Talk:Jack Kirby's Fourth World

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Contents 1 Omnibus 2 Why "Fourth" world? 3 On the Road to Armagetto

[edit] Omnibus

Has DC announced whether or not the forthcoming Omnibus will include Jack's 1984 ending to New Gods, and/or the Hunger Dogs graphic novel? I think the information, if known, should be mentioned in the article. -- Macduff 16:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why "Fourth" world?

One think I've always wondered was why is it the "Fourth" World? What does that mean? What were the other three? Jccalhoun 15:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

That's always bugged me as well. The most straightforward explanation is that it's an extention of the Cold War terminogy categorizing nations as belonging to the "Free World", the Warsaw Pact, or the unaligned "Third World". Thus a new player on the global political stage (such as Apokolips) might be described as a "Fourth World". Unfortunately that's rather prosaic by comicbook standards. I'm hopeful that there's a more cosmic explanation in keeping with Kirby's bigger-than-life imagination. Asat 03:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On the Road to Armagetto

This article states that the Omnibus will include Kirby's unpublished "On the Road to Armagetto" conclusion, yet the cited references only mention that "Hunger Dogs" will be included. Where is the information/claim about Armagetto coming from? -- Macduff 03:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

No response here; I edited the article appropriately. -- Macduff 06:35, 9 August 2007 (UTC)