An overview description for a series of interconnected comic books drawn and written by artist Jack Kirby, after leaving Marvel Comics in the 1970's due to his frustration with Marvel management; the books dealt with science fiction and mythological themes; the books were entitled, THE NEW GODS, FOREVER PEOPLE, and MISTER MIRACLE. None of the characters could be described as the sort of conventional 'superheroes' that Kirby and others had created in the past, but the books revolved around the idea of what could be called 'demi-gods', some good, others evil, but technologically and physically advanced over humans - the books dealt with the interaction between the 'good' gods of NEW GENESIS and the 'evil' ones of APOKOLIPS and their eventual contact with earth.
You will find opinions among Jack Kirby fans equally divided about the Fourth World books he did; but the themes are found in works like: Fantastic Four, Chariots of the Gods, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Childhoods' End, More Than Human, Eternals, Forbidden Planet, Dr.Who? .. and too many more to list ..
by mechaman9 December 12, 2008
Get the Fourth Worldmug. The first major planned retirement community of its type in the US, located in Seal Beach. Known for the giant spinning globe at the entrance and the many car accidents that occur at the intersection in front.
by havocslavic June 25, 2008
Get the Leisure Worldmug. by Trekeahey November 12, 2014
Get the world of bitchesmug. Something the American government has a vested interest in averting. I beleive its not cost effective.
by Inspector_Bumhat June 19, 2003
Get the world peacemug. by authOOr June 18, 2006
Get the world cupmug. A game played by complete nerds ranging from the age of 9 to 40. It takes up about 12 hours of their day, and if they had spent that time working, they could finance a small house.
Ex: "Hey Johnny, want to come play baseball instead of World of Warcraft?"
"No, I'm in a 40 man raid."
"No, I'm in a 40 man raid."
by TheGianni February 27, 2009
Get the World of Warcraftmug. 1. A number of DC Comics related media, typically involving the teaming up of iconic superheroes Superman and Batman.
2. World's Finest Comics was published initially by National Periodical Publications and later by DC Comics beginning in the Summer of 1941 until January of 1986 spanning a total of 323 issues. The series was intially entitled World's Best Comics, but changed to World's Finest after issue #1. The series chronicled the team-up adventures of the Golden (and later Silver Age) Batman and Superman. Unlike their Post-Crisis counterparts, the early versions of these characters were the greatest of friends and routinely teamed up to battle the likes of villains such as Lex Luthor, Brainiac and the Joker. Although not considered an official part of the World's Finest team, the Golden Age Robin assisted them in many of their adventures.
Source: dc.wikia.com/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Vol_1
2. World's Finest Comics was published initially by National Periodical Publications and later by DC Comics beginning in the Summer of 1941 until January of 1986 spanning a total of 323 issues. The series was intially entitled World's Best Comics, but changed to World's Finest after issue #1. The series chronicled the team-up adventures of the Golden (and later Silver Age) Batman and Superman. Unlike their Post-Crisis counterparts, the early versions of these characters were the greatest of friends and routinely teamed up to battle the likes of villains such as Lex Luthor, Brainiac and the Joker. Although not considered an official part of the World's Finest team, the Golden Age Robin assisted them in many of their adventures.
Source: dc.wikia.com/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Vol_1
World's Finest is a fan film directed by Sandy Collora. It works as a trailer to a movie that does not exist: the long-awaited cinematic team-up of Superman and Batman. While Superman and Batman have appeared together often in comic books and in animation (notably Super Friends), this fan film is the only time that the characters have been on the screen at the same time in live action. The title refers to a famous comic (World's Finest Comics) that used to be published, featuring Batman and Superman working together in every issue.
Collora never intended to produce the entire film on his own; this film was intended as an audition reel, showing his directorial talents. Despite the popularity of and acclaim for this project, an official Batman/Superman movie has yet to be made.
The trailer features common themes from the comics, such as Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent meeting each other and feuding over Lois Lane's attentions. In addition, the trailer features the villains Lex Luthor and Two-Face.
The trailer used Los Angeles, California, to portray the city of Metropolis. As an homage to the 1952 TV series Adventures of Superman, the Los Angeles City Hall was filmed as the Daily Planet building.
Collora never intended to produce the entire film on his own; this film was intended as an audition reel, showing his directorial talents. Despite the popularity of and acclaim for this project, an official Batman/Superman movie has yet to be made.
The trailer features common themes from the comics, such as Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent meeting each other and feuding over Lois Lane's attentions. In addition, the trailer features the villains Lex Luthor and Two-Face.
The trailer used Los Angeles, California, to portray the city of Metropolis. As an homage to the 1952 TV series Adventures of Superman, the Los Angeles City Hall was filmed as the Daily Planet building.
by The Centurion May 16, 2013
Get the World's Finestmug.