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The jaunty
and splendid Young GODS is
dedicated to one of Windsor-Smith’s
idols, comic artist Jack Kirby. Its pantheon of godlike heroes
bears a passing resemblance to Kirby’s mythic creation The Mighty
Thor.
The plot of Young GODS revolves
around an impending intergalactic war between two dynasties, brought
on by the
desertion
of Heros, Prince of All-Worlds, from his arranged marriage to Princess
Celestra of Orgasma. Heros is inveigled by his cousin Strangehands
and Celestra’s
fiery, foul-mouthed older sister Princess Adastra, into embarking instead
upon an impromptu bachelor
party in the form of a cosmic dragon chasing expedition. Comic mayhem
ensues.
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