The New Gods Vol 1 5

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"The Weight of Dreams, Part 2"
Part of the "All In" event.
The New Gods Vol 1 #5
June, 2025
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	Nimit Malavia
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Mike Del Mundo
Cover Variant #2	Nicola Scott Annette Kwok
The Weight of Dreams, Part 2
Writers	Ram V
Pencilers	Evan Cagle Andrew MacLean (pg. 1-4)
Inkers	Evan Cagle Andrew MacLean (pg. 1-4)
Colorists	Francesco Segala
Letterers	Tom Napolitano
Editors	Ben Meares Rob Levin James Reid
Previous Issue	The New Gods # 4
Next Issue	The New Gods # 6

The Alpha Effect, yes... the Spark of Creation. With it, I can change the very nature of matter. I have not used it yet... merely unsheathed it.

— Highfather

The New Gods #5 is an issue of the series The New Gods (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 2025. It was published on April 16, 2025.

Appearing in "The Weight of Dreams, Part 2"

Featured Characters:

• Highfather (Izaya) (Flashback and main story)
• Kamal
• Lightray (Flashback and main story) (Dies)
• Mister Miracle (Scott Free)

Supporting Characters:

• Kiran
• Mira
• New Gods (Flashback and main story)
  • Big Barda
  • Black Racer (William Walker) (Flashback and main story)
  • Genesisians (Flashback and main story)
    • Akala
    • Fastbak (Cameo)
    • Metron (Flashback and main story)
• The Source (Behind the scenes)
• Superman (Clark Kent) (Cameo)

Antagonists:

• Karok Deathspeaker (Flashback and main story) (Dies) (Resurrected)
  • The Great Darkness (Behind the scenes)
  • Nyctari
    • Grayven
• Orion (Flashback and main story)
• Parademons (Flashback only) (Also as corpses)

Other Characters:

• Darkseid (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Oberon (Cameo)
• Green Lantern (John Stewart) (Cover only)
• Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (Cover only)

Locations:

• Omniverse (Mentioned only)
  • Multiverse-1 (Behind the scenes)
    • Earth 0
      • Earth
        • India
      • Karok Ator's Planet (First appearance; unnamed) (In ruins) (Flashback only)
    • Sphere of the Gods (Flashback and main story)
      • Apokolips (Flashback only)
      • New Genesis (Flashback and main story)
        • Supertown (Flashback and main story)
          • Sur Tuin Catacombs (Flashback only)
    • Dead Space (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Element X
  • Cosmic Skis (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Mobius Chair (Flashback and main story)
  • Mother Boxes (Flashback and main story)
  • Wonder-Staff
• Karok Ator's Darkness Sword
• "The Prometheus Codex" (Cameo)

Vehicles:

• The Machynoterium (Apparent destruction)

Concepts:

• Alpha Effect/Spark of Creation (See Notes)
• Boom Tube
• The Eternal Return (Mentioned only)
• Fourth World
• "Information" (Mentioned only)
• Omega Effect (Flashback and main story)
  

Notes

• Karok Ator's words suggest that he is actually imbued with the Great Darkness' primordial power, which also makes him seemingly immortal.
  • Similarly, Grayven also seems to channel the Darkness, imbuing his Omega Beams with its primordial power.
• Highfather refers to the Energy of Creation, the Source's power, as the Alpha Effect. This means that Alpha Effect is another name for the cosmic power known in the DC Universe as Connective Energy.

Trivia

• The Dead Space mentioned by Karok Ator first appeared in Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (Volume 1) during The New 52 and, then, in Justice League Odyssey (Volume 1) during the Rebirth era.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The New Gods series
• Images from The New Gods Vol 1 5

Recommended Reading

• Jack Kirby's Fourth World Recommended Reading:
  • Forever People (Volume 1)
  • Forever People (Volume 2)
  • Mister Miracle (Volume 1)
  • Mister Miracle (Volume 2)
  • Mister Miracle (Volume 3)
  • Mister Miracle (Volume 4)
  • Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle (Volume 1)
  • New Gods (Volume 1)
  • New Gods (Volume 2)
  • New Gods (Volume 3)
  • New Gods (Volume 4)
  • The New Gods (Volume 1)
  • Orion (Volume 1)
  • Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Volume 1): issues #133-#148
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World (Volume 1)
  • Death of the New Gods (Volume 1)
  • DC Graphic Novel #4
  • Genesis (Volume 1)

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