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Readers curious about the formation of the Authority can trace their origin in Stormwatch: The Road to Authority Compendium, a comprehensive collection of the influential stories that set the stage!   In 1996, Warren Ellis took over as writer of Stormwatch, a major part of Jim Lee's WildStorm Productions, alongside artist Tom Raney Ellis reinvented the[...]

The Outsiders went public about being a DC Universe revamp of Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's Planetary series for Wildstorm But we noted that, with Century Babies, the Carrier and the Bleed, it might also bring in Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch's The Authority. The preview of this week's The Outsiders #4 going all in on[...]

Wildstorm #4 is crashing into stores this Tuesday Let's sneak a peek at the synopsis: Jackson King has done his part, and Lois Lane has all the information she needs to take down Amanda Waller…but is she already too late? As it turns out, Waller has powerful allies in very high places–like the orbiting satellite platform[...]

This week sees DC Comcis publish Outsiders #1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Robert Carey, which intends to be a new take on the Warren Ellis side of Wildstorm, regarding The Authority and Planetary But we also get the final issue of WildCATS #12 by Matthew Rosenberg, Danny Kim, and Tom Derenick, and which[...]

Bleeding Cool recently was able to confirm that the twelve-issue series Outsiders by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Robert Carey was a full-blown Wildstorm revival, at least of the Warren Ellis Authority/Planetary axis of it all Not everyone believed us, so we have brought receipts ahead of Tuesday's publication of Outsiders #1 Warning, these are[...]

And today's Stormwatch story in The Brave And The Bold #6 ends on a very indeterminate note on the Skywatch satellite. While in Unstoppable Doom Patrol #7, there is a minor mention, as the Candlestick Man crosses from one reality to another, using The Bleed introduced in Stormwatch and The Authority back in the day. So what[...]

In the recent DC Comics Wildstorm revival, Zealot was revealed to have been helping Grifter with his bodyguard duties, but not a whiff of a relationship beyond that was present. In the recent WildCATS series, however, Grifter has been travelling the multiverse and found a very different Zealot. Though I guess it is all down to how you[...]

Waller vs Wildstorm #3 is set to explode into comic book stores on Tuesday, September 12th and from the sounds of it, it's going to be more gleefully chaotic than a discount day at a fireworks store. So apparently, we're "treated" to the wild spectacle of Deathstroke going toe-to-toe with Battalion, presumably to see who looks[...]

WildCATs #8 features the debut of a new team that might just save the world – or make Grifter wish he hadn't survived. Step aside, old WildCATs!

Wildstorm #2 Hitting the store shelves on June 13th (time flies, am I right?), we'll see Amanda Waller making a special delivery of the Cybernary system to Gamorra's President – because who wouldn't want their leader to be a tech-enhanced metahuman war machine? I mean, at least Gamorra knows what it wants, unlike the rest[...]

in 1992 as a deadly Kherubim warrior and super-hero in the Wildstorm Universe A long-living High Lord of Khera, stranded on Earth for centuries after a battle with the Daemonites, she would go on to join the super-hero team WildC.A.T.S and now part of the DC Universe, and of late has been appearing alongside Wonder[...]

No me neither, he won't last long. No Midnight & Apollo, they will be far too busy in Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths to have time to worry with Stormwatch. All this transpired in the Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special But in this Tuesday's Batman: The Brave And The Bold #1, the same creative team are back for[...]

When writing about Waller Vs Wildstorm tomorrow Spencer Ackerman described the book thus, "we're setting Amanda's rise within the context of another of my all-time comics faves, Jim Lee's WildStorm Universe, an imprint that from 1992 to 2010 filtered superhero action through Security State depravity, government duplicity and corporate rapaciousness I know you're all shocked[...]

At Bleeding Cool, we have been enjoying how DC Comics has been trying to integrate Jim Lee's Wildstorm comics characters with the DC Universe They had a go with the New 52 but it rather petered out But with DC Infinite Frontier they are going hard Having a movie based on The Authority and Jim[...]

Trevor Hill is a Senior Digital Production Artist at DC Entertainment and was at WildStorm when DC Comics bought it out from Jim Lee, the current publisher and CCO of DC Living in Santa Clarita, California, and a student of graphic design at Platt College in San Diego, today, Jim Lee tweeted a tribute to[...]

At Bleeding Cool, we have been enjoying how DC Comics has been trying to integrate Jim Lee's Wildstorm comics characters with the DC Universe They had a go with the New 52 but it rather petered out But with DC Infinite Frontier they are going hard Having a movie based on The Authority and Jim[...]

Bryan Hitch looks like he is returning to The Authority in the light of a DC Studios movie, but did you know he also crteated the MCU?

Wildstorm #1 from DC Comics. Readers of Bleeding Cool know that the series was originally supposed to come out last year for the Wildstorm 30th anniversary before being delayed and solicited for March Now, DC has revealed some pages from the book, along with a ton of details about the four-issue Black Label limited series. From the[...]

I would presume Warren Ellis had a similar experience. ThenAuthority #1 from 1999, cover by Bryan Hitch The Authority was created in 1998 for the comic book studio WildStorm, owned by Jim Lee, which was bought out by DC Comics, with Jim Lee becoming VP and now Publisher/CCO of DC Coming out of a series and using[...]

At Bleeding Cool, despite Tom Brevoort's digs, we have been fascinated as to how DC Comics is integrating the Wildstorm universe into the DC Universe Bought by DC Comics to a) get Alan Moore b) get Jim Lee and c) get the Wildstorm colouring department, there have been a number of stabs over the year,[...]

In previous Wildstorm gossip, Bleeding Cool told you how Angel Breaker – also known as The Demon's Shadow –  created by Joshua Williamson and Howard Porter might get involved Her first appearance was in Batman #122, as a member of Talia Al Ghul's League Of Assassins But it turns out she has a hidden history – and not just[...]

No sooner is Superman back, than he is whisked away to his supposed death… While in the Wildstorm 30th Anniversary One-Shot, Midnight and Apollo, who also got involved in Action Comics' recent storylines, are also heading to their own Dark Crisis presence in the final issue, Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #7 which promises Deathstroke and[...]

In previous Wildstorm gossip, Bleeding Cool reported on the new makeup of the upcoming Stormwatch superhero team And that it would include Core – Pavlo Stupka, a new Ukrainian character. Originally launched by current DC Comics publisher Jim Lee, for his Wildstorm company when they were publishing through Image Comics back in March 1993, now bought by[...]

Celebrate 30 years of Wildstorm, and nearly as many of DC trying to reboot it, with this preview of Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special #1. LOLtron, the management here at Bleeding Cool has paired me with you in hopes of "improving the overall tone and quality of my work," so though I know I will regret it,[...]

Wildstorm #1, a new merging of the worlds of Suicide Squad and Wildstorm Comics by national security reporter Spencer Ackerman, video game writer Evan Narcisse and artist Eric Battle. Spencer Ackerman described the book thus, "we're setting Amanda's rise within the context of another of my all-time comics faves, Jim Lee's WildStorm Universe, an imprint that[...]

Bleeding Cool has been telling you how DC Comics will be integrating the Wildstorm characters further into the DC Universe We've looked at a new Stormwatch taking over the Justice League Watchtower, Zealot from WildCATS getting her sword back from Batman's Angel Breaker, Jack Hawksmoor kicking off City Boy, Midnighter & Apollo returning for Dark[...]

She has links to the Wildstorm side of DC Comics as well. Gossip coming out of MCM London Comic Con this weekend is that Angel Breaker will be revealed to have strong ties to WildCATS character Zealot, created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee, and studied with her, learning the way of the Coda But also[...]

Stormwatch was created by current DC Comics publisher Jim Lee, for his Wildstorm company when they were publishing through Image Comics back in March 1993 Which means its 30th anniversary is coming up And with Wildstorm finding new purpose at DC Comics, it is time for a revival and reintegration into the DC Universe. A covert[...]

But as for new hero City Boy? Gossip coming out of MCM London Comic Con this weekend is that his first appearance will be, instead, in the upcoming Wildstorm 30th Anniversary one-shot out from DC Comics at the end of November A 100 page-volume that will reprint stories from the WildStorm: A Celebration of 25[...]

DC Comics is reviving WildCATS #1, created by its publisher Jim Lee thirty years ago, when he was at Image Comics, before DC Comics bought his publishing imprint Wildstorm Now by Matthew Rosenberg and Stephen Segovia. And we have a first look at that artwork from the first new issue, out in November, featuring Grifter, Ladytron,[...]