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'''O.M.A.C.''' ("One Man Army Corps") is a [[DC Comics]] character, originally a superhero in a futuristic setting, although reinvented a few times since. It was created by artist [[Jack Kirby]] during his tenure at DC in the [[The Seventies|1970s]]. He first appeared in ''"OMAC''" #1 (September, 1974). The series only lasted for 8 issues, ending in December, 1975.
The original OMAC was Buddy Blank, a janitor who was chosen by the secret organization called the Global Peace Agency to be their super soldier against the forces of the evil megacorporations that were taking over the world. With the aid of a sentient orbiting satellite called Brother Eye, OMAC tried to prevent a power struggle that would destroy civilization.
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In fact, Buddy was the old man who raised [[Kamandi]], The Last Boy On Earth (another Kirby series) several years after the mysterious Great Disaster shattered the world. He died in the first issue, leaving Kamandi to roam alone the strange new world Earth had become.
All of this was before the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' event changed the history of the DC universe. Afterwards, OMAC was reintroduced in a miniseries by artist [[John Byrne]] that was, however, not considered [[Canon|canonical]].
Around the time of the ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' miniseries, the OMAC concept was reintroduced as an army of humans mutated by [[Nanotechnology]] and controlled by Brother Eye, which was now supposedly created by [[Batman]] to monitor and control [[Meta Origin|metahumans]] (Observational Metahuman Activity Construct). Except the villainous Maxwell Lord reprogrammed it and used it to attack Earth's heroes instead.
During ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' it would be revealed that the actual creator of this Brother Eye was Buddy (who is a scientist now; Batman commissioned it from him.) A subsequent (and poorly explained) chain of events led to the destruction of an [[Alternate Universe]] that then became Kamandi's world.
DC's ''[[New 52]]'' relaunch introduced a new iteration of OMAC: Kevin Kho, a scientist at Cadmus Industries, found Brother Eye repeatedly transforming him into a hulking monster to serve as its agent on Earth.
OMAC (the original) also appeared in an episode of ''[[Batman: The
Not to be confused with [[One-Man Army]], although it was obviously based on the idea.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: The "New 52/DCnU" incarnation of Brother Eye, at times. For instance, when introducing himself to Kevin Kho:
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* [[After the End]]: Kamandi's world (both versions.)
* [[
* [[Anime Hair]]: OMAC's mohawk and sideburns are supposed to resemble a Greco-Roman helmet--making him [[Phrase Catcher|look like some ancient god of war!]]
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Literally, the second Brother Eye plan (which backfired spectacularly.)
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* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: The Infinite Crisis OMACs do not count as ''One'' Man Armies.
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: The origin of the new Kamandi world.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: The corporations the GPA opposed.
* [[Cut Short]]: Jack Kirby's series.
* [[Cyberpunk]]: The original series was set in pretty much this kind of future before cyberpunk even became a widely used term.
* [[Death
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Kevin's OMAC.
* [[Expy]]: Kevin for [[Incredible Hulk
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: O.M.A.C.
* [[Girl in a Box]]: Maybe the [[Ur Example]], and played for maximum [[Uncanny Valley|creepiness value.]]
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* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: Brother Eye could boost OMAC's abilities when needed.
** The Infinite Crisis OMACs are (in effect) [[Do-Anything Robot|Do-Anything Robots]].
** Brother Eye returns to boosting for Kevin's version.
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: The GPA members all [[The Blank|wear masks]].
* [[One-Man Army]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. This is explicitly why the original OMAC was created--to prevent cataclysmic large scale military conflicts by nipping them in the bud ''single-handedly.'' He actually does take out a tinpot dictator's army all by himself.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: Kirby initially came up with the idea as [[Captain America (comics)]]... in [[The Future]]!
* [[Robot Buddy]]: The original Brother Eye, with the twist that he helped from orbit.
* [[Robot Girl]]: Buddy Blank works at a facility manufacturing Robot Girls in the first OMAC story, before his transformation; although he doesn't realize his employers are doing that. He doesn't take the discovery well.
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