- "The love you feel for your family, makes you weak."
- ―OMAC to Blue Beetle[src]
Ignacio Carapax, also known as the OMAC (One Man Army Corps), was a Guatemalan war veteran who became a cyborg capable of unleashing virtually indestructible weaponry at will after being experimented on by Kord Industries. Serving as Victoria Kord's right-hand, he helped her to find biotechnological alien Khaji-Da, coming into conflict with Jaime Reyes to get the relic, gaining new powers until Reyes spared his life, causing Carapax to redeem himself, sacrificing himself to kill Kord after realizing Victoria was responsible for his mother's death.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Mother's Death[]
- "Mom!"
- ―Ignacio Carapax[src]
Carapax watches his mother die.
Ignacio Carapax was born in Guatemala and grew up amidst the country's brutal civil war, where he helped out his mother by retrieving buckets of water. One day, as the young Ignacio returned from grabbing water, he greeted his mother. However, as Carapax walked, the two saw as an airplane bombed their house, killing Ignacio's mother, to his sorrow. After the attack, Carapax stole a locket with his and his mother's picture which survived the raid and ran and hid in the jungle.
Carapax is forced to train in the army.
Eventually, Carapax was found by Victoria Kord, who saw the potential for him to be manipulated into what she wanted, decided to send Carapax to a military group, who forced the boy to shave his head and fight in the army, with him later being given the rank of Lieutenant.[1]
Cybernetic Enhancements[]
- "Do you not remember what it was like when I found you? How badly crippled you were? How broken? I am just trying to fix you."
- ―Victoria Kord to Ignacio Carapax[src]
Carapax receives cyber parts.
As a young man later in life, while on patrol, Carapax accidently stepped on a hidden land mine, heavily injuring and massively damaging one of his arm and leg. Upon being found, Carapax was taken to a hospital, where Victoria ordered that Carapax's damaged limbs be replaced with cybernetic limbs, with him barely overhearing as when someone asked what if the procedure failed, with Kord stating that they would make more like him.
Luckily, the procedure was successful and Carapax decided to operate as Victoria's bodyguard, with her reminding him of their encounter to keep him on her side. With Carapax agreeing to take part in Victoria's OMAC project, and had the prototype OMAC device implanted onto his back to create a battle suit to help him in fights.[1]
Serving Victoria Kord[]
Finding Khaji-Da[]
- "How much longer you think it’s gonna be?"
"We’ll hit the center before sunrise."
"Well, push your men harder. I’ve searched for 15 years. I don’t want to wait another second." - ―Victoria Kord and Ignacio Carapax[src]
Carapax, Kord and Morales watching the digging team.
Sometime after, her brother, Ted Kord disappeared, Victoria had Carapax look for an alien device, the Scarab, which was used by Ted. Eventually in 2023, Carapax located it in an bunker in Antarctica. Carapax assisted with Victoria and her henchmen as they broke down the bunker to steal the scarab. During this, Victoria introduced Carapax to their head scientist, José Morales, with Carapax ignoring him, with the bunker finally being destroyed, allowing them to take the Scarab.
Carapax listens to Victoria Kord confronting Jenny Kord.
After obtaining the scarab, Carapax and Victoria returned to Palmera City, keeping an eye for her as she went to her mansion, where he opted to attack one of her employees, Jaime Reyes after he tried to greet her and continued to look over as Victoria talked to her niece Jenny as they fought over the direction of the company, which caused Reyes to be fired when he tried to stick up for Jenny. However, on the following day, the Scarab was mysteriously taken.
Carapax during the party gala.
Despite that, Victoria and Carapax hosted a party that night for their work on the OMAC, with Kord personally introducing the generals to Carapax and his achievements. However, Carapax feeling misplaced walked out with Kord meeting up with him in the kitchen to remind him how she found and fixed him to encourage him to continue on. However, Victoria and Carapax were alerted to someone infiltrating Kord Industries, with Carapax personally going to confront the intruders.[1]
Skirmish at Kord Plaza[]
- "You should have finished me when you had the chance."
- ―Ignacio Carapax to Jaime Reyes[src]
Carapax is surprised by Jaime Reyes.
Upon Carapax arriving to the Kord Plaza, he saw that the intruders were Jaime Reyes and Jenny Kord. Despite them wanting to get away from him, Carapax ran to fight Reyes and Kord, however Reyes, who had bonded with the Scarab, stopped his punch, surprising Carapax, who received a blow against a statue. Knowing that the fight would be hard, Carapax activated the OMAC device, causing the OMAC armor to materialize around him.
Carapax is surprised by Jaime Reyes.
Now prepped, Carapax began to unload all of his weapons on Reyes, causing Khaji to take over and fight Carapax. When Reyes flew towards him, Carapax tried to defend himself, crashing into a truck, in which Carapax could knock down Reyes and start shooting, launching several missiles as he saw Reyes coming out of his hiding place behind a car, which he kicked, trying to crush him with the vehicle near a fence, and Khaji-Da then caused a sonic explosion that made Carapax to fly away, being hit by a car.
Carapax shots at Jaime Reyes.
Carapax angered and continued the fight, but he received numerous blows from Reyes along with a blaster that knocked him to the ground, as Carapax was still motionless, Reyes refused to kill him, claiming not to be a killer. When Reyes distracted by seeing Jenny Kord and Rudy Reyes heading for him in the truck, Carapax shot them and attacked Reyes.
Carapax tries to kill Jaime Reyes.
Being dissappointed by his escape attempt, Carapax used his strength to hit him against a car, as Reyes continued to deny Khaji-Da to kill him. Carapax was able to use his foot to begin to crush Reyes, listening to Reyes' supplications, but Carapax claimed that love for his family was his weakness, however, before that Carapax was hit by a machine made by Jaime's uncle Rudy, briefly knocking him out.[1]
Attack on the Reyes Household[]
- "Carapax, ready the claw."
- ―Victoria Kord to Ignacio Carapax[src]
Carapax kidnaps Jaime Reyes.
Carapax along with Kord and José Morales headed in a helicopter with an army from Kord Industries to go to the Reyes Residence looking for Jaime Reyes, but in his absence, Kord ordered to kill the family’s before Reyes appeared to protect them. During the fight, Carapax was ordered to fire a technological claw at Reyes, managing to knock him down on the ground by being distracted by the death of his father, Alberto Reyes, and returned to the helicopter with Reyes as a prisoner, heading for Pago Island.[1]
Receiving Powers[]
- "It’s in there. I can feel it."
- ―Ignacio Carapax to Victoria Kord[src]
Carapax during the transfer.
In Kord Industries laboratrories on Pago Island, they placed Jaime Reyes in a sphere to extract him the power of Khaji-Da, as Sanchez prepared the process, Carapax told Kord that he was ready for the OMAC Armor updates, sitting in a chair to receive the scarab code that would improve the OMAC, and Sanchez warned that the process could kill Reyes, but Kord did not care, stating that it would be a sacrifice for the common good, while Carapax remembered his cyber-surgery by Kord.
Carapax becomes a powerful soldier.
During the transfer, Carapax saw his mother’s portrait on his necklace, which fell off after being connected to Reyes' machine, observing how Kord kept it for him. When the scarab code was extracted at one hundred percent, Carapax rose from his seat as the armor was upgraded, sticking completely to his body. Fully empowered, Carapax quickly killed Sanchez when he helped Reyes to escape, destroying the door in a fit of rage.[1]
Battle at Pago Island[]
- "There can only be one of us."
- ―Ignacio Carapax to Jaime Reyes[src]
Carapax attacks Jaime Reyes with an axe.
After all the soldiers were defeated by Reyes, Carapax managed to locate him, shooting him against a wall and starting a duel in the air, releasing two swords from his armor to attack Reyes and resisting all his attacks, firing again at him and chasing him around the whole of Pago Island, but Reyes managed to disable Carapax’s rocket, causing both of them to fall into the laboratory, Carapax then used energy whips and an axe to try to cut him down, but he ended up being knocked down.
Carapax is stopped by Jaime Reyes.
Carapax summoned another sword, but Reyes used his sword to cause an explosion, causing Carapax to collapse to the ground and tried to shoot Reyes with his blaster. During their fight with swords, Reyes took advantage of his new confidence in learning to fight with his armor, but Carapax rose up to resist the sword’s attack, stabbing Reyes in his stomach and claiming that only one of the two could exist, having defeated Reyes, Carapax tried to kill him, but he was suddenly attacked by legs of Reyes' armor.
Carapax is brutally beaten by Jaime Reyes.
Carapax defended himself, severely wounding Reyes against the ground and striking him, mocking him as he told him that his family was his weakness, but began to be attacked with rocks by Rudy Reyes, whom Carapax shot, unleashing Reyes' wrath after he thought he killed him, releasing a great load of energy against him, leaving Carapax immobilized as Reyes brutally beat him outside the lab to hold him with chains and attack him.[1]
Self-Sacrifice[]
- "Sacrifices must be made for the greater good."
- ―Ignacio Carapax to Victoria Kord[src]
Carapax is forgiven by Jaime Reyes.
On the ground, Carapax continued to be brutally beaten by Jaime Reyes, mocking for not killing him at the first opportunity, and summoning his sword to kill him and avenge his father, however Khaji-Da stopped him because they were not murderers, showing Reyes the past of Carapax for the loss of his mother and the cruel experiments of Victoria Kord, making Carapax weep for the memory, causing Reyes to spare his life. Carapax was raised by Reyes, who mentioned that love for his family was his strength, making Carapax reflect.
Carapax sacrifies himself to kill Victoria Kord.
After the admendment, Carapax saw Kord on the ground, receiving the order to kill them, but instead of following her orders, Carapax asked Reyes and Jenny Kord to run away from Pago Island, asking Reyes to take care of his family. Carapax listened to Kord’s suggestions for further improvement, however he regained her necklace, overloading his armor to kill himself along with Kord, happily watching his mother call him from beyond, following her voice into the fire. Dragging Kord and accepting his fate, Carapax remembered that sacrifices must be made for the greated good, achieving his redemption when his armor exploded.[1]
Personality[]
- "Sacrifices must be made for the greater good."
- ―OMAC to Victoria Kord[src]
Carapax was hardened by his 50 years and his military demeanor who struggled to mask the scars of past battles. He originally thought family was a "weakness". [2][1] Carapax had suffered an immense tragedy when he lost his mother by bomb strike. After his defeat by Blue Beetle, he found out the truth that his mother was killed by Victoria Kord when she ordered the bomb strike and lied to Ignacio. To atone for his crimes, he choose to sacrifice himself to kill Victoria in a massive explosion in order to avenge his mother. He told to Jaime before he died to take care of his family.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- OMAC armor capabilities: Through the use of the OMAC armor and his natural skills, Carapax was able to utilize powers similar and surpassing to Blue Beetle.[1]
- Superhuman strength: Through the use of his prosthetic arm, and later OMAC armor, Carapax was able to lift, carry, and exert immense tons of force. He was able to pin and crush Jaime Reyes in the Blue Beetle armor with his foot alone.
- Superhuman durability: Between his already peak human durability, and later paired with the OMAC armor, Carapax was able to take many attacks before going down or knocked out. Carapax was able to take many of Blue Bettle's attacks before being knocked out by Rudy's machine.
- Superhuman speed: Through the use of the OMAC armor's thrusters, alongside his peak human speed, was able to outpace many humans.
- Superhuman stamina: To be added
- Superhuman reflexes: To be added
- Construct creation: To be added
- Flight: After being given the upgraded OMAC armor, Carapax was able to use the armor's thrusters to hover and fly after his targets.
Abilities[]
- Expert marksman: To be added
- Expert combatant: To be added
- Gifted intelligence: To be added
Equipment[]
- OMAC Armor: To be added[1]
Relationships[]
Family[]
Allies[]
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Enemies[]
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Trivia[]
- In the comics, Conrad Carapax is an archeologist whose mind melds with the body of a robot.
Behind the Scenes[]
- During production, Ignacio's name was Conrad Carapax and his alter-ego's name was Indestructible Man instead of OMAC. The productional names were ultimately discarded and changed in the released product, therefore they were never used.
- John Santiago and Daniel Norris were stunt doubles for Raoul Trujillo in the role of OMAC.
References[]
External Links[]
Carapax on DC Database- OMAC on DC Database
