"The Kingdom" is a story arc consisting of a two-issue, self-titled comic book limited series and multiple one-shot comics published by DC Comics in 1999. The story arc was written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Ariel Olivetti and Mike Zeck. It is both a sequel and, in some ways, a prequel (possibly sequel) to Kingdom Come, also by Mark Waid. Both books form an Elseworlds saga, as they are abstracted from official DC Comics continuity. The storyline extended into one-shot books entitled New Year's Evil: Gog, The Kingdom: Kid Flash, The Kingdom: Nightstar, The Kingdom: Offspring, The Kingdom: Planet Krypton and The Kingdom: Son of the Bat. The entire storyline was later collected into a trade paperback. The Kingdom does not utilise the same visual style created by Alex Ross, which was used in the four-issue Kingdom Come series. The story line in The Kingdom is a direct continuation and extension of the original storyline, fleshing out areas of the future that weren't explored in the original four-part miniseries. While Kingdom Come can easily exist as a stand-alone story, The Kingdom is not a complete storyline in itself and exists only as a continuation of the previous storyline. Plot summary Twenty years after the events of Kingdom Come, a survivor of the Kansas disaster is granted power by four members of the Quintessence (Shazam, Ganthet, Zeus, and Izaya Highfather), who dub him Gog. The power drives him mad, and he takes out his anger on Superman, killing him and carving his "S" shield on the ground. He then travels a day backward in time and kills him again...and again. A shadowed figure vaguely resembling the Phantom Stranger, the fifth Quintessence member, opposes this action, as Gog now intends to accelerate the Kansas Holocaust, but the other four are prepared to let things unfold; Shazam hopes that Captain Marvel will no longer have to die, Ganthet hopes that his chosen Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) will avert the catastrophe and become more renowned than Superman, Zeus hopes that the ancient gods may be 'worshiped' once more as Earth seeks something to believe in, and Highfather feels that a new war may fracture Earth in a manner similar to New Genesis and Apokolips. This shadowy being sees a crisis of this scheme and plans to recruit his own agent to stop Gog. As Gog travels closer to the modern DC Universe, the