DC's New Gods: Everything You Need To Know

5. Boom Tubes

One of the coolest things about Kirby's series was the way it used technology. The writer/artist designed a whole new architecture for the Fourth World, and one of the coolest bits of tech was the 'boom tube', a teleportation device that allowed any user to move between galaxies at the flick of a switch.

So called for the deafening noise they make when activated, boom tubes were used by both New Genesis and Apokolips in times of peace and war, with the wormholes themselves being created by another piece of Kirby tech, a Motherbox, which already appeared in Justice League.

Boom tubes featured somewhat in that film too, but they're a key piece of technology in the Fourth World. That means we're likely to see a whole lot more of them going forward, and in adapting the Fourth World authentically, translating its technology could prove to be the film's biggest challenge.