Gødland
| Gødland | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | July 2005 - July 2012 |
| No. of issues | 37 |
| Main character(s) | Adam Archer Stella Archer Angie Archer Neela Archer |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Joe Casey and Tom Scioli |
| Written by | Joe Casey |
| Artist(s) | Tom Scioli |
| Letterer(s) |
Rob Steen (#1) Albert Deschesne (#2, 6-9, 13-18) Comicraft (#3-6) Rus Wooton (#19-) |
| Colorist(s) | Bill Crabtree (#1-6, 25-) Nick Filardi (#7-24) |
| Collected editions | |
| Hello, Cosmic! | ISBN |
| Another Sunny Delight | ISBN |
| Proto-Plastic Party | ISBN |
| Amplified Now | ISBN |
| Far Beyond the Bang | ISBN |
| Gøødbye Divine | ISBN |
Gødland is an American comic book series by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli, published by Image Comics from 2005 to 2012.
The series was conceived as both a homage to and a revival of the so-called "Cosmic Superhero Epic" as told by many great comic writers of the 1970s like Steve Engelhart, Jim Starlin and Jack Kirby. The style of the series is strongly inspired by Kirby's style in his Eternals and The Fourth World series. While obviously strongly inspired by this series, Casey and Scioli add their own twist on the stories with a little humor.
It was announced in the solicitations for issue #25 that the series would end with issue #36, which Scioli attributed to sales, although Casey suggested the end point and reasons were less clear-cut:
Coming to a natural conclusion has nothing to do with sales or any other outside factors. Eventually, the monthly series will end and Adam's story will reach its climactic conclusion in a dramatic and satisfying way, and to have that end point to work toward is simply good storytelling. And despite what the solicitation for #25 states, I never said that the last issue was definitively #36. As we get closer to that climax, Tom and I together will determine how and when we'll wrap it up, and which issue we'll be wrapping it up in.
Having said that, I see the whole thing as more of a transition. I just can't see the end of the monthly series being the end of all things Gødland.
The main character of the series is astronaut Adam Archer. As the sole survivor of an ill-fated journey to Mars, Adam Archer meets the alien entities known as the Cosmic Fetus Collective, who transform him into a cosmic being and instruct him in the uses of his new powers. Archer is sent back to Earth as the first human to be touched by universal enlightenment.
The series starts four years later. Archer has become a famous superhero, but is distrusted by government and the public. The military have provided him with a base, Infinity Tower, from where Archer and his three sisters, Neela, Angie and Stella, protect the Earth from the invasion of robot zombies. Neela, an astronaut and military commander, resents that her brother's powers overshadow her own talents and that she is forced to keep an eye on him instead of pursuing her own career. Angie, a fighter pilot, is a rebellious spirit, while Stella, who oversees communication with her brother, is clear-headed and rational.
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