Omega is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

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Publication history

Omega first appeared in Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...

#131 (February 1973), and was created by Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas, Jr. is an American comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E...

 and Ross Andru

Ross Andru

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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).

Fictional character biography

Omega is a gigantic humanoid creation of Maximus

Maximus (comics)

Maximus is a fictional character, a schizophrenic and genius appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #47 , and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.-Fictional character biography:...

 which draws upon psionic power from the racial hatred of the Inhumans

Inhumans

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 towards the Alpha Primitive

Alpha Primitive

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s, and converts that power into strength.

Later, Ultron

Ultron

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 betrayed Maximus and placed his computer-mind within an enlarged adamantium head and transplanted it atop Omega's body. In this form, Ultron attacked the Avengers

Avengers (comics)

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, Fantastic Four

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, and Inhumans. This continued until it was shut down by Franklin Richards

Franklin Richards

Franklin Richards is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in Fantastic Four.Franklin is an Omega-Level mutant with vast psionic and reality-manipulating powers...

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