Marvel-ous Monday: "Waiting for the End of the World!" by Grant and Trimpe

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here it is! The controversial finale to Omega the Unknown in Defenders #77 (August 1979)! Steven Grant (with plot assist by Mark Gruenwald) and Herb Trimpe (with inkers Al Milgrom, Steve Mitchell, and Chic Stone) present..."Waiting for the End of the World!"

Cover art by Rich Buckler and Al Milgrom

Nope, Ol' Groove hasn't forgotten this coda to the Omega saga from Defenders #78 (by Ed Hannigan, Trimpe, and Mike Esposito)...

Marvel-ous Monday: "Little Triggers!" by Grant, Trimpe, and Mitchell

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! You asked! You begged! You pleaded! You even threatened! But here it is, anyway: part one of the wrap up of the Omega the Unknown saga from Defenders #76 (July 1979)! The (Rich Buckler/Al Milgrom) cover says it all: "At last...the Omega Saga!" Now, it's doubtful that this is the wrap-up that anyone expected, but Steven Grant, Herb Trimpe, and Steve Mitchell did what they could with what they had! Keep in mind, this particular ish is more set-up for the action and revelations to come next ish.

First, here's the final page of Defenders #75 that led into ish 76 by Ed Hannigan, Trimpe, and Mike Esposito...

--and away we go!

Marvel-ous Monday: "The Hottest Slot In Town!" by Gerber, Skrenes, and Mooney

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here we are with the final ish of Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, and Jim Mooney's Omega the Unknown. What an ending! Talk about a cliffhanger! Oh, how Ol' Groove wishes that, even if Omega wouldn't have continued, that Gerber and Skrenes could have actually finished the story in the Defenders as they'd envisioned it. Marvel has made some baaad moves, and that was one of the worst. Still, this ish still has some interesting stuff (besides that ending): Omega in glasses (but still wearing his headband--a dig at Clark Kent?); getting rich in Las Vegas; Nedley's funeral; a seemingly random monster just popping up out of nowhere; and Defenders' foe Ruby Thursday. (A hint of what could have come? We'll never know.) Let's travel back to June 1977 for..."The Hottest Slot In Town!"

Cover art by Dave Cockrum and Pablo Marcos

(Note to Groove-ophile keythd23: Your long nightmare is over! No more Omega! ;D)