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Omega Men

The Omega Men by Pascal Ferry
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Green Lantern #141
(June 1981)
Created by Marv Wolfman (writer)
Joe Staton (artist)
In story information
Base(s) Kuraq
in the Vegan system
Member(s) Tigorr
Broot
Elu
Darkfire

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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. Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term For the animated TV series based on this comic see Teen Titans (TV series. During its run, writer Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen created the mercenary anti-hero Lobo. Roger Slifer is a Comic book Writer, best-known for a run on Omega Men in the 1980s Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comic book illustrator and writer A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by Lobo is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by DC Comics. Later creators included writers Doug Moench and Todd Klein (who also lettered later issues in the run), artists Tod Smith, Shawn McManus and Alex Nino, and inkers Mike DeCarlo, Jim McDermott and Greg Theakston. Douglas "Doug" Moench (b 1948 is an American Comic book writer probably best known for his Batman work Todd Klein (b January 28 1951 is an award-winning American Comic book Letterer, Logo Designer, and occasional writer — primarily for Shawn McManus (b June 30, 1958, Brookline Massachusetts) is an American Artist who entered the Alex Niño (born May 1, 1940) is a Filipino Comic book Artist best known for his work for the American publishers Mike DeCarlo is an American artist of Comic books. He has worked on such diverse titles as Batman, Crisis on Infinite Earths Jim McDermott ( June 24, 1960, Lowell Massachusetts) is a New Hampshire-based artist who has illustrated for animation Greg Allen Theakston (born November 21, 1953) is an American Comics artist and illustrator Members of the Omega Men have most recently 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. Adam Strange is a fictional Superhero published by DC Comics. A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Rann-Thanagar War is a six-issue Comic book Limited series written by Dave Gibbons with art by Ivan Reis, Marc Campos And in 2006 had their own six issue mini-series with Tigorr, Doc, Elu, Broot and Ryand'r - written by Andersen Gabrych and art by Henry Flint. Andersen Gabrych is an American Comic book writer and Actor. He was born on September 4, 1973 in Tokyo Japan and raised in Chico Henry Flint is a British Comic book Artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000AD.

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. Vega (α Lyr / α Lyrae / Alpha Lyrae ( or) is the brightest Star in the Constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night The Citadel is a Fictional organization a Fascist empire in the DC Universe. X'Hal is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe She first appeared in New Teen Titans vol

Green Lantern #141art by Joe Staton
Green Lantern #141
art by Joe Staton

The Citadelians established a tyrannical regime based in a fortress moon known as the Citadel. Joe Staton (born January 19, 1948) is an American illustrator and writer of Comic books. 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 warlike 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 Psions are a fictional Extraterrestial species published by DC Comics. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known "Tamarán" was the Guanche name for the island of Gran Canaria.

The Omega Men was 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. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George 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 Spider Guild. The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero

The Omega Man made a return appearance in the Adam Strange mini-series. Adam Strange is a fictional Superhero published by DC Comics. 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. It was in this storyline that the first Doc was killed by a Durlan assassin who masqueraded as him until discovered. The Durlans are a Fictional Extraterrestrial species a race of Shapeshifting beings from the planet Durla as depicted in DC Comics.

In the recent Omega Men mini, it had been revealed that upon returning to the remains of Tamaran with Ryand'r (who wasn't part of the team in the Adam Strange mini), the Omegans were attacked by the Darkstar zombies of Lady Styx and all but five of them died. "Tamarán" was the Guanche name for the island of Gran Canaria. The first Darkstars were a group of fictional intergalactic policemen published by DC Comics. Lady Styx is a fictional Supervillain in the. Her first appearance occurred in the weekly series 52.

Membership

Omega Men has sometimes been compared to L.E.G.I.O.N. following suit with Marvel's Starjammers and other space pirates. LEGION was a DC Comics Science fiction Comic book created by Keith Giffen which chronicled the formation and activity of an The Starjammers are a Fictional team of space pirates from the pages of the X-Men Comic books published by Marvel Comics

Current members

Founding members

Later members

Deceased members

External links

The first Darkstars were a group of fictional intergalactic policemen published by DC Comics. Green Man is the name of two Fictional Comic book Superheroes both extraterrestrial from the planet Uxor in the Vega star The Guardians of the Universe are a Fictional extraterrestrial race in the DC Comics universe
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