Various New Gods, notably Darkseid, went on to interact with other denizens of the DC Universe. Another "Fourth World" title Mister Miracle was launched in April 1971. The New Gods first appeared in New Gods #1 (February–March 1971) and Forever People #1 (February–March 1971). Kirby began the "Fourth World" in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (October 1970).
The first page of Orion of the New Gods showed the same scenes from Thor-a planet torn in half and armored gods holding swords and dying on a fiery battleground.
Though he wouldn't ever say it publicly, the New Gods books started right after the gods in Thor killed one another. Now he was presenting it in its original context. Instead, he tried the idea in his Inhumans stories. He wanted to have two planets at war and end with Ragnarok, the battle that would kill Thor's lucrative pantheon. The idea of the New Gods had come to Jack years earlier, when he was plotting 90 percent of the "Tales of Asgard" stories in Thor. As author Marc Flores, who writes under the pen name Ronin Ro, described: Unhappy with Marvel Comics at the time, as he had created or co-created a plethora of characters without having copyright or creative custody of them, he turned to rival publisher DC Comics, with his sketches and designs for a new group of heroes and villains. The characters associated with the New Gods are often collectively referred to as " Jack Kirby's Fourth World". The two planets were once part of the same world, a planet called Urgrund ( German for "primeval ground"), but it was split apart millennia ago after the death of the Old Gods during Ragnarök. New Genesis is an idyllic planet filled with unspoiled forests, mountains, and rivers that is ruled by the benevolent Highfather, while Apokolips is a nightmarish, polluted, and ruined dystopia filled with machinery and fire pits that is ruled by the tyrannical Darkseid. The New Gods are natives of the twin planets of New Genesis and Apokolips. Cover to The New Gods #7 (February–March 1972), featuring "The Pact"
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