''DC Graphic Novel'' is a line of

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

trade paperbacks published from 1983 to 1986 by

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. The series generally featured stand-alone stories featuring new characters and concepts with one notable exception. ''The Hunger Dogs'' was intended by

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gre ...

and DC to serve as the end to the entire Fourth World 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 Pages and storyline elements from the unpublished "On the Road to Armagetto" were revised and incorporated into the graphic novel.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 line 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

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. These were edited by

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, 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

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' ''

Marvel Graphic Novel ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' (''MGN'') is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1982 to 1993 by Marvel Comics. The books were published in an oversized format, 8.5" x 11", similar to French albums. In response, DC Comics establi ...

'' 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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