The OMAC Project- Countdown to Infinite Crisis Series

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	• The OMAC Project (Countdown to Infinite Crisis) Greg Rucka, Geoff Johns, ... DC Comics, 2005 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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Batman's desire to keep tabs on everyone and everything that could be a problem has caused a lot of problems. Max Lord and his own somewhat sentient creation and killer satellite have their own plans, which includes turning an army of normal people into killing machines to remove superhumans and others that they see as threats to their agenda.

Much carnage ensues.

The OMAC Project- Countdown to Infinite Crisis Series

This was a very cool trade paperback/collection of comics. One of the top ten comics i've read and you don't have to read Infinite Crisis if you don't want to..

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Must read before Infinite Crisis but..

but unfortunately isnt done justice when it comes to wrapping this all up in Infinite Crisis. I shouldve just stopped at this book and given it an ending in my head.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this one

Batman is "the man", not the only "the man" in the DCU, but a "the man". He kind of goes nutty after coming to the realization in Identity Crisis that he had part of his mind wiped and builds a police state setup where an orbital AI satellite named "Brother Eye" basically watches over Gotham and himself. Brother Eye has the ability to direct the OMACs to help keep order in a way. Checkmate is an organization of assassin like characters run by Maxwell Lord that ends up trying to take over. Without giving the plot and twists away, this is the story that turns most of the bigger heroes against Wonder Woman for a short period of time even though I still maintain she made the right choice. Anyway, the story's main characters if my memory serves me right are Booster Gold, Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Maxwell Lord, some Green Lantern action(Guy I think), a new Blue Beetle and a bunch of characters from Checkmate all packed into a great story line with a few twists.

A fairly short read and definitely worth the money!

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Aftermath of Identity Crisis

The genesis of this storyline was borne from the repercussions of the infamous mindwipe incident from Identity Crisis and the mistrust that arose in Batman towards his fellow superheroes, and specifically superior in power teammates, because of it. Brother eye was his creation and hopeful solution to the potential problem of metahumans out of control, a fear that is a common theme in comics, especially ones involving Superman. Unfortunately Batman's device, designed strictly along the lines of a vigilant oracle, has been abducted and had its' original programming corrupted by Max Lord for his own personal crusade against metas. Fateful circumstances lead Blue Beetle to Max's doorstep, with the resulting dire finale something that BB fans will never forget. Many controversial events do transpire, including the final dispositions of both BB and Max, and a quite shocking incident involving Wonder Woman. The first half of the story and its' focus on the mystery and human elements is the more compelling, setting the stage for the myriad scenarios taking place in this major event, with the latter half focusing more on action involving the enigmatic OMACs. Greg Rucka's script is solid, although the constant and mostly unnecessary computerized discourse detracts from it and eventually becomes annoying. This was during the peak of Batman's paranoia period, coming right on the heels of IC and being a legacy of that, and while it may not be a direction universally approved by fans, it was probably inevitable and the flip side of the coin to the Tower of Babel storyline. This mini was one of four that lead directly into Infinite Crisis, and while the OMAC issue may not have been completely resolved, it still stands on its' own as a substantial self contained story.

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With a nod to Jack Kirby's One Man Army Corps, The OMAC Project continues DC's inexorable path to Infinite Crisis.In addition to the OMAC Project miniseries, the trade paperback begins with the 80-page issue Countdown to Infinite Crisis, in which Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle, investigates some financial troubles but discovers a huge plot to eliminate all "meta-humans" (that's superheroes to most of us).Attempts to involve the Justice League are unsuccessful, and with buddy Booster Gold unable to help, Kord sets out on his own. The OMAC Project might be the most engrossing of the four stages of the Prelude to Infinite Crisis.Like the rest, it can be confusing without encyclopedic knowledge of the DC Universe (and two of the interacting characters are almost indistinguishable from each other), but a background page on the key characters helps significantly. Written by (among others) Greg Rucka, with art by Jesus Saiz, Rags Morales, Cliff Richards, and others. Not included is the 2006 one-shot follow-up. --David Horiuchi

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