Omega (Marvel Comics) Omega (Marvel Comics) Omega is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Omega first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #131 (February 1973), and was created by Roy Thomas and Ross Andru. The character subsequently appears in "Marvel Team-Up" #11 (July 1973), "Avengers" #127 (September 1974), "Fantastic Four" #150 (September 1974), and "Avengers" #20 (September 1999). Omega is a gigantic humanoid creation of Maximus which draws upon psionic power from the racial hatred of the Inhumans towards the Alpha Primitives, and converts that power into strength. Later, Ultron betrayed Maximus and placed his computer-mind within an enlarged adamantium head and transplanted it
Marvel Comics was able to capitalize on its successful superhero comics of the previous decade by acquiring a new newsstand distributor and greatly expanding its comics line. Marvel pulled ahead of rival DC Comics in 1972, during a time when the price and format of the standard newsstand comic were in flux. Goodman increased the price and size of Marvel's November 1971 cover-dated comics from 15 cents for 36 pages total to 25 cents for 52 pages. DC followed suit, but Marvel the following month dropped its comics to 20 cents for 36 pages, offering a lower-priced product with a higher distributor