OMAC ( Buddy Blank ) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics .
25-497: OMAC can refer to: OMAC (Buddy Blank) , a DC Comics superhero OMAC (comics) : a fictional organization of powerful cyborgs in comic books published by DC Comics The OMAC Project , a comics miniseries featuring with the OMACs Michael Costner , the last remaining OMAC cyborg, chronicled in the 2006 OMAC miniseries Old Man's Aircraft Company ,
50-598: A special insert in The Warlord #48 (August 1981). Claw the Unconquered appeared in a two–part backup feature in issues #48–49 by Jack C. Harris and Thomas Yeates . Dragonsword was a backup feature by Paul Levitz and Yeates which appeared in #51–54 (November 1981–February 1982). Arion , a sword and sorcery title by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Jan Duursema , began as a six–page backup feature in The Warlord #55 (March 1982). Another backup feature
75-554: A business aircraft company which made several prototypes of the Laser 300 plane in the late 1980s and early 1990s One-key MAC , a construction in cryptography Order of Malta Ambulance Corps , an Irish first-aid organisation linked to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta OMAC (Industry Organization) : Organization for Machine Automation and Control Otherways , Otherways Management Association Club (OMAC),
100-538: A character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . Warlord (DC Comics) The Warlord is a sword and sorcery character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by writer-artist Mike Grell , he debuted in 1st Issue Special #8 (November 1975). The titular character, Travis Morgan , obtains the name "Warlord" as he fights for the freedom of
125-565: A note of authenticity to the characters background. Choosing the new setting was easy, as a kid one of my favorite books was Jules Verne 's 1864 classic Journey to the Center of the Earth , I [also] drew on... The Smoky God , The Hollow Earth , and Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Pellucidar series". The character the Warlord debuted in 1st Issue Special #8 ( cover-dated November 1975). where
150-483: A prototype OMAC. As OMAC, Buddy Blank possesses various abilities derived from Brother Eye. For example, an increase in his density grants superhuman strength and enhanced durability, and a decrease in his density allows flight and super-speed. Brother Eye could provide other abilities as well, such as self-repair functions and energy generation. The character and the Brother Eye satellite were reimagined for
175-543: A time portal and winds up in Atlantis became the story of US spy pilot whose SR-71 is damaged while on a mission over Russia and plunges through an opening at the North pole into the world at the center on the earth, where creatures of from mythology and Earth's ancient past co-exist amid fantastic cities and leftovers of the civilization of Atlantis ... drawing on many sources, including my own US Air Force experiences to lend
200-456: A vanity award organisation Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title OMAC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OMAC&oldid=828441370 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
225-578: Is attacked by a giant bird and kills it with the help of Shakira. Refugees enter Shamballah and Morgan discovers that a new god has taken over the Shadow Kingdom and has overrun Kiro, Machiste's homeland. One of the refugees is injured and carries a gunshot wound. Travis later battles his son Joshua, also known as Tinder, who kills him and assumes the Warlord title. An alternate universe variant of Warlord appears in Flashpoint . This version
250-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages OMAC (Buddy Blank) OMAC was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby towards the end of his contract with the publisher following the cancellation of his New Gods series; it was reportedly developed strictly due to Kirby needing to fill his contractual quota of 15 pages a week. The character
275-495: Is inspired by Captain America , but lives in the future, an idea Kirby had conceived years earlier while at Marvel Comics but had never realized. Set in the near future ("The World That's Coming"), OMAC is a corporate nobody named Buddy Blank who is changed via a "computer-hormonal operation done by remote control" by an A.I. satellite called "Brother Eye" into the super-powered One-Man Army Corps ( OMAC ). OMAC works for
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#1732779825142300-593: Is revealed to be Kamandi's grandfather. An "OMAC" back-up feature by Jim Starlin began in issue #59 (October 1978), but Kamandi was cancelled after its first appearance. The story was later printed in The Warlord , and led to a new OMAC back-up series in that title (#37–39, 42–47). OMAC appeared with Superman in DC Comics Presents #61. In 1991 OMAC was featured in a four-issue prestige format limited series by writer/artist John Byrne that
325-470: Is revealed to be in actuality a bomb, and Blank is left in the employ of the GPA, sacrificing his identity in their relentless war, with faux parents his only consolation and companions. The original OMAC series ended with its eighth issue (December 1975), canceled before the last storyline could be completed, and Kirby wrote an abrupt ending to the series. In Kamandi #50 (May 1977), by other creators, OMAC
350-609: The Infinite Crisis storyline. OMACs are portrayed as humans whose bodies have been corrupted by a nano-virus. The acronym has multiple meanings throughout the series: "Observational Meta-human Activity Construct", "One-Man Army Corps", and "Omni Mind and Community". A contemporary version of Buddy Blank / OMAC appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold , voiced by Jeff Bennett . Buddy Blank / OMAC appears as
375-651: The Global Peace Agency (GPA), a group of faceless people who police the world using pacifistic weapons. The world balance is too dangerous for large armies, so OMAC is used as the main field enforcement agent for the Global Peace Agency. The character initially uses his abilities to save a female coworker at the Pseudo-People factory (manufacturers of androids initially intended as companions but later developed as assassins). The coworker
400-586: The U.S. President in the far future. Although The Warlord has a superficial resemblance to the DC character Oliver Queen , he is based more upon his creator Mike Grell, who was a former member of the Air Force. Grell is caricatured in The Warlord's first appearance, 1st Issue Special #8, sporting The Warlord's signature shaggy goatee. Grell and editor Jack C. Harris made a metafictional appearance in
425-604: The art. This series restarted the concept, beginning with Travis Morgan arriving in Skartaris. The series left a number of story points unanswered as issue #9 finished on a cliffhanger, while the tenth and final issue had a standalone story set sometime in the future. The Warlord returned in an ongoing series written by Mike Grell in time for the original series' 35th anniversary. The series started in April 2009, featuring art by Joe Prado and Chad Hardin. It ran for 16 issues. In
450-649: The character Travis Morgan, a U.S. Air Force pilot, discovers a passage into a world called Skartaris through the Earth's North Pole. Subsequent to that first issue, the Warlord series tells of Morgan's adventures in Skartaris. The decision to give the Warlord his own series had already been made by the time his 1st Issue Special debut went into production. He starred in The Warlord #1 (February 1976), followed by an eight-month hiatus after issue #2, picking up again with #3 (November 1976). The title lasted 133 issues until Winter 1988. Creator Mike Grell wrote and drew
475-449: The comic for six years, handing over the art chores after issue #59 (July 1982). Issues #53 through #71 were ghost-written by Grell's then-wife Sharon Wright. Skartaris debuted in 1st Issue Special #8 (November 1975), A continuation of Jack Kirby 's OMAC series, by Jim Starlin , was featured as a backup for several issues (#37–39 and #42–47). Arak, Son of Thunder , created by Roy Thomas and Ernie Colón , first appeared in
500-466: The people of Skartaris. Grell described the Warlord's genesis "as a comic strip called Savage Empire ... Savage Empire was born of my admiration for Hal Foster 's Prince Valiant and Burne Hogarth 's Tarzan , combined with my fascination with archaeology and lost civilizations". Grell described pitching his idea to DC Comics: "I completely revised the concept from Savage Empire into The Warlord . The story of an archeologist who stumbles through
525-400: The savage world of Skartaris, life is a constant struggle for survival. Here, beneath an unblinking orb of eternal sunlight, one simple law prevails: If you let down your guard for an instant you will soon be very dead. 1st Issue Special #8 Vietnam War veteran SR-71 pilot Travis Morgan passed through a hole in the Earth's crust while flying over the north pole in 1969 and landed in
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#1732779825142550-584: The story "Gambit" in The Warlord #35 (July 1980). Volume 4 of the series begins with an explorer finding preserved dinosaur remains in the Himalayas . She takes the head of one to a doctor and an expedition is set up to retrieve more samples. The team is spotted by the Chinese government and flee into the caves after losing several members. They discover a portal and after walking through find themselves in Skartaris, where they encounter Travis Morgan. Morgan
575-494: The underground world of Skartaris , a place strongly reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs 's Pellucidar . There, Travis, wielding his .44 AutoMag pistol and joined by Shamballah's Princess (later Queen) Tara, became The Warlord and fought villains such as the evil sorcerer Deimos as well as various kings. He gained various sidekicks such as Machiste , Shakira, Russian scientist Mariah Romanova, and his magic-wielding daughter Jennifer Morgan. In one story arc, Morgan even becomes
600-507: Was The Barren Earth by writer Gary Cohn and artist Ron Randall , which was concluded in a four–issue limited series. A Bonus Book in issue #131 (September 1988) featured artist Rob Liefeld 's first work for DC. A six-issue miniseries ran cover-dated January to June 1992. It was written by Mike Grell and penciled by Dameon Willich, with inks by Rick Hoberg (#1-3) and Tim Burgard (#4-6). DC attempted to update The Warlord in 2006 with Bruce Jones writing and Bart Sears providing
625-574: Was independent of the previous series. Byrne later reused OMAC in Superman & Batman: Generations 3 , an Elseworlds limited series. A contemporary incarnation of Buddy Blank appears in Countdown to Final Crisis . Following the release of the Morticoccus virus, Blank and his grandson flee to the scientific facility "Command D", where Brother Eye rescues them and transforms Blank into
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