Writer: Tony Fleecs
Artist: Andrés Genolet
Colorist: Fer Sifuentes-Sujo
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Cover Artists: Rod Reis; Chad Hardin & Israel Silva;
Carlo Pagulayan, Jazon Paz & Rain Beredo; Federico Vicentini & Matt
Milla
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 19, 2025
The X-Men fought for Mutant equality. But no matter how hard
they tried, the X-Men failed to stamp out prejudice, repression, and
persecution. So, Doug Ramsey, aka Revelation, unleashed a virus that killed
Humans or turned them into Mutants.
Revelation has created a Mutant paradise in the former
United States. But pockets of resistance still linger. Terrorists and assassins
attempt to kill the Mutants’ glorious leader. Revelation can strip dissidents
of their ability to communicate. But how does he control his growing territory
as the X-Virus spreads across the former United States? And how does Revelation
nip trouble in the bud before it can bite him? Let’s leap into Omega Kids #2
and see!
Story
Once, Quentin Quire was one of Professor Xavier's brightest
students. Now, he leads a surveillance network for Revelation. Quentin has
Omega Kids stationed throughout the Revelation Territories. When the young
psychics observe dissidents, protestors, and fugitives, they can report their
findings to him. But within his vast network, Quentin personally oversees his
Elite team. Curtis Terrell Jr, Nell Widows, and Ayla Bozkurt are teenagers.
Bailey Quinn is only eight years old. Yet these kids help him prevent uprisings
in Revelation’s capital city.
In Omega Kids #2, Quentin urges his team to find insurgents
in a Philadelphia suburb. While they can kill rebels and terrorists with a
thought, the kids can also edit people's memories to keep them out of trouble.
But Quentin urges them to carefully assess each subject before rushing to
judgment.
Quentin drives his top team hard. He is awed by their
potential. But Quentin wishes he were closer to them. And he knows they are as
capable of inflicting needless suffering and death as they are of safeguarding
Revelation. Sadly, Quentin thinks he can have it both ways in Tony Fleecs’s
story. Quentin believes he can employ classical and operant conditioning
techniques to transform children into soldiers while maintaining a healthy
parental relationship.
While the kids constantly signal that they don't share his
views, Quentin struggles to close the distance to them. What Quentin doesn't
realize in Omega Kids #2 is that the children have turned his strengths against
him. Quentin may believe that the kids are all right. But Curtis Terrell Jr,
Nell Widows, Ayla Bozkurt, and Bailey Quinn insist, “This is my generation.”
Art
Curtis Terrell Jr is an insecure redhead. Nell Widows has
blue hair and horns. Ayla Bozkurt wears teal gloves, a turtleneck, and a light-green
bandana in her dark hair. Even though skin covers her eyes, she frequently
smiles. Bailey Quinn may be 8 years old, but the blonde radiates confidence and
leadership. All wear black jackets bearing a lavender omega symbol. Fer
Sifuentes-Sujo lavishes a loaded palette on "Doug's Green Hell," as
Quentin calls it. But lavender dominates scenes. The children turn lavender in
their astral forms and relax in their lavender refuge. Lavender smoke lingers
after their attacks.
Bailey and her friends relax on a peaceful hillside beneath
a sky filled with mathematical equations and symbols. The residents of Beverly,
Massachusetts, may chafe at Carol Danvers' leadership as their shielded town
falls into disrepair in the Binary series. But like Republic City after Korra
allows the spirit world to mingle with her own, trees, vines, and plants climb
walls and push through streets. When the children place their hands against
their heads, Andrés Genolet shows their target’s thoughts and memories. An
absent loved one takes on a ghost-like appearance. But when they rush to
judgment, a familiar symbol rises in Omega Kids #2.
Travis Lanham places black uppercase letters in white
dialogue balloons. Quentin's team shares their thoughts via clouds and wavy
arrows. White letters in black boxes identify people and places. The words grow
bold for inflection and swell for raised voices, while sound effects heighten attacks.
Yet as Quentin affects his affable charm and struggles to contain his
impatience, his T-shirt bears the inscription, "Magneto was weak."
Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
Quentin Quinn can create a universe with his mind. But as he
tries to instill his values in his students, they hide their thoughts and
feelings from him. The children express these in their secret place, a
construct of their own making. And while he tries to squash rebellions before
they start, Quentin doesn't realize that one is brewing in his inner circle in
Omega Kids #2.
Rating 9.8/10
To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
