"The series' writer, Grant Morrison, added, "In Jack Kirby's Fourth World books... it's pretty clear that the New Gods have known about Earth for a long time and in "JLA" ten years ago, I suggested that part of their interest in us was rooted in the fact that Earth was destined to become the cradle of a new race of 'Fifth World' super-divinities—an eventuality Darkseid is eager to prevent from occurring.