We begin this issue with The New Gods in "O'Ryan Gang and the Deep Six" written and penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Vince Colletta. Seagrin, an oceanic New God, is found murdered by the police and Orion. He deduces that forces from Apokolips have found a way of screening their operations from a Mother Box. To find the "jammer", he enlists the help of his four new friends from Earth, calls himself "O'Ryan", and sends them to infiltrate Inter-Gang. They do so and trick the Inter-Gangsters into exposing the jammer device. Orion destroys it, then seeks out the Deep Six, the murderers of Seagrin, and is caught by Slig, one of the Deep Six members. This has been reprinted in New Gods #2 (1984), Jack Kirby's New Gods TPB (1998), Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2007), Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 TPB (2012), and New Gods by Jack Kirby TPB (2018).
Our first backup story is the Manhunter in "The Secret of the Buzzard's Revenge" written and penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Joe Simon and reprinted from Adventure Comics #73 (1942). Empire City is plagued by a costumed crook called the Buzzard. Police Inspector Donovan and his men are killed by the crook. Inspired by Donovan’s death, big-game hunter Paul Kirk (sometimes called Rick Nelson) dons a costume of his own and pursues the Buzzard, deciding that hunting a human game will be more challenging. He captures the Buzzard and his men and begins his career as Manhunter. This was the first Simon/Kirby Manhunter and was a different character than the Manhunter, also named Paul Kirk, which appeared in Adventure Comics #58-72.
The final backup is "Coast Guard Reconnaissance" written and drawn by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and reprinted from Boy Commandos #12 (1945).
Edited by Jack Kirby.
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