Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Orion Omnibus by Walter Simonson CollectedEditions.com. I always speak the truth, so believe me when I swear, everything I say is false. Read between the lines or you'll fall through the cracks. Quoting other people is no substitute for thinking for yourself. Mar 14, 2015 #82 2015-03-14T16:25. Mar 14, 2015 #83 2015-03-14T17:14. Mar 14, 2015 #84 2015-03-14T18:59. Mar 14, 2015 #85 2015-03-14T19:00. You only say that cos it's true. To quote Kirby (or at least paraphrase him): 'Don't ask, just buy it!' John Byrne always says he was the true hier apparent to Kirby and there is a lot to say for that, in the sense that he took over Kirby's driving role at Marvel. But in terms of majesty, kineticism and sheer power, Simonson was the King's true successor. I always speak the truth, so believe me when I swear, everything I say is false. Read between the lines or you'll fall through the cracks. Quoting other people is no substitute for thinking for yourself. Mar 14, 2015 #86 2015-03-14T19:26. You only say that cos it's true. To quote Kirby (or at least paraphrase him): 'Don't ask, just buy it!' John Byrne always says he was the true hier apparent to Kirby and there is a lot to say for that, in the sense that he took over Kirby's driving role at Marvel. But in terms of majesty, kineticism and sheer power, Simonson was the King's true successor. Mar 14, 2015 #87 2015-03-14T19:59. I always speak the truth, so believe me when I swear, everything I say is false. Read between the lines or you'll fall through the cracks. Quoting other people is no substitute for thinking for yourself. Mar 14, 2015 #88 2015-03-14T20:22. Apr 08, 2015 #89 2015-04-08T13:17. Apr 08, 2015 #90 2015-04-08T20:23. Apr 09, 2015 #91 2015-04-09T20:03. Apr 09, 2015 #92 2015-04-10T02:32. Apr 09, 2015 #93 2015-04-10T03:14. Apr 11, 2015 #94 2015-04-11T08:26. Received my Omnibus in the post yesterday (man, SpeedyHen are fast!) and it's a pretty gorgeous package, it has to be said. Glued binding, as you'd expect from DC, but it all looks good to me. And comprehensive too. Deluxe sized, containing 750 pages on thick matte paper, and it seems to me that they've included pretty much EVERYTHING of Walt's - ie. not just the back-up stories from the Orion series but all the other miscellaneous New Gods stories Simonson had a hand in too. On the downside, there's no contents page and no introduction either, but - hey - life's never perfect. Anyway, for those who are interested here's a list of everything in the book (in order): ORION #1-25 - all the main stories, including covers (these covers are minus copy and logos, similar to those in the THOR omnibus) TALES OF THE NEW GODS section: THE WALL OF SOULS by Simonson & Jose Luis Garcia-Lopex A HIGHFATHER CHRISTMAS by Simonson & Sal Buscema SCHOOL DAYS by Simonson LESSON ONE by Simonson LESSON TWO by Simonson FINAL EXAM by Simonson THE BEGINNING OF THE END by Simonson GOODNESS AND MERCY by Simonson & Jon Bogdanove CARNIVAL IN ARMAGETTO! by Simonson & Klaus Janson NATIVITY by Simonson & Frank Miller (from Orion #3) ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN by Simonson & Dave Gibbons (back-up from Orion #4) THE PERFECT SERVANT by Eric Stephenson & Eric Larsen (back-up from Orion #6) DEATH AND HIS BROTHER by Simonson & Howard Chaykin (back-up from Orion #7) DEADEND by Jeph Loeb & Rob Liefield (back-up from Orion #8) LIGHT! by Simonson & Art Adams (back-up from Orion #10) THE GARDEN by Simonson & Jim Lee (back-up from Orion #12) THE ARMING OF APOKOLIPS! by Simonson (back-up from Orion #13) FRANKENSTEIN'S LEGACY by Simonson (back-up from Orion #14) GREATER THAN/LESSER THAN by Kevin McCarthy & John Paul Leon (back-up from Orion #15) A GOOD SERVANT by Simonson & Al Milgrom (back-up from Orion #18) THE ART OF THE DEAL by Simonson & Eddie Campbell (back-up from Orion #19) INFINITELY GENTLE INFINITELY SUFFERING by Mark Millar & Steve Ditko THE ORIGIN OF DESAAD by Scott Beatty & Simonson COVER GALLERY Including covers from NEW GODS, MISTER MIRACLE & JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD (all with copy and logos) PINUP GALLERY SKETCH GALLERY. So a pretty substantial collection all in all - although for the life of me I can't understand why they decided to include that Millar/Ditko story since it has no connection to Simonson at all . That one makes no sense to me, although it's still nice to have I guess. It is Ditko, after all. And while I can understand Walt being unhappy about the back-ups being separated from the main narratives it's not too much of a problem since the blurbs at the end of each issue always mention which back-up will be in the next ish (along with the name of the guest artist) - so it's easy enough once you've read the main story to then flip straight to the appropriate back-up at the end of the book in order to get the full story. ORION by Walter Simonson OMNIBUS. This deserves its own thread, especially to launch a preemptive strike against DC Omissions Department. Simonson himself was totally unaware of this like everybody else, so it's in the capable hands of the DC editors to give us the complete package. The main dish is the 25 issue ORION run, and here's a makeshift list all the odds and ends of NEW GODS Simonson material ranging from 1994 to 2008: Other comic stories: — SHOWCASE '94 #1 (1994)— 10 page story drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez — DC UNIVERSE HOLIDAY BASH #1 (1997) — 9 page xmas story drawn by Sal Buscema — JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD #9, 10, 11 and 13 (1997-98) — back-up shorts written and drawn by Simonson — NEW GODS SECRET FILES #1 (1998) — cover + pin-up + 3 page story written and drawn by Simonson — SECRET ORIGINS OF SUPER-VILLAINS 80-PAGE GIANT #1 (1999) — 10 page story drawn by Jon Bogdanove — LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE 80-PAGE GIANT #2 (2000) — 10 page story drawn by Klaus Janson — COUNTDOWN #24 (2008) — 2 page story "The Origin of Desaad" written by Scott Beatty. Covers and pin-ups: — Covers to NEW GODS #12-15 (1996), JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD #1-11, #13-20 (1997-98) and MISTER MIRACLE #6 (1996) — JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD GALLERY (1996 ) — cover and 2 pin-ups — THE ART OF WALTER SIMONSON (1989) — "Simonson Portfolio" (Pin-ups featuring Darkseid; Orion; Kalibak; Mister Miracle) — WHO'S HOW IN THE DC UNIVERSE #16 (1992) — "Cosmic Odyssey" 2 page character profile — LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE 3-D GALLERY #1 (1998 )— Orion pin-up — SECRET FILES & ORIGINS GUIDE TO THE DC UNIVERSE 2000 #1 (2000) — Orion and the New Gods pin-up. Orion Omnibus Hardcover – 15 April 2015. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item? No customer reviews. Review this product. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon.com. I had been wanting to check out this book for some time as I really wanted something by this author that was DC and I love just about anything having to do with Darkseid! Story: It took me a while to get through this book. I found the overall story to be a true epic in terms of concepts and scale. The story certainly didn't take the path I expected it to, so the plot of the book as a whole certainly surprised me and I'm glad I couldn't predict where it was going to go. I see now that if Simonson had written the story how I thought it was going to be it would have turned out to be predictable and just "okay". But, what we have here is truly masterful storytelling! I'm not familiar with Jack Kirby's original Fourth World comics. This is my first foray into comics with the New Gods as the main characters. I have read from other reviewers that Simonson is the only writer to ever seemingly come close to Kirby's original vision for his characters. I'd like to say that this omnibus probably has a larger number of interesting characters than any other series I've read (except maybe Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run). There are so many characters that Simonson involves in this epic but he gives ample time in story for everyone to have their moments to shine. I loved that this series took Orion all over the place from the mid U.S., to New Genesis, to Apocalypse, and the Source Wall to name a few. As I read through this I certainly got the feeling of scope and scale, especially as the series comes to an end! The story was very intertaining; great job Simonson! Art: Simonson is a legendary artist in the medium and his pencils here are pretty good and certainly come across as "artsy", but it WAS the art that made it hard for me to get through this sometimes. Simonson's art definitely belongs in the 80's (when he did his revered run on Thor) and if you're very familiar with comics history you can tell just by looking through the issues that it has a very 80's style to it.