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Post by berkley on Apr 8, 2015 21:14:08 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 8, 2015 21:19:43 GMT -5
I like your thinking fanboystranger and hope something like that happens.
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Post by Crimebuster on Apr 8, 2015 21:53:25 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. This was Lobo's first appearance. He's pretty much just a space bounty hunter in these issues. He wasn't turned into the over-the-top parody version until a few years later. It's been a long time since I read any of the series, but I remember finding it interesting as a kid. It was maybe a little too mature for me to fully get, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2015 22:05:56 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. I only have a couple of issues but it has intrigued me enough to go on my want list. There's a pretty good overview of the series on the wikipedia page hereMost of the series can be found in dollar bins, but #3 which features the first appearance of Lobo can be pricey. It's sci fi super-hero fare tied to the Green Lantern Corps mythos and the legacy of Starfire from New Teen Titans as Tmaaran plays a part in the storyline as well and is set in the Vegan system which is where Starfire and her people hails from. -M |
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Post by berkley on Apr 9, 2015 0:32:58 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. I only have a couple of issues but it has intrigued me enough to go on my want list. There's a pretty good overview of the series on the wikipedia page hereMost of the series can be found in dollar bins, but #3 which features the first appearance of Lobo can be pricey. It's sci fi super-hero fare tied to the Green Lantern Corps mythos and the legacy of Starfire from New Teen Titans as Tmaaran plays a part in the storyline as well and is set in the Vegan system which is where Starfire and her people hails from. -M The curse of the over-priced first-appearance issue. I have every issue of Tomb of Dracula, even #1, but have yet to find a reasonably priced copy of ToD #11 or whichever one Blade was introduced in. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 9, 2015 11:04:32 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. I've picked a picked a bunch of issues out of quarter bins over the past year, and while I don't have a complete run, I do have most of the first two years. It's a good series, but I'd put it on the sliding scale towards DC's more mature series of the time rather than their usual superhero hero stuff. I guess a good comparison would be the Levitz/Giffen Legion of Superheroes with more graphic violence and bitter characters. One thing I do really like about the book is that it's emphasized that it is a war book, albeit sci-fi war, and characters often pay the consequences of war. Also, I like that most of the Omega Men don't trust each other, have different strategies, and will go behind each other's backs to achieve their goals, mostly because their original leader, Primus, is such a blowhard and pompous ass that's frequently wrong. That sort of character dynamic is more common now, but it wasn't all that common in a Big Two comic of the period. (I think the inspiration for much of the series is actually 2000AD, probably Pat Mills' ABC Warriors specifically as that series has a similiar character dynamic of beings that hate each other thrown together for a common good with the most traditionally heroic character frequently depicted as a sentimental idiot.)
Giffen doesn't stay on that long, but the art is generally good throughout the issues I have. (Actually, the Sean McManus illustrated Annual 2 is something of a lost masterpiece. Perhaps the finest art of his career, including the Moore Swamp Thing and Sandman issues he's illustrated.) If you could can get the issues cheap, I'd say go for it.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 9, 2015 11:38:17 GMT -5
Are you going to be trying Tom King's post-Convergence Omega Men ?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 12:15:02 GMT -5
Are you going to be trying Tom King's post-Convergence Omega Men ? It's one I am considering checking out, but will likely wait to see reviews/reactions and get it in trade down the road, as I have no real interest in starting up a pull or buying individual issues of new comics again at this point in time. -M |
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 9, 2015 12:24:02 GMT -5
Are you going to be trying Tom King's post-Convergence Omega Men ? I am. I thought the last mini was pretty good. Not Henry Flint's best work, but any Henry Flint work is usually worth picking up. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 9, 2015 12:57:08 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. I only have a couple of issues but it has intrigued me enough to go on my want list. There's a pretty good overview of the series on the wikipedia page hereMost of the series can be found in dollar bins, but #3 which features the first appearance of Lobo can be pricey. It's sci fi super-hero fare tied to the Green Lantern Corps mythos and the legacy of Starfire from New Teen Titans as Tmaaran plays a part in the storyline as well and is set in the Vegan system which is where Starfire and her people hails from. -M I too found most of them in $1 or 50 cent bins, including #3 and the Annuals. I think I am missing three to four issues late in the series, but I have the rest of it and enjoyed reading it too. A good series with some good character developments on the different alien species that are in the team. That was probably 3-4 years ago, (one of my last comic purchases, since they are unbagged sitting on top a comic box) when I searched dollar bins at a local used movie/game/music store that sells comics and game/sports cards. I don't know what it's going for now but then I think I looked it up at about $10, maybe. The second series is also good, and I think the first time I read anything with the Omega Men, save maybe the Adam Strange series from around the same time, because they guess stared for an issue or two if I remember. I also liked the art in the second Omega Men series. But is hard to beat Ferry's art when it comes to science fiction. That Adam Strange series is gorgeous. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 9, 2015 14:49:28 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. Omega Men is decent... worth grabbing out of the dollar bins, for sure. It's definitely a DCU book, though nothing to do with Earth. Lobo isn't a regular character... IIRC, he's just in the first storyline. It might have been his first appearance, actually. It was one of the early 'Baxter paper' series...lasted about 40 issues. I'm pretty sure they have some sort of connection to Tamaran (Starfire's planet).. maybe her brother is a member or something? (checking...) Yup, it's Starfire's brother. I'm pretty sure they got introduced in a Green Lantern storyline at some point before the series starts. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 9, 2015 14:55:58 GMT -5
I recently saw someone - I think on the Back Issue FB page - talking about an 80s series called Omega Men. It looked like a science fiction series, marginally connected to the DCU - for example, Lobo was in the excerpt I saw (not a plus for me) - with Keith Giffen doing the art. Anyone read this or have an opinion? Giffen's artwork from around that time is usually a strong attraction for me, though the sample pages I saw didn't look quite as good as, say, his work on the Defenders or on the Legion, from a few years earlier. Omega Men is decent... worth grabbing out of the dollar bins, for sure. It's definitely a DCU book, though nothing to do with Earth. Lobo isn't a regular character... IIRC, he's just in the first storyline. It might have been his first appearance, actually. It was one of the early 'Baxter paper' series...lasted about 40 issues. I'm pretty sure they have some sort of connection to Tamaran (Starfire's planet).. maybe her brother is a member or something? (checking...) Yup, it's Starfire's brother. I'm pretty sure they got introduced in a Green Lantern storyline at some point before the series starts. Blackfyre, Starfire's brother, doesn't get introduced until later in the series. I think he was an inplant to draw in NTT readers since OM wasn't a great seller. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 9, 2015 15:04:50 GMT -5
I definitely remember the Tamaran stuff... that's what made me check the series out in the first place (I think there was an reference in a NTT comic sometime)
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Post by berkley on Apr 9, 2015 16:19:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the Omega Men responses everyone. I'm pretty sure I will try at least the Giffen issues and possibly continue on if I like those. I see also that Alex Nino drew and that Alan Moore wrote a couple issues (not the same ones, unfortunately) later on, will probably look for those as well, even if I don't go for the whole series.
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 9, 2015 16:35:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the Omega Men responses everyone. I'm pretty sure I will try at least the Giffen issues and possibly continue on if I like those. I see also that Alex Nino drew and that Alan Moore wrote a couple issues (not the same ones, unfortunately) later on, will probably look for those as well, even if I don't go for the whole series. Moore was just backups centering on the weird worlds of Vega. They're interesting shorts, but none of them are really groundbreaking or anything. They've been reprinted in Across the Universe: The DC Stories of Alan Moore. |
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