MURKY FACTIONS WARRING AMONG THE STARS As a premise, The Omega Men looked enticing in its seemingly earnest attempt to place a serious, more philosophically minded political thriller/war narrative - with (perhaps not too subtle) allusions to the spectres of terrorism and fundamentalist religiosity in our current reality - in the confines of the DC universe. At least, that's what it was marketed as. The final result leaves much to be desired however, the main reason being that the whole thing is

3.5 starsQuite enjoyable space-epic here. The story maintains a decent pace through the first six issues but really gains steam in the last six. The art is very good throughout, minus the one or two issues with a different artist.I have to admit that I had never heard of The Omega Men before reading this, although my limited exposure to Kyle Rayner beforehand did provide a solid foundation of understanding. If you're a fan of intergallactic wars and cosmis power struggles this is worth a look.

Not quite as amazing as his Vision book. A little confusing at first and slightly thought provoking.

I hate space stories. Well, hate is a strong word. I don't find them interesting for the most part. So I heard a lot of good things about Omega Men and I figured I'd give it a try. I liked Red Rising book series, Enders Games, Mass Effect video games. So I figured I'd try it out. This is one depressing ass series. I've never read anything related to Green Lateran, and maybe that wasn't the best idea, cause first few issues I was lost. Luckily the story picks up rather fast and by issue 4 or 5 I

A diatribe about the horrors of war disguised as space opera. The characterization of Kyle Raynor in this book completely takes me out of the story. All of a sudden Kyle is Catholic and Hispanic ... and a dummy. The rest of the Omega Men are all one-note characters with no redeeming qualities. There's no one to root for in the book. The plot just seems like a tool used to beat Tom King's message across your face with. I found this book to be a complete waste of time.

It was hard to decided on a rating for this book. If I was rating the proficiency of the writing I would give it five stars, if I was judging the art maybe three stars, my enjoyment of the story -- a one star. So, let's talk about what and why.Ok, so first off let me say that I have not been following any of the Green Lantern books since The New 52 started so I don't really know where this book picks up from but it doesn't matter too much, this can be read on its own. Apparently at some point th...

I didn't know anything about the Omega Men before picking this up. I saw a green lantern on the cover, so I read it. Well, it wasn't very good. It's full of lots of clunky exposition, a plot that barely makes sense, characters that you have no reason to care about, and a story that loses steam a few issues before the end.Also, putting Kyle Rayner in this was kind of a waste. He was so out of character that they could have used anyone. For example, he was running around speaking Spanish and was m...

Before he became one of the best Batman writers in comics, Tom King was formerly an ex-CIA officer, of which his experience inspired works such as The Sheriff of Babylon, a graphic and compelling depiction of the Second Iraq War, a subject that also inspired King's twelve-issue cosmic adventure about a group of space terrorists.Created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton, the Omega Men were conceived in the pages of Green Lantern in the early eighties and would occasionally pop up here and there in v...

Space Terrorists! Boo. But aren't we all terrorists to someone? Yay.Also, Rayner is (to me) the blandest of the Lanterns.This was a weird go-nowhere sort of story about the corruption of religion, the evils of capitalism, and the horrors of waging revolution and losing your soul.The short version is that no one is the bad guy and everyone is the bad guy.The longer version is that Kyle gets forcibly recruited into a terrorist organization that calls themselves The Omega Men (<--a religious refere...

One of the sad realities you realize while reading history is that most revolutions end in failure. The rebels either fail to defeat their oppressors, or in the process of defeating those oppressors, they become that which they reviled. To win a war, you must do monstrous things. So can you win a war without becoming a monster? That's the question Kyle Rayner finds himself facing in this book. Tom King has taken the tropes of space opera and injected them with the reality of the world we live in...

One of My Favourite Superhero Comics of the Year!The Omega Men has a bold prologue that perfectly establishes the tone for the entire series. A low-quality camera records the pontification of a zealot, Primus, the purported leader of the titular band of insurgents as he walks around a hooded man strapped to a chair. The man is revealed to be the White Lantern, Kyle Rayner, and his throat is summarily opened by one of the Omega Men. The scene has its desired effect: shock, to be sure, but also th...

My God, Tom King, is there anything you can't write? Also, Bagenda's art is excellent. I can't recommend this book enough.

“If this life is not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight”—William James, The Will to Believe The Omega Men is a comic emanating out of the Green Lantern universe, I learned along the way of reading this. I knew very little about them, nor did I truthfully know much about Green Lantern, either. Oh, I’ve read some of the comics, includ...

Tom King's Omega Men is excellent! It's so well written and dark that it doesn't feel like a story set in the DC universe. But it is.Kyle Rayner, the White Lantern, has gone to settle a conflict between the Citadel and the Omega Men. The Citadel is a Imperial group of planets that have taken over the six planets that comprise the Vegas system. Ostensibly the Citadel is benign. But, as with most who claim such things, that is not true. Their ruthless behavior and genocidal acts have caused a back...

Alas, I did not enjoy this as I thought I would. Shock! Horror!I know most people will enjoy this, but it just didn't strike a chord with me. I had a expectations and they were no where close to what I expected. This is a political thriller, I don't want to read about planetary politics. I don't enjoy all the conniving, the back stabbing, the manipulation, the death, the planning. All of it builds up to more death. An endless cycle of fighting. In short the story totally bored the shit out of me...

This is...well, this is a weird one. This was the book that DC cancelled after 6 issues, despite promising that it was going to see out its full 12. And if it were me, I wouldn't have been that worried, had I been reading it monthly. The first half of this book is alright; it builds up the Vega system, a criminally ignored region of space that the Green Lantern Corps is not allowed to enter, as Kyle Rayner attempts to go in and broker a peace between the Citadel, the ruling class, and the Omega

This, unfortunately, was another book that was a chore to get through. After reading the first 3 issues, I literally had no idea what the hell was going on. The middle of the book actually started making some sense and I thought, well maybe this thing will turn around and end up being good. Nope. The last few issues went off the rails. The characters were kind of one dimensional and I felt no attachment to them. No real development. Also the panel layout was boring and basic as hell. This hurt a...

Love, revenge, manipulation, planning, corruption and genocide - this story has it all. Kyle Rayner is pivotal to the Omega Men, but the reason is only revealed close to half-way through the story. Thankfully there is little reference to his previous history, so the story is effectively standalone. The ending isn't clear-cut. The epic struggle that leads to it is as bloody as you can expect a galaxy-wide war to be, but it's not the war to end all wars. More conflict is on the horizon.Kyle Raynor...

Tom King and Barnaby Bagenda’s The Omega Men: The End Is Here is basically the Second Iraq War... in Spaaaaaaaace! Kyle Rayner, the Lego-domino-mask-wearing Green Lantern-turned-White Lantern (Go, Go Power Rangers!), is captured by the Omega Men (al-Qaeda or ISIS as they’re known today) to topple the Citadel (America), a heavily-religious foreign power with a massive military that invades a planet for their natural resources, occupies it, and covers up some horrible atrocities they committed. Th...