Issue The OMAC Project #1 Subtitle The Eye in the Sky Date June 2005 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz storyline Maxwell Lord, Checkmate's "Black King," had his agents (including Sasha Bordeaux - Black King's Knight) clean up the remains of Blue Beetle. Ted Kord had hacked Checkmate's database and deleted all their files on so-called superheroes and supervillains. Lord began surveillance of all Kord's known associates, especially Batman, who was listed as "Creator" in their database. Sasha was approached by Jessica Midnight - Black Queen's Knight - about the death of Blue Beetle. She hated Max Lord and questioned the motives behind the assassination. Wonder Woman picked up Michael Carter - Booster Gold - as he got out of the hospital. No one had heard from Blue Beetle in two days. Bordeaux went to Paris to make a false trail on Blue Beetle. While there, she sent Batman his broken goggles with a note reading "You don't control it anymore." He knew Beetle was dead.

Issue The OMAC Project #2 Subtitle There is no I in Team Date July 2005 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz storyline Batman went to the JLA headquarters and met with Booster Gold, Wonder Woman, and Superman. He told them Brother I was stolen, and what it could do (super-intelligent spy satellite created in response to his mind-wipe). He told them Blue Beetle was dead. He also clued them in on the real Checkmate, which had stolen Brother I. Maxwell Lord was furious that Batman had Blue Beetle's goggles and knew it must have been an inside job. Lord initiated a hit on Overthrow - a Russian metahuman. An OMAC (One Man Army Corp) appeared and killed the man. As Sasha walked in, the computer told Lord an assassination attempt would be made on him. They had a meeting - both kings and queens, with their knights. The Black Queen's Knight (Midnight) pulled a gun on Lord, but he used mind control and had her kill both the White King and White Queen. Midnight would take the fall for the assassinations. In Chicago, Sasha met Batman. Lord saw them kiss and sent OMACs to retrieve them.

Issue The OMAC Project #3 Subtitle The M-E in Team Date August 2005 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz storyline Batman did not know what the OMACs were; Sasha assumed he'd created them since he created Brother I. They captured Sasha, and Lord gave them the order to kill Batman. During their fight, Batman saw one of them bleeding and realized they were not machines. He lost his belt and was thrown into the lake. Superman scooped him up and flew off to the satellite. Guy Gardner found Booster Gold who was with Wonder Woman looking for Brother I. They went off to get the rest of their League together in order to avenge their fallen teammate. Batman stayed aboard the satellite to find this new Checkmate. Wonder Woman headed to Russia to confirm the death of Overthrow. Superman went to search for the missing Brother I. Maxwell Lord gave commands to Alpha One - Superman.

Issue The OMAC Project #4 Subtitle The King is Dead Date September 2005 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz, Cliff Richards, Bob Wiacek storyline Brother I initiated KINGISDEAD protocol, OMACs began attacking, the power grid controlling the United States' East Coast went down, a nuclear sub targeted Taiwan, and an underwater 7.2 earthquake created a tsunami that would crash into Seattle. Dinah, from the Watchtower, told Wonder Woman. The OMACs began purging Checkmate. Guy and Booster found Fire, who was already investigating Blue Beetle's murder. She asked them if he'd had any contact with Maxwell Lord recently. Midnight and Bordeaux fought their way upstairs to find Lord; Midnight realized Sasha was turning into an OMAC. They got to his body and realized he'd not set off the course of action, the computer had. Brother Eye contacted Batman. It was now on full automation, purging Earth of all metahumans and extra-terrestrials. It showed him OMACs killing Rocket Red Seven and Sasha.

Issue The OMAC Project #5 Subtitle Long Live the King Date October 2005 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz, Cliff Richards, Bob Wiacek storyline Brother Eye ceased communications with Batman and switched to phase II of KINGISDEAD. The Justice League - Guy Gardner, Booster Gold, Metamorpho, Fire, and Mary Marvel attacked the OMAC engaged with Martian Manhunter. They stopped it, but others targeted them. Rocket Red Seven was not dead, he got into a GL created force field and detonated with three OMACs. Fire was injured, Guy took her to get help. Sasha converted into a third generation OMAC - one on free of automation. She got to a terminal and warned Batman that Brother Eye was turning on all OMACs at once, all 1,373,462 of them.

Issue The OMAC Project #6 Subtitle Loss of Signal Date November 2005 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz, Cliff Richards, Bob Wiacek storyline The nanobot virus - what turned people into OMACs was in full swing. Sasha worked at a way to stop them without killing the hosts as Batman attempted to contact the league. Fastball and Firefly were some of the first casualties. Sasha put a call out to all of the former Checkmate for help and explained the Black King - the person who perverted the organization - was dead. They immediately began getting response. Midnight contacted Batman on the two possible stops: a virus that would disable communication between Brother Eye and the nanobots, or an electromagnetic pulse big enough to destroy most of the life on earth. Batman said he'd handle it and cut communications. He called in the Green Lanterns - Hal and John. He gave them an EMP creator that the OMACs had originally wanted to steal when they got the Kryptonite - they didn't get it because it hadn't been delivered. Max knew Ted was getting it, but didn't know when. He had no use for the K since he already controlled Superman. The GLs took it to a remote location in the Sahara. They called in all the metas they could so to create a big enough target for all the OMACs to follow them. Sasha spread the virus; Brother Eye shut down communications causing OMACs to revert to human. Batman's plan also worked, the EMP destroyed enough of the nanobots to revert the rest of the OMACs to human form. Somewhere around 200,000 OMACs were still under Brother Eye's control. Brother Eye broadcast a video of Wonder Woman killing Max Lord throughout the world.

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