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Issue: The Forever People #6
Publication Date: December 1971
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Issues: #6 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/05/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.

Sold for $18,522.50 at Heritage Auction Galleries 2010 November Dallas Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7027.

This cover has most of its original title logo and type stats (but the "Extra" caption, price caption, and CCA stamp are replacements), and the cover drawing has been pasted to a larger support piece of DC cover stock. The image area is 10" x 15", and Jack Kirby has signed the art at the lower right.
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Omega Effect!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Forever People [Big Bear; Serifan; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #8 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Forever People #[nn] published November 1999
as The Forever People #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]gray tones only
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 published November 2007
as The Omega Effect! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: X 247
Disclose Notes: The inking was formerly credited to Mike Royer. Colletta attribution is confirmed in “The Thin Black Line,” page 83 and by the Kirby Museum:

http://www.whatifkirby.com/news/forever-people-issue-6-cover-photocopy
http://www.whatifkirby.com/news/new-creation-forever-people-issue-6-cover-completed

The second link shows a more recent cover re-inking by Royer alongside the Colletta cover.
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The Omega Effect!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan; Big Bear; Vykin the Black]; Darkseid; Desaad; Sonny Sumo; Mother Box; Glorious Godfrey; Justifiers
First Line: In a secluded area where the world of Apokolips has established Glorious Godfrey to preach the destructive creed of anti-life...
Synopsis: Darkseid uses his Omega Beams on the Forever People, apparently killing all but Serifan.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLois Lane Comic #113 published March 1976
as The Omega Effect!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #8 published January 1980
as L'effet omega [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Forever People #[nn] published November 1999
as The Omega Effect!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]gray tones only
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 published November 2007
as The Omega Effect!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: X-234
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Raid from Apokolips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Serifan; Captain Ogur; Big Bear
First Line: We've arrived on New Genesis!
Synopsis: Serifan and Big Bear stop Captain Ogur from shooting Supertown out of the sky.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #7 published January 1980
as Un jour, sur New Genesis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Forever People #[nn] published November 1999
as Raid from Apokolips [Story on Interior Page(s)]gray tones only
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 published November 2007
as Raid from Apokolips [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: X-251
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Since we can't answer or print every letter, we thought we'd try something different this issue...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: X-246
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Bob Rozakis, Mike W. Barr, Bruce Long, John Cameron, James Kaston and Greg Hendrickson.
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Adventure Comics #75

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Thor ["Fairy Tales" Fenton] (villain); Starman [Ted Knight] [inset]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #75 published June 1942
was Villain from Vahalla [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: X-224
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The Villain from Valhalla!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Police Chief Haines; Thor ["Fairy Tales" Fenton] (villain)
First Line: From the misty caverns of the past rises Thor, ancient god of thunder...
Synopsis: A former Professor of Metallurgy, who has invented clothing of lucite that is bullet-proof, disguises himself and his men as ancient Vikings to commit crimes. They then challenge the Police and Sandman to discover their whereabouts after divesting themselves of their distinctive garb.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #75 published June 1942
was The Villain from Valhalla! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10

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