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Issue: Orion: The Gates of Apokolips #[nn]
Publication Date: April 2001
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 02/07/2001
Volume:
Pages: ?
ISBN: 1563897784
UPC/EAN: 76194122890700111
Price: $21.95 CAD
$12.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dale Crain (collection editor); Scott Nybakken (associate editor); Joey Cavalieri (original editor)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Darkseid; Tigra
Reprinting
FlagOrion #1 published June 2000
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
An Incomplete History of the New Gods

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Daniel "Terrible" Turpin; Lightray; Tigra; Highfather; Justeen; Darkseid; Desaad; Kalibak
Orion is reeling from his mother's revelation that he is not the son of Darkseid after all, and he flies to Apokolips to find Darkseid. However, Darkseid is on Earth with Desaad where they are conducting a deadly experiment in a small Nebraska town.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #1 published June 2000
was O Beautiful for Spacious Skies... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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[Orion #2 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Tigra
Reprinting
FlagOrion #2 published July 2000
was A Mother Is a Terrible Thing to Waste [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
...For Amber Waves of Grain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Newsboy Legion [Tommy; Scrapper; Gabby; Flip; Big Words; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Daniel "Terrible" Turpin; Dave Lincoln; Tigra; Justeen; Darkseid; Desaad
Orion tracks Darkseid to Nebraska, where he is trying once more to obtain the Anti-Life Equation from the minds of Earth's inhabitants. Elsewhere, the Newsboy Legion finishes their latest version of the Whiz Wagon and goes to collect Jimmy Olsen so they can test it out.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #2 published July 2000
was ...For Amber Waves of Grain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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[Orion #3 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion
Reprinting
FlagOrion #3 published August 2000
was Town Without Pity! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
For Purple Mountain Majesties...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Tigra; Darkseid; Desaad; Newsboy Legion [Scrapper; Gabby; Big Words; Tommy; Flip; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Takion
Darkseid's Suicide Jockeys kill Tigra and Orion vows revenge. Elsewhere, Jimmy and the Newsboy Legion travel to New Genesis, where the populace has received a strange command from the Source.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #3 published August 2000
was For Purple Mountain Majesties... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Nativity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Frank Miller
Frank Miller
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Tigra; Darkseid; Orion
On the day of Orion's birth, Darkseid takes the child from Tigra and banishes her.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #3 published August 2000
was Nativity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[Orion #4 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Billion Dollar Bates
Reprinting
FlagOrion #4 published September 2000
was The Unexpected Return of the Billion Dollar Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Above the Fruited Plain...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Darkseid; Desaad; Takion; Kalibak; Billion Dollar Bates; Lightray; Newsboy Legion [Tommy; Big Words; Flip; Gabby; Scrapper; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Kanto; Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Beautiful Dreamer; Serafin; Big Bear; Vykin] (cameo flashback)
Orion attacks Darkseid's Nebraska location but Darkseid and Desaad escape. The Newsboy Legion is challenged by Kanto, Darkseid's personal assassin, and the people of New Genesis travel to Apokolips at the command of the Source.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #4 published September 2000
was Above the Fruited Plain... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
17
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Joey Cavalieri
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Lightray; Lady Tatheta
Lightray tries to discover if Tigra's story of Orion's parentage is true.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #4 published September 2000
was Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Orion #5 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Darkseid
Reprinting
FlagOrion #5 published October 2000
was Orion vs. Darkseid for All the Marbles! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Day of Wrath

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (border breakdowns)
Walter Simonson
Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Orion; Darkseid
Orion and Darkseid seemingly battle to the death, witnessed by the people of New Genesis and Apokolips.
Reprinting
FlagOrion #5 published October 2000
was Day of Wrath [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Goodness and Mercy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Jon Bogdanove
Bill Reinhold
Sherri van Valkenburgh; Digital Chameleon (separations)
John Workman
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Darkseid; Granny Goodness
Reprinting
FlagSecret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1 published December 1999
was Goodness and Mercy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
…Carnival in Armagetto!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walter Simonson
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
superhero
Orion
Darkseid; Commander Tusk; Mister Miracle
Darkseid attempts to prevent a carnival in Armagetto.
Reprinting
FlagLegends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2 published January 2000
was …Carnival in Armagetto! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10

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