OMAC 1 Thoughts (Spoilers)



Writer: Dan Didio and Keith Giffen
Artist: Keith Giffen

One of the more interesting choices, I'm not really sure why O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps) got an ongoing, besides the fact that anyone over the age of 30 working for DC or Marvel appears to have a hard-on for every single creation Jack Kirby ever made.

Say whatever you will about this book, but you cannot say it isn't approachable. There are only three concepts in this entire book tying things to the DC Universe, and all of them are introduced pretty plainly. O.MA.C. is a creation of Brother Eye's, himself a rejected invention of Project Cadmus. O.M.A.C.'s initial purpose is to find his way inside of Cadmus and connect Brother Eye to the Cadmus mainframe again. Those two sentences tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the book, going in.

That said, I'm not yet sure how I feel about it. I love the art, with Giffen doing his best Kirby impression but still showing a heavy influence of his own work, but the story...so far, there's not much to it. I read a single review (I know, rare, right?) of this book that described this book as "uncomplicated", and that's very much the case. Everything in this is straightforward, though that can be considered a good or a bad thing, depending. Didio and Giffen aren't using any cliffhangers to force you to come back for #2--either you like it or you don't, and either you're interested or you aren't.

Personally, I'm interested, and I will be back for issue 2. Brother Eye basically gets what he wants this issue, so where's his plan go next? Is he actually a villain, or is he something in between the typical hero/bad guy dynamic? The fact that he asks Kevin Kho (O.M.A.C.'s human self) to "call his girlfriend" because she's worried about him makes me wonder. This book becomes much more interesting if Brother Eye isn't a typical bad guy like he was for DC pre-relaunch. Also, what's Kevin Kho like? We didn't get to see very much of him this issue.

Anyway, for now this is definitely worth a read at the stands for any comic fan, and hopefully a purchase. (Especially if you're a Kirby fan--so many of his lesser-used concepts can be found in this title.)

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