Heartwarming / New Gods

• Mister Miracle #7 has one of the more romantic (and badass) Kirby moments, when Scott decides to return to face Granny Goodness, and tells Barda to not to follow:
  Barda: No deal, Mister Miracle! We'll go down that old shark's mouth together!! - then I'll beat her to death from the inside!!
  • Bonus points for Barda being loosely based on Kirby's wife.
• The Forever People are this in a way - Kirby, the cigar-chomping WWII infantry vet who grew up on some mean streets, looked at the hippie kids in 1970 and went, "Yeah, the kids are alright.''
  • One issue of the original series showed similar sentiments where Kirby portrayed a supposedly cowardly conscientious objector as the real hero of the story while his war veteran of a father is a Glory Hound Jerkass that freezes up when faced with an actual fight. Granted, the objector dies to save his family and the situation is nothing short of tragic, but Kirby's message is pretty clear.
• When Orion unmasks himself to Bekka for the first time, he expects her to reject him for being hideous. But she's seen his heroic heart, and that's all that matters. Orion hugs her in relief.
  • Similarly, an issue from the original series has Orion's face accidentally exposed during a fight with Kalibak. Lightray tries to downplay it but Orion's beyond pissed about the reveal and tells Lightray to get it all out. Lightray simply replies "I saw scars—-both new and old—-taken in the cause of New Genesis!" Orion responds that Lightray is a good friend.
• Though seemingly obssessed with gaining knowledge beyond the source to the point that he disregards all worldly gains, what is actually on Yuga Khan's mind whenever he closes his eyes? The loss of his beloved wife.