Source (comics)

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The Source is a

Fourth World series of comic books. It first appeared in New Gods #1 (February 1971).[1]

History

The Source may be considered the consciousness of the

Source Wall
, which protects the Source, and traps all those who attempt to pass beyond it by turning them to stone and making them a permanent part of it.
boom tube
there. Batman later uses the staff to break through the Source Wall.

Death of the New Gods

Main article: Death of the New Gods

While investigating the death of the New Gods,

Orion, who shared Darkseid's access to this power. While Darkseid and Orion fought, with Orion eventually defeating him, the Source slammed New Genesis and Apokolips together creating a single planet, with one half similar to Apokolips and the other to New Genesis. When this was over, the Source told Superman that his work was done, and that he would be leaving this plane of existence.[5]

DC Rebirth

The Source's origin is retold in DC Rebirth, when twenty billion years ago, the Source sent Perpetua to create new systems of life within the greater omniverse. While Perpetua complied, she also did it to bring down her masters by creating something meant to live forever. Thus, she created the first Multiverse by using the Seven Hidden Forces of the Universe to be a self-sustaining weapon against her masters and also created her children from the Overvoid, to monitor each realms of matter within her Multiverse. Five billion years later, Perpetua merged the Humans and the Martians with their worlds to create an army of Apex Predator meant to live and fight for eternity in order to prepare herself to go to war against the Judges of the Source. Her sons alerted the Judges of the Source on her actions and they sent a cosmic raptor to seal her and the Totality of her powers in the Source Wall which the raptor created.

Following the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps and having absorbed the energy of the Godstorm, John Stewart has increased his powers to a level never seen before, elevating him to practical godhood. As John overflows with power to the point it seems as though he's dissipating, a mysterious voice calls to him saying "You know me John. Everybody does". Standing before the ascended Lantern is a physical manifestation of the Source, which has appeared to John in the form of Jack Kirby. Though John can't believe what he's seeing, the Source presses on saying "Everything in existence knows me".[6]

In other media

  • Many have speculated that "Force" from Star Wars was inspired by the Source.[7] In Chris Taylor's book How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise, he notes the similarity between the Source and the Force in George Lucas's Star Wars and suggests Lucas may have been influenced by the comic series.[8][failed verification]
  • In the
    Metron that he was "overqualified". Behind the Source wall resided all the secrets to the universe including the Anti-Life Equation sought by Darkseid
    .
  • In Injustice: Gods Among Us series, Brother Eye satellite is revealed to be equipped with the latest Source energy scanners to detect fluctuations in the Multiverse, allowing it to detect potential crisis on various alternate Earth's in the introductory cutscene for Multiverse mode.

See also

  • List of New Gods

References

  1. ISBN 978-1605490564
    .
  2. The Jack Kirby Collector
    . 24 (#71): 26–28. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ New Gods #1 (February 1971)
  4. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6
    .
  5. ^ Death of the New Gods #1-8 (2008)
  6. ^ Green Lantern (vol. 6) #12
  7. ^ "The Unmistakable Pop-Culture Influence of Jack Kirby | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  8. ISBN 978-0465049899
    .

External links
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