Taking the energies and the impulses, the logics and inevitabilities behind oppression and rebellion and tying them up in a merciless package of science fiction superheroics makes The Omega Men a stunning, riveting, remorseless read. The Omega Men kidnap peace envoy Kyle Rayner as part of a plot to bring about the downfall of the Citadel, which rules a system of five planets, only source of a vital element. The Omega Men are going to expose horrible crimes and terrible conspiracies and they are justified in anything they do, no matter how ugly, bloody or ruthless. They just have to make Kyle Rayner, the superhero dedicated to fighting evil and bringing justice, one of them.