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Men Annual #1, 1984"Heaven and Hell Waiting in the Wings"
Writer: Doug Moench
Pencils: Tod Smith
Inks: Alex Niño
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Firsts: Sharduma, the Grafalloons, and the planet of Sindromeda.
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Men #21, December 1984"To Err is Humanoid!"
Writer: Sharman Divono
Artist: Alex Niño
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Firsts: Citadellers Twitch, Niosh-Lk, Obeda and Clone. Omegans Syri, Ny, Doctor Whay, Questron, General Anelon and Captain Fynar. The Hanasi Robotics Station.
Notes: The location of the Hanasi Station is not revealed. These characters do not appear again. Ny's coloring suggests he could be Tamaranian.
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Men #22, January 1985"Between the Motes of Nimbus"
Writer: Doug Moench
Pencils: Tod Smith
Inks: Rick Magyar
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Firsts: The planet Dredfahl.
Notes: Mama Madame's revelation about Harpis' past could account for the flashback in Omega Men #11, wherein the young Harpis bears no wings.
Omega
Men #23, February 1985"Body and Soul"
Writer: Doug Moench
Pencils: Tod Smith
Inks: Rick Magyar
Editor: Marv Wolfman
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Men #24, March 1985"Okaara!"
Writer/Editor: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Kevin O'Neill
Notes: Contains a reprint of Witching Hour #13 (March, 1971), which is (strangely) the first appearance of the Psions. The letter column tells of the change in editors.
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Men #25, April 1985"Arbor of Enchantments Lost"
Writer: Doug Moench
Pencils: Shawn McManus
Inks: Pablo Marcos
Editor: Alan Gold
Firsts: Kalista's servant, Sherilla.
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Men #26, May 1985"The Unquiet Void" (1st story)
Writer: Todd Klein
Pencils: Shawn McManus
Inks: Bob Smith
Editor: Alan Gold
Firsts: New Omegans, Elu and Ryand'r. The Green Man of Uxor also joins the Omega Men. The Psion Wombworld, and it's inhabitants Piper, Twilla & the Hroobor. Artin, the Psion's sentient computer. Wombworld transport beasts, the Viathans.
Note: This story takes place months after issue #25. The circumstance which lead to this issue are described in Omega Men Annual #2. As this is a major new direction for the book, the letter column gives a brief synopsis of the major characters. With this issue, the "Vega" series of short stories begins. Ryand'r is referred to as their communications specialist.
2nd Story: "Brief Lives"
Writer: Alan Moore
Pencils: Kevin O'Neill
Inks: Carl Gafford
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Men #27, June 1985"Transfiguration" (1st story)
Writer: Todd Klein
Pencils: Shawn McManus
Inks: Bob Smith
Editor: Alan Gold
"A Man's World" (2nd story)
Writer: Alan Moore
Pencils: Paris Cullins
Inks: Rick Magyar
Firsts: The Vegan planet Culacao.
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Men #28, July 1985"The Synoptic Net" (1st story)
Writer: Todd Klein
Artist: Shawn McManus
Editor: Alan Gold
Firsts: Synapse of the In-Betweeners.
"Deep in the Jungle, Something Stirred" (2nd story)
Writer/Artist: Steve Parkhouse
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Men #29, August 1985"Lethal Science!" (1st story)
Writer: Todd Klein
Pencils: Shawn McManus
Inks: Steve Mitchell
Editor: Alan Gold
Firsts: Psion leader, Multhus the Ultimate.
Untitled (2nd story)
Writer: Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Pencils: Chuck Patton
Inks: Steve Mitchell
Firsts: The colony of Caetano (location unknown)
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Men #30, September 1985"Origin of Species" (1st story)
Writer: Todd Klein
Pencils: Shawn McManus
Inks: Bob Smith
Editor: Alan Gold
"Equalizer" (2nd story)
Writer: Gary Cohn & Doc Wilde
Pencils: Chuck Patton
Inks: Sal Trapani
Note: The letter column explains that "A'Haarp" is Tigorr's Karnan nickname for Harpis.
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