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of
graphic novel trade paperback Trade paperback may refer to:
* Trade paperback, a higher-quality softcover version of a book
* Trade paperback (comics)
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s published from 1983 to 1986 by
DC Comics.
The series generally featured stand-alone stories featuring new characters and concepts with one notable exception. ''The Hunger Dogs'' was intended by
Jack Kirby and DC to serve as the end to the entire
Fourth World
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# Sub-populations socially excluded from global society, such as uncontacted peoples;
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saga. The project was mired in controversy over Kirby's insistence that the series should end with the deaths of the New Gods, which clashed with DC's demands that the characters could not be killed off.
As a result, production of the graphic novel suffered many delays and revisions. Pages and storyline elements from the unpublished "On the Road to Armagetto" were revised and incorporated into the graphic novel. Then, DC ordered the entire plot restructured which resulted in many pages of the story being rearranged out of Kirby's intended reading order.
From 1985 to 1987, DC also published a second, related
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called ''DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel''. Rather than being original stories, the graphic novels of this line were instead adaptations of works published by well-known authors of
science fiction. These were edited by
Julius Schwartz, making use of his connections to recruit the famous authors whose works were adapted. This was the last editorial work Schwartz did before retiring.
These two series were DC's counterparts to
Marvel Comics' ''
Marvel Graphic Novel'' line.
''DC Graphic Novel'' series
''DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel'' series
Collected editions
* ''Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus'' Volume 4 (collects ''DC Graphic Novel'' #4: "The Hunger Dogs", with some alterations to the art, 424 pages, March 2008, )
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