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{{quote|'''''There came a time when the Old Gods died!''''' ''The brave died with the cunning! The noble perished, locked in battle with the unleashed evil! It was the '''last''' day for them! An ancient era was '''passing''' in '''fiery''' holocaust! The '''final''' moment came with the '''fatal''' release of the '''indescribable power''' -- which '''tore''' the home of the Old Gods asunder -- '''split''' it in great '''halves''' -- and filled the universe with the '''blinding''' death-flash of its '''destruction'''! In the '''end''' there were '''two''' giant '''molten''' bodies, spinning slow and '''barren''' -- clean of '''all''' that had gone '''before''' -- adrift in the '''fading''' sounds of '''cosmic''' thunder... '''Silence''' closed upon what had happened -- a '''long, deep''' silence -- wrapped in massive '''darkness'''... '''it was this way for an age...''''' '''THEN--THERE WAS NEW LIGHT!'''|The prologue at the beginning of the first issue of ''
[[Jack Kirby]]'s [[Magnum Opus]] meta-series where he developed an entire cosmic mythology involving the New Gods of the utopia of [[Crystal Spires and Togas|New Genesis]] and the dystopia of [[Polluted Wasteland|Apokolips]]. Collectively, they were called [[The Fourth World]].
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** The main reason he's considered neutral is because {{spoiler|in the early days of the war, he helped Darkseid develop boom tube technology, in exchange for the raw materials he needed for his Moebius Chair.}} Since then, he's mainly been seen aiding the good guys (perhaps out of remorse?).
*** He's worked with Darkseid on occasion since, as well, despite Darkseid never making any secret of what fate he intends for Metron. It's partly that Metron's primary motivation is [[For Science!]], and partly because Darkseid and Metron have few intellectual equals who can stand them for long.
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* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Female Furies
* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: Most of the Female Furies qualify, but ''especially'' Big Barda.
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