Gødland

Gødland is the breakout project that established Tom Scioli as Jack Kirby’s foremost creative heir—a 37-issue cosmic opera from Image Comics that thundered across newsstands from 2005 to 2012 with the force of a supernova.

Co-created by writer Joe Casey and artist/colorist/letterer Scioli, Gødland follows Adam Archer, one of four siblings transformed into cosmic powerhouses after a NASA mission collides with something far beyond human comprehension. What unfurls is a universe-spanning saga that doesn’t just homage Kirby’s Fourth World—it seizes that torch, sets it ablaze, and rockets it into a new millennium. Scioli’s page layouts explode with raw kinetic energy, dense with crackling panel borders and figures that strain against the page, while Casey’s scripts marry cosmic grandeur with genuinely human stakes. The result is a series that feels like it was beamed directly from the Silver Age, refracted through a distinctly modern lens.

Scioli once declared Gødland “the best thing out there right now” and said he could imagine spending the rest of his career in this universe. The industry took notice: critics hailed its unapologetic ambition, and a devoted cult following grew around its symphonic blend of Kirby-style bombast, psychedelic color, and emotional weight. Each issue arrives like a thunderclap—dense, maximalist, and utterly unafraid to swing big.

The saga was collected across six trade paperback volumes and three oversized Celestial Edition hardcovers, the latter packed with process art, behind-the-scenes materials, and a window into Scioli’s meticulous creative engine.

Perfect for fans of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World, cosmic Marvel epics, Grant Morrison’s Animal Man, and creator-owned superhero comics that refuse to play small.

Created by Tom Scioli, Joe Casey.