Orion (DC)
Orion is a male comic deity superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Orion
Modern
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of history was created with a different series of events.
For some time, divinations of the future revealed that doom was coming to the cosmos with this heralding the return of Darkseid and his ascendance into power. It was then that a crisis emerged when the Source Wall itself was threatened with destruction with the New Gods intervening alongside the Justice League. However, despite their attempts, they failed and the Wall collapsed with an ancient primordial being unleashed from eons of imprisonment. With their release, the New Gods attempts to flee through a Boom Tube but came to be unformed as a result with Orion seemingly among the few survivors. He became convinced that his father Darkseid was responsible and sought to stop him where he clad himself in okkulting armor to protect him from the Eskaton that were to hunt the New Gods upon their demise. Taking the identity of Okkult, he set about the task of hunting down and eliminating Darkeid who had activated the Sepulkore where he was creating a new race of gods to serve him. (Justice League Odyssey v1 #16)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He once took the name of Okkult when he tried to hide his true identity. (Justice League Odyssey v1 #16)
It was said that of all the New God celestials that he was the one most plagued by shadows. (New Gods v1 #1)
Orion was said to fight with the fury of one born of Apokolips. It was said that one such as Orion could never be taken captive with his kind dying in battle. (New Gods v1 #2)
He believed that his destiny was one of battle and he answered the call for the ultimate mission which was to thwart ultimate destruction. (New Gods v1 #1)
Darkseid himself claimed that Orion was an enemy that was to be respected. (New Orions v1 #2)
It was said that he and Lightray were very different from one another yet were close friends. (New Gods v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
He claimed to had been trained to resist all degrees of fear. (New Gods v1 #2)
It was noted that he was the wielder of the Astro-Force. (New Gods v1 #1)
He was equipped with a Mother Box that was a common piece of technology for the New Gods of New Genesis. It did whatever was beneficial to its user where it generated a warm presence and spoke electronic computer-like sounds. Mother Box was capable of sharing images from Orion with others allowing him to show his knowledge to others quickly. Their sensors were also capable of detecting invisible beams of energy and could task it to track down the source. (New Gods v1 #2)
Orion was able to voice summon his war armour where it phased in his gear from subspace after it being unlocked and it simply emerged around him. (Justice League Odyssey v1 #17) He was known to make use of okkulting armor that could hide his presence from beings such as the Eskaton who hunted the New Gods. (Justice League Odyssey v1 #16)
For a time, he had with him a war dog by the name of Sturmer who had fine mega-senses. (JLA v1 #34)
Notes
- Orion was created by Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in New Gods v1 #1 (February, 1971).
Alternate Versions
- In Future State: Green Lantern v1 #2 (2021), an alternate version of Orion appeared in the possible timeline of Future State. This version came to be trapped where he was worshipped by a cult of warriors who knew him as the God in Red.
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, Orion made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Orion made his first appearance in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Steve Sandor.
- In Justice League, Orion returned in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Ron Perlman.
- In Young Justice, Orion appeared in the setting of the animated television series third season Outsiders where he was voiced by actor Ben Diskin. He was impersonated by Ma'alefa'ak who attacked the Bugs of New Genesis in order to lead to increased hostilities between them and the New Gods.
Films
- In Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Orion appeared in the animated film set in an alternate universe where he was voiced by actor Josh Keaton.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, Orion appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Orion made a cameo appearance in the video game where a statue of his head was shown in the Hall of Justice.
Appearances
- New Gods v1: (1971)
- JLA v1:
- Wonder Woman:
- Green Lantern v5:
- Mister Miracle v4:
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps v1:
- Justice League Odyssey v1:
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