Darkseid sends Kalibak to Earth to plant the Morrow Stone as a distraction so that Wilson Gilmore can be kidnapped and have a portion of the Anti-Life equation removed from his brain.
Darkseid; DeSaad; Highfather; Kalibak; Lightray; Orion; Tyrus; Tracker (three-headed dog); The Commander; Suli (flashback, Darkseid's first wife); Heggra (flashback, Darkseid's mother); Dave Lincoln; Harvey Lockman; Phil Lockman; Jovita
Synopsis
Orion battles Tyrus and Tracker on Apokolips, and discovers the hidden location of the Hunger Dogs. Lightray is told some of Darkseid's early history, and of the death of his first wife, Suli.
Orion joins the army of Apokolips while civil war rages on New Genesis. Metron tells Lightray of the background of Orion and Mister Miracle and how Miracle escaped from Apokolips.