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Warning : Spoilers forThe New Gods#5Now thatDarkseidhas been killed in the master DC Universe , it ’s finally good forhis alienated and dare - stagnant son , Grayven , to return . Unfortunately for everyone else , Grayven is come back with a terrifying new index , and an army that has already killed a New God .
The belovedNew Godscreated by Jack Kirby have existed on a plain above the normal DCU since their launching in 1971 : the villainous Darkseid diagram from his infernal region planet of Apokolips , the benevolent New Gods resisting from their paradise of New Genesis . But withDarkseid now pulling the strings in DC ’s Absolute Universe , a horrify new army has emerged to pass over out the New Gods like Darkseid never could . And to do it , they’ve recruited Darkseid ’s forgotten son , Grayven , with all fresh powers .
The creative squad of Ram V , Evan Cagle , Andrew MacLean , and Francesco Segala deliver a piece of DC Comics history withThe New Gods#5 . Not only transforming Grayven into a novel form of villain , but make Lightray , just the second New God ever to come out in Kirby ’s first issue , step in to fight him . Tragically , the fight will be Lightray ’s last .
The Return of Grayven, Darkseid’s Forgotten Son
The Son of Darkseid Has Been Missing For Almost 20 Years
For many lecturer of modern DC Comics , the fact that Darkseid has a Word ( aside from the New God Orion , andhis animalistic attack dog Kalibak ) will be a shocking bit of news in itself . And they ca n’t be blamed , because apart from a background cameo inThe Green Lantern#3 in 2019 , Grayven has been out of commission since he was ( seemingly ) killed back in 2007.The third biologic son of Darkseid , carry to an unknown mother , Grayven has in reality delivered on the idea of ' Darkseid ’s son’more than either of his half - siblings .
Screen Rant sits down with Ram V and Evan Cagle to discuss NEW deity and what Fourth World fan can expect from the duo ’s DC All In serial publication .
Still , New Gods#5 reveals that Grayven has been busy , scooped up by the apparently unstoppable force-out of the Nyctari . refer to themselves as ' the Nightborn , ' these intergalactic ravagers are spreading a godlike deputation to wipe out the New Gods , first on Apokolips , then New Genesis , and at long last solid ground . Grayven is given the hazard to kill the New Gods ' Highfather , using his new ' darkness ' and his Omega Beams , but the desperate Lightray leaps in to take his place .
The Rebirth of Grayven Brings The Death of A New God
Lightray is Killed, Ending The Life of One of DC’s First New Gods
testify his world power byblocking Grayven ’s Omega Beams , Lightray is impaled and killed by the steel of the Nyctari leader , Karok Ator , and not the son of Darkseid himself . It will have to be left up to readers to make up one’s mind if this is the result of a prowler attack between panels , or a fair putting to death . But it ’s possible that by stepping in , Grayven has been issused a scathing judgement by his novel commander . Either way , the sacrifice should be value as exactly that , since Metron soon let on to a reluctantly - rescue Highfather that Lightray knew this fight would kill him , and accede it willingly for his people .
While tragical in its own right , the dying of Lightray may be just the first of many , many more . Aside from an armada and army capable of annihilating the New Gods ' homeworlds , the Nyctari have one more bound . When obliterate by Highfather ’s energy , unleashing the full mightiness he draws from the Source , the Nyctari prove to be unkillable , simply rebuilding themselves through their connection to the ' darkness . ' How meet , then , that Lightray should be the first to fall .
The New Gods#5is available now from DC Comics .
