Who Is Orion Assante? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Orion Assante is a Creator-Owned comic book character, the alter ego of Orion Edward Assante, with over 28 comic issue appearances. Orion Assante rose up from wealthy aristocrat to become the first Grendel Khan, a benevolent ruler of most of the world.

Who is Orion Assante?

Origin Orion Assante was a member of a wealthy aristocratic family in the post-apocalyptic world of Grendel during the era of Pope Innocent XLII. He had two sisters, Neki and Cesti , with whom he was very close. He was the head of Labor for the BASIC System, one of the corporation-states in the west of North America. He was a principled man determined to help the people of his System. Assante's family converted from Greek Orthodox to American Catholicism during the Great Unification. As a teenager he began to lose his faith, a situation not made better by his father being excommunicated by the church. Despite this his family became wealthy and achieved high social status. Orion Assante grew up in a life of privilege.

Key facts

Orion Assante is of human origin and first appeared in "[Devil Reborn]". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 28 recorded issue appearances, Orion Assante ranks among the most featured characters in comics.