Omega Men

For the movie, see The Omega Man.
Omega Men

The Omega Men by Pasqual Ferry
Group publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Green Lantern #141 (June 1981)
Created by Marv Wolfman (writer)
Joe Staton (artist)
In-story information
Type of organization Team
Base(s) Kuraq
in the Vegan system
Agent(s) Tigorr
Broot
Elu
Ryand'r
Omega Men
Cover to Omega Men #1 (April 1983). Art by Keith Giffen and Mike DeCarlo.
Series publication information
Schedule Monthly
Format (vol. 1)
Ongoing series
(vol. 2)
Limited series
(vol. 3)
Limited series
Genre
Publication date (vol. 1)
April 1983 – May 1986
(vol. 2)
December 2006 – May 2007
(vol. 3)
August 2015 – Present
Number of issues (vol. 1)
38
(vol. 2)
6
(vol. 3)
12
Creative team
Writer(s) (vol. 1)
Roger Slifer
(vol. 2)
Andersen Gabrych
(vol. 3)
Tom King
Artist(s) (vol. 2)
Henry Flint
(vol. 3)
Barnaby Bagenda
Penciller(s) (vol. 1)
Keith Giffen
Inker(s) (vol. 1)
Mike DeCarlo
Letterer(s) (vol. 1)
John Costanza
(vol. 2)
Pat Brosseau
Colorist(s) (vol. 1)
Petra Goldberg
(vol. 2)
Donimic Regan
(vol. 3)
Romulo Fajardo, Jr
Creator(s) Marv Wolfman (writer)
Joe Staton (artist)

The Omega Men are a fictional team of extraterrestrial superheroes who have appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Green Lantern #141 (June 1981), and were created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton.[1]

Publication history

After appearances in Green Lantern, Action Comics and The New Teen Titans, the Omega Men were featured in their own comics series which ran for 38 issues from April 1983 to May 1986. During its run, writer Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen created the mercenary anti-hero Lobo. Later creators included writers Doug Moench and Todd Klein (who also lettered later issues in the run), artists Tod Smith, Shawn McManus and Alex Niño, and inkers Mike DeCarlo, Jim McDermott and Greg Theakston.

Members of the Omega Men also appeared in the 2004 eight-issue Adam Strange limited series, as well as the 2005 Infinite Crisis lead-in 6-issue limited series, Rann-Thanagar War and the 2008 follow-up Rann-Thanagar Holy War.[2]

In 2006 they had their own six issue limited series with Tigorr, Doc, Elu, Broot and Ryand'r - written by Andersen Gabrych and art by Henry Flint.[3][4]

Fictional team history

The Omega Men hail from the Vegan system, a planetary system with twenty-five habitable planets, which as of the early 1980s had been ruled for millennia by the Citadelians, a race of warriors cloned from the First Citadelian, the demi-godlike son of X'Hal.

cover of Green Lantern #141
art by George Pérez

The Citadelians established a tyrannical regime based in a fortress moon known as the Citadel. The citadel then set about to conquer the younger races of Vega. Originally there were only two races in the Vegan system, the primitive Branx and the pacifistic Okaarans, but the Psions used Okaaran DNA to create the other twenty-three races of Vega such as the Tamaraneans, Euphorixians, Aelloans, Karnans, and the Changralyns.

The Omega Men were assembled as a group of renegades and representatives of conquered Vegan worlds to fight Citadelian aggression. Pre-Infinite Crisis the team was based on the planet Kuraq. The Omega Men are important peacekeepers in their sector because the Green Lantern Corps is not allowed into Vegan space, due to a long-standing agreement with the Psions.

The Omega Men made a return appearance in the Adam Strange mini-series. Still led by Tigorr, with veteran members Broot, Doc, Elu, Artin and Harpis. They were joined by a group of new members whose names were given, but not identified in the book. They were still fighting the Spider Empire. One of their new members, a precog, results in them waiting in a Rannian space station for some time; their ultimate purpose to meet Adam Strange. It was in this storyline that the first Doc is discovered to be a Durlan assassin. Doc himself is presumed slain.

In the recent Omega Men mini-series, it had been revealed that upon returning to the remains of Tamaran with Ryand'r (who was not part of the team in the Adam Strange mini-series), the Omegans are attacked by the Darkstar zombies of Lady Styx and all but five of them died.

The Omega Men have been seen fleeing L.E.G.I.O.N. robots during a hostile takeover ousting Vril Dox.[5]

Alternate versions

An alternate future has the Earth taken over by a new Nazi movement. A division of Omega Men participates in a rescue mission and all are killed.[6]

Current members

Founding members

Later members

Deceased members

Other members

The New 52

A modified version of the Omega Men dubbed The Omegas debuted in the rebooted The New 52 continuity. The new group consists of young aliens under the tutelage of Zealot. Each of the aliens' parents were enslaved by Lobo, and they are united in seeking revenge on the marauder.[7]

The Omega Men introduced another version of the Omega Men, this time as a rebel faction in the Vega system.[8] They have no connection to The Omegas.

The Omegas members

The Omega Men members

References

  1. ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. DC's newest science-fiction franchise, a band of over one hundred aliens called the Omega Men." " They gave Green Lantern a run for his money in this issue written by Marv Wolfman, with art by Joe Staton, and the Omega Men went on to gain their own ongoing series in 1983.
  2. ↑ Dan Didio on R/T: Holy War and Reign in Hell, Newsarama, 2-09-2008
  3. ↑ Andersen Gabrych on Omega Men, Newsarama, June 9, 2006
  4. ↑ Alpha & Omega: Gabrych talks "The Omega Men", Comic Book Resources, August 17, 2006
  5. ↑ R.E.B.E.L.S. #1
  6. ↑ "Justice Society of America" (vol. 3) #38 - 40 (June–August 2010)
  7. ↑ Deathstroke #9
  8. ↑ The Omega Men #1

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