The Forever People 1 DC 1971 Jack Kirby 1st Full Darkseid 15 Cent Key Issue For Sale

Add an essential Bronze Age DC mega-key to your collection featuring Jack Kirby's Fourth World 🌌💥. Please inspect all photos for details.

Details:

• Title: The Forever People (Vol. 1, Issue #1)

• Publisher: DC Comics

• Cover Date: March 1971 (15¢ Cover Price)

• Format: Original single-issue floppy comic book

• Creative Team: Written, drawn, and edited by Jack "The King" Kirby; inks by Vince Colletta; Superman face redrawn by Al Plastino per DC editorial policy

• Key Significance:

- 1st full appearance of Darkseid (following cameo in Jimmy Olsen #134)

- 1st appearance of The Forever People (Mark Moonrider, Beautiful Dreamer, Big Bear, Serifan, Vykin the Black)

- 1st appearance of the Mother Box and the Super-Cycle

- 1st appearance of the Infinity-Man

- Guest appearance by Superman

Condition Report:

• Front cover features a tear located near the central figure on the vehicle

• Front cover inks remain strong with bold magenta, red, and yellow tones

• Spine displays handling softness, surface stress ticks, and staple-area wear; bottom staple shows minor stress pulling

• Back cover (Aurora slot cars ad) exhibits:

- Sticky/tacky residue smudge located on the left margin halfway up (near the Dino Ferrari and race track line)

- Moisture tide lines and dark water staining along the top edge

- Surface soiling, corner blunting, edge nicks, and general paper toning

• Bagged and boarded; interior pages complete and attached

Returns and Shipping:

• Packaged with collector care: bagged and boarded, secured between thick corrugated cardboard pads, and shipped flat in a rigid Gemini mailer via USPS Ground Advantage

• 30 day return policy with buyer paying return shipping