Who Is Omega the Unknown? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Omega the Unknown is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Humanoid Prototype Model X3Z, with over 71 comic issue appearances. Omega The Unknown, created by a dying alien race attempting to preserve its culture, was linked to James-Michael Starling, whom his creators had also created. Both were ultimately tragically destroyed.

Who is Omega the Unknown?

HISTORY Background The being called Omega on Earth was created by the sapient non-humanoid organic metal inhabitants of the planet Protaris, who referred to the primary of their star system as Regreb. (The closest contemporary analog to what the Protarians were, as living beings, is the X-Man Colossus , whose primary known super-human power consists of taking on an organic steel form, in which form he possesses super-humanoid strength and a high degree of resistance to harm.) Protaris's planetary climate was so rapidly, and so drastically, changing that the Protarians, who realized that they lacked the ability to adapt to the changes, would lose their ability to inhabit it in a matter of years. Doomed to extinction themselves, the Protarians decided to create a new race of organic humanoids, through bioengineering, whose representatives could live comfortably under the new conditions and thereby keep Protarian culture alive. They decided that they needed, first, to create several intermediate models to find the right genetic structure and, second, to learn as much as they could about organic humanoid races, whose thought processes they believed differed from theirs in many ways, to.

Key facts

Omega the Unknown is of alien origin and first appeared in "Omega The Unknown". The character is published by Marvel. With 71 recorded issue appearances, Omega the Unknown ranks among the most featured characters in comics.