NOMAC

It was pretty much a given that DC would be canceling titles eventually with their whole "New 52" campaign. It was also pretty much a given that "OMAC" would be one of the titles to get the axe. The skuttlebutt was that despite the fact that everyone that read OMAC loved OMAC, there was only, like, six or seven of us reading the book. It was apparently the worst selling of the new books. The other books are a bit of a mixed bag. "Men of War", "Blackhawks", and "Hawk & Dove" were all fairly obvious. Men of War lacked any real background, at least in title anyway, and War comics haven't sold effectively since...the 50s. Blackhawks had the disadvantage of being too obscure for its own good, coupled with being a book about (yawn) planes. As for Hawk & Dove, well, they were never that popular to begin with, and Rob Liefeld's just not the draw he used to be (despite a sudden, almost inexplicable resurgence of presumably nostalgia fueled popularity). On the other hand, I'm a little shocked about the cancellation of "Mister Terrific" and "Static Shock". Both books featured minority characters (which, I think was part of the whole New 52 initiative), both of which were fairly visible (Static Shock had his own cartoon for awhile, as well as being the most noteworthy of the Milestone characters, while Mister Terrific has something of a cult popularity, plus he was prominently featured in a handful of episodes of "Justice League Unlimited). I heard mixed reviews about both books, but there seemed to be a number of people that were fans of both comics. Guess there weren't enough of them.

As for OMAC's cancellation, there were several factors that probably contributed to it:

1) OMAC was probably Kirby's most obscure creation. The character doesn't have a lot of name brand value. I think there were 9 issues of the original series, a one shot in the 80s, that terrible post-Infinite Crisis series (which didn't last long either), some brief appearances in "52" and "Final Crisis" and this new series. So, yeah, not very visible.

2) OMAC was always too wild for the general populace. Even this new series, which was only about 25% as crazy as the original, was still too crazy for public consumption.

3) OMAC was totally different than the comics that are popular today. Namely, there was action and stuff happened and it was all exciting. Which is nothing like everything else being published today where everyone stands around and talks and stuff.

4) Lastly, I loved the comic, which is a guaranteed way to kill a book.

What annoys me about OMAC getting the ax is that there are so many other DC books that are just so bland and horrible and boring, like "Nightwing", that it's almost a crime to kill off OMAC.

Oh well. On the bright side, "Frankenstien", "Animal Man", and "Swamp Thing" are still around, so there's no reason to abandon DC in a fit of juvenile rage just yet.

Still, not happy about this.