the Death of the New Gods #5 - DC

Jim Starlin is really doing a fantastic job with this book. Both the story, and the artwork, is incredible. Matt Banning and Art Thibert have been inking his stuff, and it really looks nice. Props to all the creative talent involved. Last issue, Metron went back in time and found the original entity of the "source". That's not entirely what he is, but that's what he's let all of his creations believe. He explains it all to Metron. How he was split in 2 eons ago. How he was gone for awhile. How and why he created the New Gods. And how and why he's decided to start over . . re-merging with his other half, and create a new Fifth World. It's his other half that has been stealing the souls of the rest of the Fourth World inhabitants. They are collecting them in the other Source-Wall, which everyone has been wondering about, and intend on using them to empower their dual endeavors and to act as the raw material for their rebirth. It turns out his other self has morphed into the creature they call the Anti-Life Entity. Or, more importantly, I think that is who Scott Free is becoming when he transforms. And somehow, Himon or the Commander is involved in all of this. On a side note, is it just me, or in the panel at the top of page 34, does the Commander kind of look like Samuel L Jackson? Just wondering. Anyways, Scott is convince that Arion is the God-killer, and is off the get him. And meanwhile in the shadows, Darkseid sits thinking. "As this cosmic drama neared it's end it became abundantly clear that all involved were committing one common error. It is all terribly ironic, really, considering the past. You see, all concerned were making the mistake of not paying enough attention to what I was up to. And that would prove to be a truly catastrophic mistake." Like I said, it's a fantastic book and story-line. I can't wait to see how it all plays out. And if Jim Starlin continues his role, and becomes the creator, or author of this new Fifth World . . . it's going to be sheer genius. The King is dead. Long live the King.