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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781401217907 ISBN: 1401217907 Label: DC Comics Manufacturer: DC Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: June 10, 2008 Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: June 10, 2008 Studio: DC Comics Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In one of his last major works, Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, and many others, envisions a 1984-inspired dystopia. The protagonist is corporate nobody Buddy Blank, who is changed by a satellite called Brother Eye into the super-powered OMAC (One Man Army Corps). Enlisted by the Global Peace Agency, who police the world using pacifist means, OMAC battles the forces of conformity in this short-lived but legendary series that serves as a companion to the JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS series. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A really fun look at the "World That's Coming"I'm not a Jack Kirby fan, but I do enjoy most of his DC work. OMAC has been my favorite so far. This book contains eight short stories that explore the "World That's Coming" as Kirby described it. Basically, it's his view of the future assuming the current corruption of the 70s had continued including the rich buying up the world, doing whatever they wanted, and weapons becoming so powerful, we couldn't afford to have large armies fight each other. His version wasn't so far off. What ... Read More Rating:  - Future WarriorWar is a constant theme of Kirby. In this work, the One-Man Army Corps is an agent for a worldwide peace organization. Living in a nightmarish near-future, he fights corporatism and science gone mad. This series may have been the precursor to both the punk hairstyle and the British SF comics magazine, 2000 AD. Late in his career, assisted by Mike Royer, Jack Kirby delivers his trademark pulse-pounding action and high-tech machinery at breakneck speed. Rating: - Not bad but hardly essential readingJack Kirby is the creator of Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and countless other comic book heroes. His 70s work is famous for its energy and insane ideas, OMAC is no exception. A cyberpunk book from before cyberpunk existed, it does have some interesting predictions including virtual reality and cell phones as well as some off the wall crazy ones. But Kirby left early and book ends with an unfulfilling cliffhanger. Conflicts set up early in the book are left unresolved. ... Read More Rating: - Collection of Kirby's strange, short-lived series.Are you ready for the World That's Coming? Are you ready for the One Man Army Corps? It's great that this series of Kirby's (along with several other Kirby series at DC and Marvel) are finally being collected and published. I just wish it could have been done while Kirby was still alive!! (what other creators also deserve collections of their works before they kick off? Ditko?) As I hate hardbacks, I really wish this was in paperback, but I guess this is the ... Read More 
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