Omega the Unknown #6 page 16

nice page, 

So used to seeing Mooney on the inking chores. Nice to see he had the penciling chops as well!

Nice page with some good action panel on it!

I enjoy Mooney's work and Espo's inking as well. I haven't read Omega the Unknown (Omega Men on the other hand...) but the artwork and your recommendation have me wondering if it was ever collected into trades or if single issues is the only way to experience it, will have to look into that. Also it hurts my soul to hear that this original art page arrived rolled into a tube but it also warms my heart to hear that you only paid 6 pounds for it and had the gumption/desire to take that plunge through a mail order catalog so early on in your collecting journey! 

Thanks, Kavi! Well, according to comics.org it has two complete reprints - "Omega the Unknown Classic" in 2005, and perhaps more useful "Marvel Masterworks: Omega the Unknown" in 2023. And thanks for reading my long story!

Damn, he just hit her reset button!

A perfect art introduction

Ah!  An elusive Omega the Unknown page!  Like most people's favorite type of steak, rare!

A very cool page but an even better story to go with it. Congrats 

I was fortunate to have read all the Omega issues back then as I devoured everything Gerber did back in the day.Still one of the weirdest comic series that ended without resolution ...until many years later.

Well, that is a terrific advertisement for the title. I will have to dig out that first issue (the only issue I have) I have got somewhere, and perhaps I will have the brainpower to understand it now. It was certainly too mindbending for my teenage brain to get my head around then. I am with Danny above who has noted the background to your purchase of this page is exceptional. I used to read Alan Austin’s Comics Unlimited fanzine until they fell apart and it was sad to read in his autobiography all the trials he experienced selling comics back in the day – all the breaking in and stealing. If you did get the page from Alan that makes it extra special; it is a treasure.

I don't know if the storytelling on this cool page can match the wonderful snippet of "Paul Roach Origin Story" contained in your write up, but it's -so- cool that you still have one of the very first pages you ever got.  Love it!  And I can imagine how the scene of a hero being shot would have landed at a young age; my mom had to return the copy of "Luke Cage, Power Man" #37 that I had begged her for (that Buckler cover was -the- most amazing thing I had ever seen at that point in my life) because Luke is engulfed by quicksand at the end of the issue (ooh, that vile Chemistro!) and my young self just could -not-take it...  A fun and meaningful page, Paul!  Great post!

Jim Mooney has an impeccable pedigree, with his signature stamped on some of the most memorable Classic stories, ranging from Spiderman to... Dial H for Hero (a personal favourite of mine...)! It is then all the more interesting to see him giving his all to some of the most off-beat Marvel strips (Man-Thing, raise your hand!), including this wonderful scratch-your-head Steve Gerber creation, Omega the Unknown... By the way, I always wondered if the tag was referring to the main character or to the admission by the author that he had little idea about where he really wanted to take the story... Oh, finally, nice story aboit a Young Collector!

By Odin's bristling beard, that nearly unknown PUNK hit poor AMBER !!! :)