 52 pages per issue. The additional pages features a Sandman back-up tale, reprinting Golden Age stories originally published in Adventure Comics.
- First appearance of Happyland.
- "The Amazing Dreams of Gentleman Jack" was originally titled "The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack". The story was first printed in Adventure Comics #85.
Trivia
- This issue includes three pages of Forever People pin-ups illustrated by Jack Kirby.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Forever People (Volume 1)
- Forever People (Volume 2)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 1)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 2)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 3)
- New Gods (Volume 1)
- New Gods (Volume 2)
- New Gods (Volume 3)
- New Gods (Volume 4)
- Orion (Volume 1)
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World (Volume 1)
- Death of the New Gods
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus
Links and References
- Forever People article at Wikipedia
- Forever People series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Forever People article at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
- Forever People profile
- Forever People profile at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
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