Notice! Spoilers ahead for The New Gods #1!There's a new New God in town, but what does that mean in the wake of Darkseid death? The Lord of Apokolips is gone and the cosmic order in the DC Universe is changing. A prophecy portends doom for the Fourth World and beyond, as a surprising New God finally awakens.
In The New Gods #1 by Ram V and Evan Cagle, Metron receives a dire warning that a New God is about to awaken on Earth, potentially ushering in an age of darkness. Highfather sends a message to Darkseid's son Orion, ordering him to go to Earth and kill his godson as quickly as possible.
In India, a young couple with a child is chased by soldiers. After witnessing his father being shot dead by soldiers, Kamal, the son, begins to shine. Kamal transforms into a New God as he uses his power to kill the soldiers.
Darkseid is gone and a new God has arrived in the DC Universe
Is Kamal a savior or has he come to destroy?
The Flash made a critical sacrifice during Absolute power and isolated the DC Prime Universe from the multiverse, and this had the unseen consequence of driving Darkseid mad. With his reach into neighboring Earths hampered, Darkseid sought out and merged with the Specter to gain more power than ever before. However, the Specter brought his amalgamated body into the Justice League Watchtower, where Darkseid's physical body was destroyed. However, the New God lived, and his energy broke through to another, younger Earth and transformed it into an Earth permeated by his energy, the Absolute Universe.
It's hard to say whether Kamal really came to destroy everything, as Metron's prophecy suggests. But Metron is certain that the DC Universe has been out of whack since Darkseid's death (which caused aberrations currently explored in other books). It's interesting because other continuities have explored the idea of who would succeed Darkseid after his death. Kingdom Comefor example, he saw Orion tragically take his father's place after he killed him. But in The New Gods #1it is extremely unlikely that Orion will follow in Darkseid's footsteps, possibly leaving the New God Kamal to take Darkseid's place.
DC's New God Could Be Much Worse Than Darkseid Ever Was
Darkseid wanted control, but Kamal could bring destruction to the DCU
Darkseid is a horrific entity who has spent eons looking for ways to bend the entire DC Universe to his will. However, the prophecy that Metron speaks of is much more ominous, saying that the “reckoning of everything” follows Kamal’s awakening. Kamal obviously has a lot of power if he can kill the soldiers with little effort, so what happens when he starts to grow up and gain more control over his power? Things were expected to get worse later Darkseid death, but now there's a very real chance the DC Universe is facing total annihilation.
The New Gods #1 is now available from DC Comics.