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| | Don Markstein's Toonopedia: New Gods |
 | | The main character was Orion, ostensibly the son of Izaya, Highfather of the planet New Genesis, "good guys" in the interstellar struggle, in which Earth had recently become involved, between that world and Apokolips. |
 | | The latter, a dreary totalitarian state devoted entirely to manufacturing the means for waging war, was ruled by Darkseid, a towering villain clearly intended to rival Marvel's Doctor Doom also a Kirby character, by the way. |
 | | But limited series weren't part of DC's repertoire at the time, and the idea was nixed by publisher Carmine Infantino (formerly an artist, and co-creator of The Flash, Adam Strange and other long-running DC characters), who didn't see why a title should be dropped if it was still selling. |
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