Originally Posted by
Nomads1
While I thoroughly enjoy the Omega storyline, its behind the scenes workings sort of take out a bit of its lustre for me. It was treated as a sort of fill-in story, despite its great overall importance (Brainy is revealed insane, Matter-Eater Lad loses his own sanity when he is forced to eat the Miracle Machine, The Legion's HQ is once again totalled, etc...). It was created by Jim Starlin who intended it to be published in the same oversized story format that the Legion was being published at the time, yet, its publishing was pushed about a year into the future, when the Legion had gone back to the 22 pages format, so the tale had to be adapted. Starlin was a bit upset to how DC treated his story, so he refused to have his name attached to the story, hence it was credited to "Steve Apollo." It is the follow-up for the murder of Ann Rydd storyline, which foccusses heavily on Ultra-Boy, yet he barely has a couple of lines in the Omega storyline. Wildfire is clearly shown as the leader of the team (as he was when the story was supposed to be published), yet Lightning Lad, who had just been elected team leader a couple of issues before, barely has any lines in the story. The addaptation clearly left other plotholes in the story. Had it been published in the right sequence, I'm sure an oversized two-parter Legion story by the legendary Jim Starlin (who had already established a reputation as a great "cosmic" writer), with so many important ramifications would be an undisputed milestone. As it is, for me at least, it still leaves a taste of what could have been in my mouth.
Peace