War of the Gods Vol 1 4

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"In the Beginning... There Was the End"
Part of the "War of the Gods" event.
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War of the Gods Vol 1 #4
December, 1991
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	George Pérez
In the Beginning... There Was the End
Writers	George Pérez
Pencilers	George Pérez
Inkers	Pablo Marcos Alan Kupperberg Phil Jimenez Gordon Purcell Dick Giordano Frank McLaughlin
Colourists	Gene D'Angelo
Letterers	Albert DeGuzman
Editors	Bob Kahan Karen Berger Tom Peyer
Previous Issue	War of the Gods #3
Next Issue	—

From the clay of Paradise form you, Hippolyte, an image with care. Open yourself once again to your faith in the gods -- and with their guidance let your spirit cry out -- unto the womb of Gaea.

— Menalippe

War of the Gods #4 is an issue of the series War of the Gods (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1991.

Appearing in "In the Beginning... There Was the End"

Featured Characters:

• Wonder Woman

Supporting Characters:

• Achilles
• Air Wave
• Aquaman
• Atlas
• Azure
• Black Adam
• Blue Devil (Cameo)
• Bronze Tiger
• Bulldozer Smith
• Captain Boomerang
• Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
• Cave Carson
• Count Vertigo
• Creeper
• Deadman
• Deadshot
• Deathstroke
• Doctor Fate (Inza Nelson)
• Doctor Light
• Dove
• Firehawk
• Harbinger
• Hawkman
• Hawkwoman
• Jade
• Jenet Klyburn
• Kingu
• Lady Quark
• Lilith Clay
• Lobo
• Loki (Behind the scenes)
• Madame Xanadu
• Major Victory
• Nightshade
• Nuklon
• Peacemaker
• Pariah
• Phantom Stranger
• R.A.M.
• Robin
• Set (Behind the scenes)
• Shango
• Shiva Nataraja (Behind the scenes)
• Shazam
• Silver Swan
• Solomon
• Son of Vulcan (Dies)
• Spectre
• Starman
• Sue Dibny
• Superman
• Terry Long
• Zatanna
• Gods of Olympus
  • Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Charon, Harmonia, Hecate, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hercules, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
• Gods of Rome
  • Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Vulcan, Charon
• Justice League America
  • Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Crimson Fox, Elongated Man, Fire, Ice, Flash, Guy Gardner, Martian Manhunter, Metamorpho, Power Girl, Rocket Red
• Metal Men
  • Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Platinum, Tin
• Genesisians
  • Big Barda, Black Racer, Highfather, Lightray, Mister Miracle, Orion
• Outsiders
  • Batman, Black Lightning, Katana, Looker
• The Fates
  • Ananke, Atropos, Clotho, Lakhesis
• Titans
  • Pantha, Phantasm, Red Star, Troia

Antagonists:

• Circe
• Beastiamorphs
• Darkseid
• DeSaad
• Eris
• Hades
• Kalibak
• Parademons
• Phobos
• Legion of Hades (Zombified)
  • Aquagirl (Tula)
  • Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett)
  • Commander Steel
  • Dove (Don Hall)
  • Ghost
  • Golden Eagle
  • Green Lantern (Abin Sur)
  • Green Lantern (Katma Tui)
  • Iron Major
  • Iron Maiden
  • Lady Liberty
  • Little Mermaid (Evil Twin)
  • Mindboggler
  • Mirror Master
  • Mister Terrific
  • Nemesis
  • Queen Bee
  • Skyman
  • Vigilante
  • Zatara

Other Characters:

• Apokoliptians
• Amazons of Themyscira
  • Epione
  • Euboea
  • Hippolyta
  • Iphthime
  • Menalippe (Dies)
  • Penelope
  • Procne
  • Pythia
• Checkmate Agents
• Doctor Ngai

Locations:

• Aegean Sea
• Areopagus
• Apokolips
• Brazil
  • Amazon Rainforest
• Egypt (Flashback only)
• Gotham City
• Israel (Flashback only)
• Massachusetts
  • Salem
  • Tower of Fate
• New Olympus
• River Styx
• Themyscira
  • Doom's Doorway

Items:

• Amulet of Harmonia
• Astro-Harness
• Batarang
• Batrope
• Green Lantern Ring
• Helmet of Fate
• Lasso of Truth
• Trident of Lucifer
• Trident of Poseidon

Vehicles:

• Lobo's Space-Hog
  

Notes

• Issue includes pin-up pages of Superman, Black Adam, the Flash, and Troia by Chris Sprouse, George Pérez and Rick Taylor.
• Reprinted in Wonder Woman: War of the Gods.

Trivia

• Hawkwoman accidentally addresses Ice as Power Girl in this issue, though this may have been the result of a misdirected word balloon.
• Dove's appearance in this issue poses a continuity problem: Justice League Europe #31 shows that Armageddon 2001 #2, in which Dove died, takes place before the JLE's encounter with the Norse gods in War of the Gods #2, so she should be dead at this point.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the War of the Gods series
• Images from War of the Gods Vol 1 4

Recommended Reading

• New Titans #81
• Wonder Woman (Volume 2) #61

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