4. In the course of the the Fourth World cycle a multiracial group of young people fight a cosmic villain, Darkseid, whose earthly minions are plutocracy & authoritarian religion.pic.twitter.com/1ZIfRgIMCE
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4. In the course of the the Fourth World cycle a multiracial group of young people fight a cosmic villain, Darkseid, whose earthly minions are plutocracy & authoritarian religion.pic.twitter.com/1ZIfRgIMCE
5. One of Darkseid's chief human servants is Glorious Godfrey, a hell-fire preacher who uses fear to bind together a conformist cult.pic.twitter.com/Plm6cPpyG7
6. Visually, Glorious Godfrey owes something to Burt Lancaster in "Elmer Gantry" but also, in showmanship & pizazz, to Graham. As Kirby biography Mark Evanier explains.pic.twitter.com/5mFBei7akE
7. Key to understanding Kirby's satire on Graham is Graham's relationship with Nixon. Kirby really, really hated Nixon. Darkseid is a Nixonian villain & his henchmen echo Nixon's cronies (Desaad = Kissinger).
8. The strange thing is when you read transcripts of the private conversations between Nixon & Graham, they do sound like super-villain & lackey.pic.twitter.com/zwFLzB7zaP
9. Here is my favorite moment between Glorious Godfrey & Darkseid.pic.twitter.com/AGWqFMwuJ8
10. "I like you, Glorious Godfrey! You're a shallow, precious child — the Revelationist — happy with the sweeping sound of words! But I am the Revelation! The Tiger-Force at the core of all things! When you cry out in your dreams — it is Darkseid that you see!"
11. Kirby's satire was aimed not a religion but religion allied with power. Godrey made himself a servant of "the Tiger-Force at the core of all things" not knowing where it would lead.
12. Kirby's "Fourth World" cycle was a commercial flop (perhaps too strange for 1970s audiences) yet hugely influential: it provides narrative undergirding of both DC & Marvel cinematic universes. Alas, they've denuded the visionary satire.
I love that this work was happening the same time as Philip K. Dick’s VALIS stuff. What did Kirby and Dick think or even know of each other?
They had mutual friends (Gary Panter!) and were voracious readers, so perhaps.
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