Omega Flight #5 Preview

[Beta_Ray_Bill]

If Marvel is, or was, going to make OF an ongoing series, it seems to me that it is a poor business move to allow its momentum to sizzle out.

Much of its backing is probably word-of-mouth and loyal Flight/Oeming-Kolins fans. I know that my friends are reading OF mostly because I gave them a free issue or two to get them into it. But, I am also sure that it has some sort intrest simply because of the "Initiative" banner that it has. Since Marvel has not taken advantage of the readers it has hooked now, would an OF ongoing four months down the road fail because people would stop caring?

It just seems like there are so many possibilities that won't be realized because they didn't bother to take advantage of a great series with such potential.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Yup....Any stalling on Marvel's part is not going to help the book, at all.

Dana

[SmurfInABlender]

reber this is where you say "Blast on this Comic" and keep our hopes for an ongoing alive

[Flightpath07]

Well, unless John Barber was lying outright...

I think it’s very likely we’ll be seeing more of Omega Flight. Can’t talk about specifics at the moment—but I have a nice, warm feeling that this won’t be the last we see of that team.

And this was not in reference to the Weapon Omega MCP serial either, he talks about that as a seperate venture.

http://www.newsarama.com/NewJoeFrida...erFridays.html

So, unless TPTB @ Marvel blindside us again, I'm thinking there's something coming.

Rumour has it that Captain America comes back from the dead (the one who was killed was actually a Skrull), but without his memory, he gets into trouble with SHIELD and Stark, he is on the run, he jumps the border into Canada, and then Cap wipes out Omega Flight with one hurl of his very own shield, killing them all instantly. He then gets his memory back, feels terrible, and becomes the new Vindicator.

Maybe that is what John Braber was talking about?

If I seem a bit tongue-in-cheek, perhaps it is because I really have no faith in Marvel. None at all.

Anybody looking forward to Mice Templar? At least Oeming's skills won't be going totally to waste...

[Reber]

reber this is where you say "Blast on this Comic" and keep our hopes for an ongoing alive

There is still hope. I just don't think anything is going to happen as fast as you guys hope. I do know there are things in the works though. For the most part I'm on the outside looking in as well.

[Flightpath07]

reber this is where you say "Blast on this Comic" and keep our hopes for an ongoing alive

There is still hope. I just don't think anything is going to happen as fast as you guys hope. I do know there are things in the works though. For the most part I'm on the outside looking in as well.

Ouch.
Thanks for the honesty, Reber, even though it hurts.
We all really wanted this to go to an ongoing, immediately if not sooner, with the same great team that did such a fine job on the mini.
And, frankly, I am perplexed (and getting a little jaded) as to just why that is not happening. It does not seem to make much sense. Not much business sense. Not much public-relations sense.
But we appreciate you, the hard work you put into what we have enjoyed, and the way you keep us informed and make us feel a part of what is going on. I just wish Marvel would do it, and not leave it to you and Kolins and Oeming. That just doesn't seem right.
In the meantime, keep us informed on what you are up to, okay?
Cheers!

[varo]

well, at least there is something in the works and marvel isn't just washing their hands of it.

[Flightpath07]

well, at least there is something in the works and marvel isn't just washing their hands of it.

This is just my impression, but my impression of this situation is more along the lines of some people (at Marvel?) are putting forward ideas and fighting to keep this new (?) team on the front burners. But, so far, other than Marvel Comics Presents, first 12 issues featuring "Guardian" , nothing is for sure right now.
The ideas and suggestions are there, but no series has happened. Could be that the head big wigs at Marvel still do not want to publish a Canadian team comic book, it holds no interest for them. That is what it seems like to me, anyways...
As always, we will see.

[varo]

i can not imagine a series selling 50k a month being pushed aside.

[Mokole]

I agree with both of you, they'd be idiots of the highest magnitude in literature if they ignore Flight fans again, I mean 55000+ an issue and they screw around?

Also, I have no doubt that, as it has been for years, people (artists and writers) are coming forward with various proposals to write Omega Flight, even Alpha Flight. Nobody is saying anything but besides Scott and Mike you know, know, there are at least 5-15 writers putting in proposals, just like there was in Fall 2005.

55000+ far exceeded what is necessary for an ongoing. 55000+ goes far beyond what an exec would expect an ongoing to get in this market for a single issue (except for the buying of issues by speculators and fanboys/fangirls who 'need' every appearance of Wolverine). Lets see where their brains are.

[Corvus]

I can still see a new ongoing OF not coming out until late this year, early next year, even if it is already planned for. They'd need to have a creative team contracted to do it, which they may not, and they may be hoping that pent up OF demand will be channeled into MCP during a gap between the end of the OF mini and the start of on an ongoing.

[Guardian]

This issue looks fantastic.

I hope this gets the nod to be an ongoin' soon. With Oeming/Kolins/and Reber.

[varo]

now with words.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...m.cgi?id=11463

[-K-M-]

Talisman doesn't have the blessings she once had? What the hell?

[Mokole]

I think by 'blessings' they mean her powers have evolved and her emotional state affects what exactly she can do. She's too broken up to reach into his mind and chat.

Once again this looks great! See how it turns out in our hands!