OMEGA KIDS #2 – Not According to the Plan

Creative Team – Tony Fleecs, Andrés Genolet, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, VC’s Travis Lanham

Published by Marvel Comics

Catch up with Omega Kids #1 here!

The Story

In the full swing of the Age of Revelation, we’ve seen mostly from the rebellion’s side of thing, but in Omega Kids, we get to see what it’s like behind Revelation’s Territories. Behind Revelation’s lines, Quentin Quire has his own psychic spy network called the Omega Kids. The Omega Kids are used to find the hidden rebels hiding in Revelation’s Territories using their psychic abilities. So far, training is going well for the young mutant with Quentin as their leader, but there’s still bumps along the way. When working with any group of children, you’re bound to run into obstacles, which is what Quentin is finding out the hard way.

On one particular mission, the kids find something they’re uncertain of. There’s a psychic barrier between them and the person they’re investigating, which they haven’t seen before. Quentin reacts aggressively, telling the kids the stop, but they don’t listen. The Omega Kids don’t understand the threat because they’ve never dealt with the Phoenix Force before. However, Quentin is more than educated on how much danger the Phoenix Force and Rachel Summers can be.

The Writing

Tony Fleecs continues this psychic roller coaster ride with introducing Rachel into the mix, which was very unexpected. Quentin is clearly in over his head in trying to teach the Omega Kids the in and outs of defending Revelation, and having someone like Rachel around could be very beneficial.

Besides Rachel and Quentin, we get to see just how seriously some of the kids take their job, including not even batting an eye when killing innocent mutants. There’s a lot of dynamics throughout the story that I would really love to see more of, so I’m disappointed that this story will be concluded in the next issue. But I am very excited to see how it ends!

The Art

The artwork of Omega Kids #2 has its tone set immediately with the Omega Kids in The Secret Place, which is a secret subconscious refuge for the kids to gather away from Quinten. With the beautiful details in the sky along with the texture of the grass, it’s hard to look away from Andrés Genolet’s artwork. Alongside Genolet, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo handles the colors of the comic. In this particular scene, the panels are created with different shades of purple, which gives it a perfect otherworldly feeling. Sifuentes-Sujo continues the quality of work on the colors throughout the comic, which makes each page pack a punch.

Final Thoughts

Omega Kids #2 raises the stakes very well, and shows just how deep into Revelation’s word the Omega Kids really are. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

Overall Grade – 8/10

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