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With the help of DarkseidÕs ÒEmissaries of Doom,Ó Brainiac stirs long-dead racial memories in the citizenry of Wonder WomanÕs homeland of Paradise Island, resulting in ÒAmazons at War.Ó

In ÒEarthÕs Last Stand,Ó the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and others battle Superman the Barbarian (first seen in issue #3) and DarkseidÕs ÒEmissaries of Doom.Ó

Following the unprecedented achievements of his Fourth World titles, Jack Kirby returned to the DC Universe in 1984 for two special miniseries celebrating Kenner’s new DC-themed Super Powers toy line. Together with such creative collaborators as Joey Cavalieri, Adrian Gonzales and Paul Kupperberg, Kirby revisited all of DC’s greatest heroes and villains in the pages of SUPER POWERS, and launched them through time and space into the kind of cosmic adventure that only the King of Comics could deliver! Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World—a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. In honor of this extraordinary talent’s centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory! Revisit this bygone era—and thrill to the imaginative power of one of the medium’s greatest masters—in SUPER POWERS BY JACK KIRBY, collecting both of the dimension-spanning sagas that capped off the King’s triumphant tenure at DC. Collects SUPER POWERS #1-6.

DarkseidÕs ÒEmissaries of DoomÓ have granted EarthÕs super-villains extra powers to defeat Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and other heroes.

Darkseid commands his four mightiest warriors, whom he dubs the ÒEmissaries of Doom,Ó to go to Earth and divert its heroes so he can go in with his shock troops and Òcommandeer their world.Ó

The fifth and final issue of this miniseries finds EarthÕs heroes and villains trapped on Apokolips, while Darkseid and company continue their conquest of Earth.

Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Wonder Woman and others battle Mantis, DarkseidÕs incredibly powerful minion. They must also contend with the statues of Easter Island, which have mysteriously come to life. Based on the cartoon series of the same name.

What is Soviet-American competition all about? Is the Soviet Union a security problem that the United States must solve? Or is it an insecurity condition with which the U.S. must learn to live—and if so, on what terms? What kind of a player is the United States in the great game of power politics? In The Geopolitics of Super Power, one of our most respected strategic theorists answers these and other questions. In geopolitical terms, Colin Gray sees the Soviet-American antagonism as an enduring contest between a continental empire and a maritime coalition, each with its distinctive character and purposes. Gray explores the roots of the American style in foreign policy and strategy, and how that style relates to defense options. He identifies four broad alternatives for U.S. national security policy: passive and active means of containment, disengagement from foreign security commitments, and the "rollback" of the Soviet empire. Gray argues vigorously for active containment, for the systematic deemphasis of nuclear weapons, and for the intelligent use, for deterrence and defense purposes, of the West's great competitive strengths in the political, economic, and technological spheres.