Lethem to Write Omega the Unknown The gifted, popular writer behind Fortress of Solitude and a well-known fan of comics will write the adventures of one of the moody '70s Marvel loners that he's written about in the past, the eponymous star of Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes' chatty and oddball superhero series Omega the Unknown. To get an idea of potential future Lethem comics, note his take on Omega and others here.
One thing that's interesting about the initial fan reaction to this news is a slight, underlying expression of distaste that the original Omega story was not allowed to reach its natural conclusion under authors Gerber and Skrenes. I don't know if it's charmingly hopeful that fans would react that way, or indicative of a minor reaction to "outsiders" poaching on assignments, or just sort of weird.
I wouldn't be surprised if more authors are recruited for simlar projects, like Augusten Burroughs' Howard the Duck or Chuck Palahniuk's Wildcat.
The gifted, popular writer behind Fortress of Solitude and a well-known fan of comics 
