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Re: Omlevex Universe Red Menace and Scott, Thanks for the well wishes, guys. I appreciate it immensely.

Re: Omlevex Universe Just a quick note: Omlevex has been nominated for three Ennie awards -- Best Art (Interior), Best Art (Cover), and Best Campaign Setting. I would like to thank all of you who have contributed to Omlevex, either by doing work on it or by supporting it. We owe you one.

Re: Early Marvel Age x Silver Age Marvel was indeed a totally different beast than DC titles of the era. The difference was like night and day. In Omlevex, we leaned more toward the Marvel end of the spectrum, though a few DC-esque trappings were thrown in for good measure. Even in the "players" section and "GMs" section of the book, we pointed out that the Silver Age was when heroes began to develop faults and stopped being cardboard cut-outs. We did this to clear up some of the misconceptions of that era. So many people tend to think that the Silver Age style was nearly identical to the Golden Age style, which couldn't be further from the truth. DC, though, still held more of the Golden Age flavor than Marvel did. Well said. Many of the Silver Age villains (particularly the Marvel ones) were downright menacing -- Dr. Doom, Ultron, Kraven, the Owl and their ilk. To be sure, the era brought forth some rather campy villains too, but most of them were pretty serious. You bet! In fact, that's how I run Omlevex. While a few of the villains (Man-Cactus, King Cockroach, etc.) are slightly silly, most of them are vile bad guys who can't be taken lightly. And, heck, even the campier ones are legit threats.

Re: Omlevex Review on RPGnet There's another review of Omlevex posted at RPG.net.

Re: Omlevex Review on RPGnet Well said. Yeah, Metazon was intended to be like that. After all, Marvel's Manhattan is similarly crowded.

Re: Omlevex Review on RPGnet Thanks, guys. I'm just glad the first review of Omlevex was a positive one.

The yellow thing? If so, that's Atlas Man's leg. Hehe. It was drawn just a taaaaaaad too big.

In front of American Gargoyle is Slug (though it's not the normal version, as explained in his "Appearance" section). The fella above Onyx is Lazer Man. I'm not sure who this worm is that you speak of. I don't see any such character. Of course, I'm oblivious in the morning.

Sounds good to me.

LOL! Well, I'll see to it that you get a comp copy of the book (be it a PDF or hardcopy). As for mutating it... well, I don't see that it really needs it. Good stuff.

I'm glad you like it so much, Major Tom! It's like ice cream for my soul.

**drool** That is simply excellent, Redmenace! Mind if we put a link to it on our site?

Winner! Yes indeed, there is a winner. I apologize for not being timely, but the post-release of Omlevex has kept me verrrrry busy. Anyway, without further ado.... The winner of the contest is none other than Redmenace, with his Nocturne/Umbra/Flarestar storyline! It was a very close race and for the longest time, it came down to two entries: the one mentioned above and the Doc Madson background by Funksaw (from RPG.net). Congrats, Redmenace!

Omlevex is now available from the Z-Man Games website. Zev always waits awhile before placing a product in his online store, as it helps support the FLGSs by giving them the initial business.

Sounds great, Redmenace. I'm looking forward to it.