Orion #3
(August 2000)

DC, 2000 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2000-06-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941215921 00311
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (credited) (editor)

Town Without Pity! (Table of Contents)

Orion / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh ?
Letters
John Workman ?
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Orion
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For Purple Mountain Majesties... (Table of Contents: 2)

Orion / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Walter Simonson (credited); Cliff Chiang (backgrounds)
Inks
Walter Simonson (credited)
Colors
Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sky is afire with the cryptic and terrible symbols of the anti-life equation...
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Orion; Tigra (death); Darkseid (villain); Desaad (villain); Newsboy Legion [Scrapper; Gabby; Big Words; Tommy; Flip; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Takion; Lightray
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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Indexer Notes

Chiang assisting Simonson noted in the text page of #2 and his exact role verified by Ralf Haring.

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Nativity (Table of Contents: 10)

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Script
Walter Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here lie the corpses of dreams...
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Tales of the New Gods
Genre
superhero
Characters
Tigra; Darkseid; Orion; Alba (death); Lakutha (death)
Synopsis
On the day of Orion's birth, Darkseid takes the child from Tigra and banishes her.
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An Incomplete History of the New Gods (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script
Walter Simonson (credited)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As a created mythos, the New Gods began back in the late 1960s from ideas, stories, and characters springing from the incredibly fertile mind of Jack Kirby.
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

The publication and storyline history of Jack Kirby's New Gods.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Town Without Pity!
    Orion
  2. 1. ["Great as a floating drinkholder"]
    Rice Krispies Treats
  3. 2. For Purple Mountain Majesties...
    Orion
  4. 3. ["Deftones White Pony"]
  5. 4. ["The men are back!"]
    Game Boy
  6. 5. ["Capture runaway cat with repairman's help."]
    Playstation
  7. 6. ["The Legend of Dragoon"]
  8. 7. ["Pasty complexion, funny accent, bad teeth. He'll feel right at home in London."]
    MediEvil II
  9. 8. ["Tonight on the Winky the Crow Show"]
    Corn Nuts
  10. 9. ["Think twisted. Think fast."]
    Micro Maniacs
  11. 10. Nativity
    New Gods
  12. 11. ["New titles! Great prices!"]
  13. 12. ["Hey, kids! Comics!"]
  14. 13. ["Blow your own bubble."]
    Bubble Yum
  15. 14. ["Heroism at home - and around the globe!"]
  16. 15. An Incomplete History of the New Gods
    New Gods
  17. 16. ["His destiny is in your hands!"]
  18. 17. ["Iron Soldier 3"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ken Austin
  • Dwayne Best
  • Lionel English
  • Ralf Haring
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore
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