Sunday, November 19, 2006

Omega Men #1 - DC


The Omega Men are back. About time! And of course with their return, we can also expect to see more of L.E.G.I.O.N. and Viril Dox. Also since this series is set in the Vegan Space, I think we're again going to see the Darkstars. None of these groups are gone, after all, they're just so far out of our galaxy, we haven't heard from them in a while. And, since the GL corps have been all but inactive till late, we really haven't had any reason to look that far out into space. But, I think now, and in the near future, we're going to see a lot more of DC's stories taking a galactic theme. After all, they've got a lot of great characters that've been hibernating out there for way too long. Case in point, the "Mystery in Space" title with Captain Comet, the Weird and HardCore Station. Darkfire, Broot, the Doc, Ryand'r are all back. And knowing them, I'm sure they'll pick up some more recruits along the way. In a nutshell, this story is about the "Heartstone". A gem of unknown power that apparently shattered, with it's pieces being sent across the cosmos. Of course one of them ends up on earth. The Spider Guild is after these pieces, trying to put the stone back together, and the Omega Men are trying to stop them. This leads them to the Phillipines, where a nun has a piece of this on her necklace. The Spider Guild show up to take the stone, the Omega Men show up to stop the Spider Guild, and Vril Dox along with Superman, the Titans and Green Lantern show up to stop the Omega Men. How's that for a first issue? Enough action for ya'? If not, I'm sure they'll be more next issue. Anderson Gabrych writes this and Flint Henry does the art. Anderson's story is interesting and complex. And Flint's art lives up to it's usual excellence. This is a six issue mini, obviously spinning out of Infinite Crisis, and it should be a doozy.

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