The Source is a metaphysical concept created by writer-artist Jack Kirby for his Fourth World series of comic books.
[2] It is protected by the Source Wall, a barrier containing statues of those who fail to pass it.
[3] In Death of the New Gods, the Source orchestrates the eponymous event to build a new "Fifth World" and merges Apokolips and New Genesis into a single planet.
[6] In DC Rebirth, Perpetua is sealed in the Source Wall billions of years prior before being freed when it is cracked in Dark Nights: Death Metal.
[7] Furthermore, John Stewart absorbs the Source's power and meets its physical form, which resembles Jack Kirby.