Weathering Wildstorm

“DV8” issues 6 through 8 by Warren Ellis, Shon Bury, Humberto Ramos, Kevin West, Jason Johnson, Al Rio, Michael Lopez, JJ Kirby, Sal Regla, Mark McKenna, Luke Rizzo, Chuck Gibson, Mike Miller, Drew Geraci, Edwin Rosell, Al Vey, Armando Durruthy, John Tighe, Kaleb Salstrom, Wendy Fouts, and Bill O’Neil  Oh we have so many stories for you from the DV8 kids. I count about 10 across these 3…

“StormWatch” volume one, issues 43 through 45 by Warren Ellis, Tom Raney, Randy Elliott, Bill O’Neil, Mike Heisler, Gina Going, Laura DePuy, Quantum Color FX, and WildStorm FX  Just in time for our post Memorial Day hang over… three stories which all feature America, and how much it can suck! Whatta country, whatta trilogy of comic books! First up we have Jack Hawksmoor on a mission to find a…

This entry covers “Backlash” issues 24 through 26 by Sean Ruffner, Brett Booth, Juvaun Kirby, Dan Norton, John Tighe, Tom McWeeny, Edwin Rosell, Sal Regla, Toad Ehrlich, Jessica Ruffner, Chris Eliopoulos, Amie Grenier and WildStorm FX Oh man, so much goes on in these three issues! Like, a whole lot, so I’m not going to delay getting to them, we’re jumping right in! We open with Jodi being very…

This entry covers “Grifter” volume 2 issues 8 through 10 by Steve Grant, Michael Ryan, Jason Gordor, Mike Rockwitz and Clem Robins What a solid and fun little story arc. Zealot has been missing for a bit, so says Savant. And little sister is asking Cole, her least hated of Zannah’s exes, to find her. Not to help find her, as Savant is still intent on taking off to form her own little team away…

This entry covers “WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams” volume one issues 35 and 36 by Barbara Kesel, Rich Johnson, Carlos D’Anda, Pascual Ferry, Rich Friend, Cam Smith, Randy Elliott, Chuck Gibson, Sandtra Hope, Kevin Conrad, Martin Jimenez, Bad@$$, Lord of the Keys and Bill O’Neil It’s been a minute since we’ve caught up with the WildC.A.T.s team. And things… well, things are going all sorts of…

This entry covers “WildStorm Spotlight” volume one, issue 4 by Daffyd Wyn, Pete Woods, Ale’ Garza, Chuck Gibson, Mike Rockwitz, Amie Grenier and WildStrom FX So this issue opens with Deathtrap thinking over his life. He realizes that he’s made a mess of it. The mercenary killer for hire thing, what’s it good for. Got him a fancy house with a fancy mirror, but he can’t stand the reflection. No…

This entry covers “StormWatch” volume one, issues 41 and 42 by Warren Ellis, Michael Ryan, Tom Raney, Randy Elliott, Gina Going, Bill O’Neil and Mike Heisler Christine Trelane has a job to do. Her only job. And a job only she can do. She’s an activator and she can activate people that have been endowed with special powers due to the comet effect AKA Seedlings. She’s the only activator. Sometimes…

This entry covers “WetWorks” volume one, issues 18 – 20 by Francis Takenaga, Cedric Nocon, Michael Ryan, Jason Johnson, Chuck Gibson, Casey Gibson, Peter Guzman, Chuck Arnold, Tom McWeeney, Mike Rockwitz, Martin Jimenez and Bill O’Neil Looks like the team finally got a bit of R&R and Jester and Claymore are lakeside at a… wait, are they at a baptism? WTF? Why? Well… uh… water monsters! Water…

This entry covers “Gen13” Annual 1997 by Warren Ellis, Steven Dillon, Joe Chiodo, Martin Jimenez, and Rob Robbins It’s a simple little tale really. The grizzled veteran of I/O, one Mr. John Lynch, takes his charges, that being the young adults of Gen13, to a place that will end up testing their strengths and abilities. The place is a pub. Well, it’s a special pub. It’s in London. OK fine, this…

This entry covers “Gen13 Bootleg” issues 1 – 4 by Mark Farmer, Alan Davis, Dan Norton, Sanda Hope, Louise & Walter Simonson, Joe Chiodo, Martin Jimenez, Lois Buhalis, Amie Grenier, John E. Workman, and JR. So, this series… “Gen13 Bootleg” is… well… It’s an interesting one. I think it was part of an effort to keep an ongoing “Gen13” series on the shelves without always running various “Gen13”…

This entry covers “Grifter” volume two issue 7 by Steven Grant, Matt Broome, Troy Hubbs, and Wendy Fouts We’re in Seattle, folks! Home of the Space Needle, Frasier and Sup Pop records. It’s 1996 and grunge is about to give way to ska/punk and neo-swing (don’t tell Eddy) and we’re once again catching up with our old pal, Cole Cash AKA Grifter. Well we start out there, after the story gets set up…

This entry covers “Grifter” volume two, issues 5 through 6 by Steven Grant, Mel Rubi, Michael Ryan, Richard Friend, Jason Gorder, Sal Regla, Randy Elliot, Norm Rapmund, Peter Guzman, and Michael Rockwitz Ok, let’s all catch up. I’m good! You? Glad to hear it! Now, let’s catch up w/ what really matters, and that’s our old pal Cole Cash. When we last saw Cole (in his solo title) his brother Max…

“Backlash” issues 21 – 23

This entry covers “Backlash” issues 21 through 23 by Sean Ruffner, Brett Booth, JJ Kirby, John Tighe, Saleem Crawford, Mark Irwin, Martin Jimenez, Tad Ehrlich,  and George Davis. We open with Marc reflecting on his recent past, having just recently found out he has not just a daughter, but a son, and also the death of his pal CyberJack. It’s a heavy load to carry, and it does result in him being…

“DV8” vol. 1 issues 1/2 and 5

This entry covers the “DV8” issues 1/2 and 5  by Warren Ellis, JJ Kirby, Humberto Ramos, Randy Elliot, Dexter Vines, Saleem Crawford, Sal Reglas, and Wendy Fouts. Our first story concerns the DV8 kids sitting around telling the grossest things they’ve ever experienced. Whoever has the least gross story has to drink an unholy concoction of various liquids from about the penthouse. This “half”…

The Gen13 Trading Card Story and “Gen13: Interactive”

This entry covers the story from “Gen13: Series 1 Trading Card Base Set cards 73 – 81” by Brandon Choi,  Ryan Odagawa, Joe Phillips, Eric Shanower, John Lowe, either Jason or Gary Martin, Wendy Fouts, and Martin Jimenez, and also covers “Gen13 : Interactive” issues 1 – 3 by Mike Heisler, Jason Johnson, Edwin Rosell, and JD. The trading card story is pretty inconsequential but, it’s always fun to…