| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh | Orion; Darkseid; Tigra |
| 1 | An Incomplete History of the New Gods | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson | |
| 2 | O Beautiful for Spacious Skies... | comic story | 22 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson, Cliff Chiang; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John Workman | Orion; Daniel "Terrible" Turpin; Lightray; Tigra; Highfather; Justeen; Darkseid; Desaad; Kalibak |
| 3 | Orion #2 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh | Orion; Tigra |
| 4 | ...For Amber Waves of Grain! | comic story | 22 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson, Cliff Chiang; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John E. Workman Jr. | Orion; Newsboy Legion [Tommy; Scrapper; Gabby; Flip; Big Words; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Daniel "Terrible" Turpin; Dave Lincoln; Tigra; Justeen; Darkseid; Desaad |
| 5 | Orion #3 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh | Orion |
| 6 | For Purple Mountain Majesties... | comic story | 16 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson, Cliff Chiang; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John Workman | Orion; Tigra; Darkseid; Desaad; Newsboy Legion [Scrapper; Gabby; Big Words; Tommy; Flip; Famous Bobbie]; Jimmy Olsen; Takion |
| 7 | Nativity | comic story | 6 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John Workman | Tigra; Darkseid; Orion |
| 8 | Orion #4 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh | Orion; Billion Dollar Bates |
| 9 | Above the Fruited Plain... | comic story | 17 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson, Cliff Chiang; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John Workman | 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) |
| 10 | Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down... | comic story | 5 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John Workman | Lightray; Lady Tatheta |
| 11 | Orion #5 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh | Orion; Darkseid |
| 12 | Day of Wrath | comic story | 22 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson, Cliff Chiang; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John E. Workman Jr. | Orion; Darkseid |
| 13 | Goodness and Mercy | comic story | 10 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Bill Reinhold; colors: Digital Chameleon, Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: John Workman | Darkseid; Granny Goodness |
| 14 | …Carnival in Armagetto! | comic story | 10 | script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Klaus Janson; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Klaus Janson; letters: Bill Oakley | Darkseid; Commander Tusk; Mister Miracle |