The Forever People by Jack Kirby

The Forever People by Jack Kirby by Jack Kirby
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Forever People by Jack Kirby collects issues 1-11 of Forever People.

I've been interested in the Forever People since way back in 1986 when I was reading Who's Who in the DC Universe religiously but never managed to read it. I've been busy, I guess. Anyway, DC has been reprinting the Fourth World omnibuses one at a time with Forever People being the last. Was it worth the wait?

Not really but it was still fun. It's definitely the redheaded stepchild of the Fourth World. Five space hippies from New Genesis come to earth on their Super Cycle to experience a new life and to keep Darkseid from getting his hands on the Anti-Life equation. Mike Royer and Vince Colletta shared the inking chores. Everything else was Jack Kirby.

This one felt a little less focused than the other Fourth World books. The Forever People wind up getting the short end of the stick a lot of time. Deadman guest stars near the end of the run, which feels a little off.

I have to wonder what Kirby's original plan was for these characters. There are a lot of questions left unanswered at the book's end. Everything is hastily wrapped up in issue #11, stranding the Forever People on a distant world.
I have to think there would have been a love triangle, or perhaps parallelogram or pentagon, with Beautiful Dreamer stirring up tension between 2-4 of the boys on the team.

While it's the fourth place Fourth World book for me, The Forever People is still a worthwhile read. Taruu! Three out of five stars.

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