Greg Rucka has apologized to readers of DC’s The OMAC Project for being unable to contain such an epic to the six issues of that title. Mistakes were (kind of) made, and a plot twist integral to the coherence of that mini-series actually happened in the “Sacrifice” crossover that’s running through some other titles I don’t follow. (Except for one.)
“So instead of a six issue miniseries, you get a ten issue miniseries, and I won’t fault any reader for not picking it up. I’d still suggest them though, because they’re a good story and worth reading, but I’d suggest, if nothing else, you pick up Wonder Woman #219 at the very least – call it issue OMAC #3.5 if you must, because it sets up the events of OMAC #4.”
If I can make a quick stab at paraphrasing, “We tried to contain the artificiality and cynicism, but it took on a life of its own. Plus, Wonder Woman needs the sales bump. And I’m not really apologizing, because that would be stupid, because OMAC is Important, and you should be buying it if you hope to understand the next year’s worth of DC Comics. Doesn’t ‘trinity’ sound mythic?”
He’s also apologized to writers Gail Simone (Action Comics) and Mark Verheiden (Superman) for foisting the story on their barely-begun runs on those titles. “Sacrifice” could have been called “Taking One for the Team,” apparently. Rucka somehow neglects to apologize to himself, even though one of his own books, Wonder Woman, is utterly derailed by the crossover.
I’m not going to sit here and argue that Wonder Woman is a great title, but it has a lot going for it. I really enjoy Rucka’s treatment of the Mount Olympus crowd, and I think his original aim – showing where Diana and her mission fit into the DC Universe – is interesting (when it crops up). Sure, Veronica Cale is a badly motivated and hopelessly inept arch-nemesis. Sure, the whole blindness interlude was a pointless non-starter. But scheming Greek deities go a long way with me.
Now, all that build-up seems destined to be sidelined if not abandoned entirely for the sake of Diana’s function as Amazon ex machina in OMAC, which is incredibly irritating.
But, as Johanna notes, at least it came out on time.