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Issue: Orion: The Gates of Apokolips #[nn]
Publication Date: April 2001
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
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
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Darkseid; Tigra
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #1 published June 2000
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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An Incomplete History of the New Gods

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Daniel "Terrible" Turpin; Lightray; Tigra; Highfather; Justeen; Darkseid; Desaad; Kalibak
Synopsis: 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.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #1 published June 2000
was O Beautiful for Spacious Skies... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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[Orion #2 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Tigra
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #2 published July 2000
was A Mother Is a Terrible Thing to Waste [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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...For Amber Waves of Grain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Newsboy Legion [Tommy; Scrapper; Gabby; Flip; Big Words; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Daniel "Terrible" Turpin; Dave Lincoln; Tigra; Justeen; Darkseid; Desaad
Synopsis: 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.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #2 published July 2000
was ...For Amber Waves of Grain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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[Orion #3 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #3 published August 2000
was Town Without Pity! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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For Purple Mountain Majesties...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Tigra; Darkseid; Desaad; Newsboy Legion [Scrapper; Gabby; Big Words; Tommy; Flip; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Takion
Synopsis: 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.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #3 published August 2000
was For Purple Mountain Majesties... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
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Nativity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Frank Miller
Inker(s): Frank Miller
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Tigra; Darkseid; Orion
Synopsis: On the day of Orion's birth, Darkseid takes the child from Tigra and banishes her.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #3 published August 2000
was Nativity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[Orion #4 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Billion Dollar Bates
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #4 published September 2000
was The Unexpected Return of the Billion Dollar Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Above the Fruited Plain...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: 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.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #4 published September 2000
was Above the Fruited Plain... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
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Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Dave Gibbons
Inker(s): Dave Gibbons
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Editor(s): Joey Cavalieri
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Lightray; Lady Tatheta
Synopsis: Lightray tries to discover if Tigra's story of Orion's parentage is true.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #4 published September 2000
was Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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[Orion #5 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Darkseid
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #5 published October 2000
was Orion vs. Darkseid for All the Marbles! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Day of Wrath

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Walter Simonson; Cliff Chiang (border breakdowns)
Inker(s): Walter Simonson
Colorist(s): Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Orion; Darkseid
Synopsis: Orion and Darkseid seemingly battle to the death, witnessed by the people of New Genesis and Apokolips.
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From Content Item: FlagOrion #5 published October 2000
was Day of Wrath [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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Goodness and Mercy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove
Inker(s): Bill Reinhold
Colorist(s): Sherri van Valkenburgh; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letterer(s): John Workman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Darkseid; Granny Goodness
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From Content Item: FlagSecret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1 published December 1999
was Goodness and Mercy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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…Carnival in Armagetto!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simonson
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson
Inker(s): Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): Klaus Janson
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Orion
Character(s): Darkseid; Commander Tusk; Mister Miracle
Synopsis: Darkseid attempts to prevent a carnival in Armagetto.
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From Content Item: FlagLegends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2 published January 2000
was …Carnival in Armagetto! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10

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