The Source is a metaphysical concept created by writer-artist Jack Kirby for his Fourth World series of comic books. It first appeared in New Gods #1 (February 1971). [1]
The Source is a cosmic force and the source of everything that exists. [2] It is protected by the Source Wall, a barrier containing statues of those who fail to pass it. [3]
In Death of the New Gods , the Source orchestrates the eponymous event to build a new "Fifth World" and merges Apokolips and New Genesis into a single planet. [4] [5]
In The New 52 , the emotional entities sacrifice themselves by entering the Source to replenish the emotional spectrum. [6]
In DC Rebirth , Perpetua is sealed in the Source Wall billions of years prior before being freed when it is cracked in Dark Nights: Death Metal . [7] Furthermore, John Stewart absorbs the Source's power and meets its physical form, which resembles Jack Kirby. [8]
