Orion (DC)

    (DC, 2000-2002)
™ and ©2000 DC Comics

The New Gods—Orion, Lightray, Mister Miracle, and company—have been major players in the DC Universe since the early 1970s, when the legendary Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) unleashed them on unsuspecting comic book readers.

Following on the heels of writer/artist John Byrne’s excellent twenty-issue Fourth World (Jack Kirby’s…) series, writer/artist Walter Simonson launched Orion. It focuses more particularly on the adventures of the alleged son of Darkseid, the despotic ruler of Apokolips whose pursuit of the ultimate power—the Anti-Life Equation—continues in this series and brings him into conflict with the title character, the greatest warrior of New Genesis. Simonson’s work here matches the greatness of his run on Thor in the 1980s. Readers are not only treated to this comics industry legend’s exquisite pencils and inks on the main feature, but also the gorgeous line work of such luminaries as Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knight, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Give Me Liberty) on the “Tales of the New Gods” backup feature.
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#1

June, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $0.99 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#2

July, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $1.10 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#3

August, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $2.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, Frank Miller
#4

September, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $1.75 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, Dave Gibbons
#5

October, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $2.50 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#6

November, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $2.90 		Eric Stephenson, Walt SimonsonErik Larsen, Walt Simonson
#7

December, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $1.75 		Walt Simonson, Howard ChaykinWalt Simonson, Howard Chaykin
#8

January, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $3.00 		Walt Simonson, Jeph LoebWalt Simonson, Rob Liefeld
#9

February, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $3.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#10

March, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $4.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, Arthur Adams
#11

April, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $1.91 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#12

May, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $1.75 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, Jim Lee
#13

June, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $2.50 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, John Byrne
#14

July, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $2.50 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, John Byrne
#15

August, 2001
Cover Price: $3.95
2 copies available from $2.00 		Walt Simonson, Kevin McCarthyWalt Simonson, John Paul Leon
#16

September, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $2.75 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#17

October, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $1.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#18

November, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $2.98 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, Al Milgrom
#19

December, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $3.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson, Eddie Campbell
#20

January, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
11 copies available from $1.50 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#21

February, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $2.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#22

March, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $0.90 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#23

April, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $3.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#24

May, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $3.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
#25

June, 2002
Cover Price: $3.95
4 copies available from $8.00 		Walt SimonsonWalt Simonson
Book #1 (Includes Simonson's Fourth World-related short stories, covers and sketches From Showcase 94' #1, DCU Holiday Bash, Jack Kirby's Fourth World #1-20, Secret Origins of Super-Villians 80-Page Giant #1, Countdown #24, Lehends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2, New Gods 12-15, Mister Miracle #6 and The Fourth World Gallery)


Cover Price: $12.95
2 copies available from $2.55 		Walt Simonson, Eric Stephenson, Howard Chaykin, Jeph Loeb, Scott BeattyWalt Simonson, Cliff Chiang, Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons, Erik Larsen, Howard Chaykin, Rob Liefeld, Arthur Adams, José Luis García-López, Sal Buscema, Jon Bogdanove, Bill Reinhold, Klaus Janson