 DC editors prevented Kirby from using his original intended ending.Kirby instead turned in a one-off story called "On the Road to Armagetto" which was rejected as well, due to the fact that it did not contain a definitive ending to the series.A 48-page new story called "Even Gods Must Die" was published instead, in the sixth issue of the reprint series, which in turn served as a prologue for the upcoming "The Hunger Dogs" graphic novel, which DC editors greenlighted in order to conclude the series.