RIP Wildstorm Comics

[The Bat]

I'm probably about the only Damn Person on this Forum that was a Huge Fan of Wildstorm in the 90's.

Books Like Team-7, BackLash, WildC.A.T.S. and Gen-13 were just too cool to me ... I was also in my Teens when they came out, and the look of characters like WarBlade, Union and Grifter were some of the neatest designs I had saw.

Not you're not...I was a Fan too! I bought WildC.A.T.S. and Gen-13 as well.

[spamn]

Wildstorm had a lot of good books. The last good one I read was Stormwatch:Post Human Division. I still haven't read Gail Simone's Gen 13, but I want to.

[samurainoir]

Gen 13 was actually a "Teen Comic" for the time that a teen would actually read and not feel pandered to. It helped to have J Scott Campbell improving by leaps and bounds every single issue, culminating in his run on his creator owned Danger Girl pastiche of Good Girl/Bad Girl art, GI Joe, James Bond, Diabolik and Herve Villichez of all things.




Also notable was Adam Warren spirited Grunge the Movie arc, as well as his tenure as writer.


The Mask writer John Arcudi and Gary Frank also had a very underrated stint on the title.


and there was also notable highlights such as Adam Hughes doing FULL art chores on two issues.


Art Adams!


Lee Barmejo


Terry Moore's hidden issues where Fairchild was finally written with a level of depth that her character had only been hinted at by every other writer that has handled her.


a rather delightful Bone Crossover.


which also included many other characters including Archie...




and Gen13/Maxx was also quite a gem in the rough.

[samurainoir]

I almost forgot Warren Ellis' two annuals with Steve Dillon (Preacher).


and his spinoff DV8 with Humberto Ramos.



Here's the highlights of WildCATS for me...

James Robinson and Travis Charest had a good arc.


Alan Moore's WildCats could have been a classic run if not for the uneven and ever changing art teams, sometimes up to three per issue.


You can see the roots of Promethia in Voodoo, also marred by the sudden change in art teams.


Wildcats/X-Men The Golden Age where Travis Charest finds his own unique voice as an artist.


WildCats/Aliens which clears the deck for for The Authority.

[samurainoir]

And lest we forget Planetary, one of the best comics in the past decade (because that's how long it takes for each of the final issues to come out). Luckily concluded recently just in time for Wildstorm's demise.

[BlackKnight]

Danger Girl was flipp'in Awesome stuff !

[samurainoir]

They just finished off Ex Machina as well. Recommended for those that really liked Tony Harris' art on Starman, or Vaughn's Y the Last Man.

I still have to pick up the final issue.

[WannabeMego]

I'm probably about the only Damn Person on this Forum that was a Huge Fan of Wildstorm in the 90's.

No...These were just some of the Titles I can think of that I really enjoyed:

Leave it to Chance
Planetary
Deathblow
Stormwatch
Astrocity
Grifter
BackLash
The Kindred
Team-7
Tom Strong
Promethea
The Authority
Divine Right
Majestic
The Maxx
Tomorrow Stories
WetWorks
Union

I just remember WAITING FOREVER for the issues to come out...I finally gave up...but...

They had some good stuff...concepts...the art was great and really bad at times...but there were some really good gems in the mix...MUCH better then any of the other Image CRAP!!!

I'm pretty sure DC is gonna try to do something with the character library.