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Post by rom on Jul 1, 2017 23:22:11 GMT -5
I've been feeling nostalgic for the original Omega Men series. This was an '80's titles I always wanted to collect, but never did to any great extent. At that time, I remember paging through some of the issues at my LCS and being very impressed. OM was an excellent sci-fi series that really took advantage of the then-new direct market. IIRC this title had incredible art, mature storylines, graphic (but not gratuitous) violence, and was one of the first '80's series consistently printed on high-quality paper. The series consisted of 38 issues & two Annuals (1983 - 1986). Here are some links: dcinthe80s.tumblr.com/post/65405200284/omega-men-1983dc.wikia.com/wiki/Omega_Men/CoversSO, I was happy to recently hear that DC appears to be coming out with an Omnibus reprinting this '80's series in May 2018; there is currently an Amazon "fish" on Amazon.ca (the Canadian Amazon site): www.amazon.ca/Omega-Men-Omnibus-Vol/dp/1401277454/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498968429&sr=1-1&keywords=the+omega+men+omnibusHowever, there is no current listing on the Amazon U.S. site, though there was one a while back. I do hope this Omni is actually released, and that it's popular enough to justify producing a second Omni so that the entire classic series can be reprinted. I don't buy back issues anymore, so a series of Omnis will be the only way I'll be able to read this superb series again. |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jul 2, 2017 8:24:12 GMT -5
I don't recall most of the artwork on Omega Men as being particularly incredible - I didn't think much of it was strong enough to justify the superior paper and inflated price tag. I didn't like Keith Giffen's art as much as his LSH stuff, and Tod Smith's run was pretty pedestrian.
Most of the issues without Lobo are still available cheaply, and the most recent revival wasn't a big seller, so It's doubtful there would be sufficient demand for a reprint.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 2, 2017 10:43:59 GMT -5
Omega men is a decent series.. nothing Earth-shattering, but decent... I grabbed most of it after they crossed over with the Titans.. I think I have all but the issue Lobo's fist appearance is in (which at the time was prohibitively expensive).
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 2, 2017 12:26:57 GMT -5
Yes, this is a series that I've been somewhat inteterested in. Like wildfire2099, I had the Titans crossover, but that's about it.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 2, 2017 17:10:42 GMT -5
I have the entire run.  There's potential there, but the characters need something else to help elevate them. I was excited when Marv Wolfman first introduced them in Green Lantern.   At the time of the announcement of them getting their own direct-only title, I sent DC cash to try to subscribe to it. They sent it back to me saying that subscriptions weren't available ! |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 2, 2017 17:52:27 GMT -5
I never read it. It was a direct title at a time when the nearest comic shop was 150 miles away...kind of like now. I was lucky to make it to a comic shop once or twice a year and when I did I had a lot of other things I was interested in over the Omega Men.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 18:47:03 GMT -5
I had a brief intro in this series and I always wanted to more about Kalista who was a mystery woman to me. She looks very similar to Zatanna.  Kalista Zatanna |
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 2, 2017 21:27:11 GMT -5
I remember this series. At a time when the mainstream superheroes were all the rage, this was taking a chance. Arguably as different a "voice" in the comic scene of the 1980s as The Doom Patrol was in the 1960s.
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Post by rom on Jul 2, 2017 22:35:46 GMT -5
I don't recall most of the artwork on Omega Men as being particularly incredible - I didn't think much of it was strong enough to justify the superior paper and inflated price tag. I didn't like Keith Giffen's art as much as his LSH stuff, and Tod Smith's run was pretty pedestrian. Most of the issues without Lobo are still available cheaply, and the most recent revival wasn't a big seller, so It's doubtful there would be sufficient demand for a reprint. Nice to hear that at least some on here still remember OM. I definitely think the fact that this title was only available on direct market back in the '80's probably kept some potential fans from reading the series. I grew up in a major metropolitan area on the East Coast during that time, and had access to these stores - however, I didn't have a drivers license at the time, and also didn't have the spending $ to get all of the titles I wanted, including OM. Re: the potential forthcoming OM Omnibus #1, from what's listed in the solicitation - it looks like they will include the aforementioned Green Lantern "first appearance" issues. Again, hopefully this will actually be coming out - I know I'm not the only one that would buy this. That being said, maybe some fans will be interested in getting this only for the Lobo issues - since those floppies are expensive these days. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 4, 2017 5:19:52 GMT -5
I remember Omega Men, but my fondest memories of stories in which they are appeared are from Green Lantern and the New Teen Titans. I followed their solo series for a little while, like the first five or six issues, and then lost interest. Still, I think they're good characters with a really intriguing SF concept.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 5, 2017 4:30:45 GMT -5
I collected the first 15 or so issues and I remember being jarred by the graphic depiction of violence by Giffen. One scene showed a baby's head blown off and another had someones entrails hanging out of his body during a fight. When they moved to baxter format, it seems it became skys the limit on storytelling.
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Post by maskedavenger on Jul 9, 2017 14:19:41 GMT -5
I thought this series was flat-out amazing.
I first assumed it would be a galactic romp in the same vein as the Guardians of the Galaxy but it was anything but that. The series starts off immediately with a huge war between the Omega Men and the Citadel. And Giffen and company don't restrain themselves, people die and entire planets blew up.
This series also shatters the concept of what team-books are like, for the most part, the Omega Men doesn't feel like a team at all, but just a group of people barely surviving and plunging ahead begrudgingly to their next destination. The team members almost seem to hate each other. And besides Kalista and maybe Broot, you probably won't care much about the rest of the team. Yes Tigorr is the "Wolverine" of the group, but something about him puts me off. But the stories and the world building are done so well all this can be overlooked. The political and social aspects are extremely well-written and a nice unexpected surprise. At one point you're not even sure if the Omega Men are protagonists or not. The story where Primus going to war against his wife, Harpis' prostitution and Broot discovering child labor are some of the best sci-fi comics I've ever read.
I just feel this was pretty different from the norm and well ahead of its time. Holds up even today. Of course, and Lobo is awesome as well.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 10, 2017 0:07:29 GMT -5
I've got the whole series but haven't read about the first 14 issues or so. Definitely going to read it straight through some day when I get it all sorted, based on your post here. The way you talk about Omega Men is similar to how I feel about L.E.G.I.O.N. and the later R.E.B.E.L.S. series from the 90's.  Really good sci-fi that a lot of people missed.  One of the most underrated series or 2 series I've ever had the pleasure of reading.  Yes, there's linkage here to the Legion of Super-Heroes as well, and yes, there's Lobo. BTW, welcome to the boards maskedavenger |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 10, 2017 9:28:53 GMT -5
I thought this series was flat-out amazing. I first assumed it would be a galactic romp in the same vein as the Guardians of the Galaxy but it was anything but that. The series starts off immediately with a huge war between the Omega Men and the Citadel. And Giffen and company don't restrain themselves, people die and entire planets blew up. This series also shatters the concept of what team-books are like, for the most part, the Omega Men doesn't feel like a team at all, but just a group of people barely surviving and plunging ahead begrudgingly to their next destination. The team members almost seem to hate each other. And besides Kalista and maybe Broot, you probably won't care much about the rest of the team. Yes Tigorr is the "Wolverine" of the group, but something about him puts me off. But the stories and the world building are done so well all this can be overlooked. The political and social aspects are extremely well-written and a nice unexpected surprise. At one point you're not even sure if the Omega Men are protagonists or not. The story where Primus going to war against his wife, Harpis' prostitution and Broot discovering child labor are some of the best sci-fi comics I've ever read. I just feel this was pretty different from the norm and well ahead of its time. Holds up even today. Of course, and Lobo is awesome as well. This would be a close assessment of my thoughts on the series too. And I only read it for the first time back in 2010-2011 or so. I found 90% of the series in bargin bins, and got the rest of the issues, except the annuals. It's not your conventional superhero team book, and the issues they deal with (at least in the 80's when the comic was written) probably weren't a norm. So yeah it really stuck out in my mind. Like reading Watchmen in the 90's. Yeah I wasn't there for it being the "diamond in the rough" that it was, but you can feel it in the comics, and know that this series probably didn't the praise it deserved because it was normal superhero fare. |
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Post by batusi on Jul 22, 2017 19:41:58 GMT -5
I remember reading it first in NTT, then in the Omega Men ongoing series, it was good, I looked forward to it, the art team changed, it became mediocre and then it was just BLAH & then it was cancelled!  |
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