I was on the fence about getting into this. I love the WildC.A.T.S characters, but, honestly, their back story has never done much for me. What sold me on giving it a shot was Matthew Rosenberg who has really impressed me with his work on the current Joker series (especially those back-up stories). I said to myself, āAlright, letās see if he can make this work.ā The results from issue #1 are sort of mixed.
Letās start with the things I liked. As I mentioned, I never much cared for the back story behind the WildC.A.T.S and felt that itās an even harder sell working it into the context of the larger DCU. I like how Rosenberg plays with that here. Grifter tells the original back story along with some other DCU tall-tales to see if he can get anyone to believe them. That was a nice touch and an interesting way to play with the convoluted history of the team. I also enjoyed how Fairchild was worked into the group. Iām not 100% sold on her new character design, but I like seeing her there and how her powers were portrayed. Sheās like an old cell phone that canāt hold a battery charge. Itās impressive but not perfect. Thatās what I imagine super powers as a capitalist enterprise would look like.
However, thereās still a major problem here and thatās: Thereās really not enough from this to convince anyone to get into it unless they are already familiar with the team. The way Rosenberg played with the back story was clever, but it delays an actual back story being put in place for the team. There isnāt a clear idea of what is going on and why itās happening in the first issue. Iām expecting that will become clearer over time, but, for now, Iām not sure how Iād sell this series to anyone who isnāt already familiar with the team. Thereās no hook yet.
So, yeah, I have mixed feelings on issue #1. There was some cool stuff there, but, at present, it kind of feels like most other WildC.A.T.S eras: The characters are really cool and charming but thereās still not enough beyond that. Like I said, though, Iām really impressed by Rosenberg and will stay with it.
looks like wildcats is sort of like the old justice league task force. stormwatch seems to be similar to wildcats. Lots of old wildstorm characters are being used again. Wildstorm probably has more than 100 characters that can be used.
Usually busy fixing minor color errors in cover art of teams. To learn about characters, I sometimes read the dc wiki. Recently, I learned how to use the gimp paint smudge.
1993 nov wildcats by j scott campbell:
Iām personally am annoyed by the change to her character. Why they make her a actual child instead of the college bombshell she was in the original and have her hang with her other gen-13 friends.
Honestly while not a life long fan of the classic wildstorm universe Iām not sure if Rosenberg is selling me on the characters at all as I feel more nostalgic to the Ellis Wildstorm series and that was meant to be a retelling.
There was a time when dc wanted to do a gen 13 title that included conner kent and they even showed a sort of preview but that gen 13 title never came out. Dc could try to use gen 13 to compete with those x people.
Theyāre similar in the way that they are both superhero black ops teams. However, there is one major difference between WildC.A.T.S and the first incarnation of Stromwatch. Stormwatch were a global peacekeeping force with ties to the United Nations, so sanctioned by a global political organization. WildC.A.T.S were more like a private security force of the Halo Corporation. One was a U.N. peacekeeping force while the other was like Blackwater.
If you mean that they may use this WildC.A.T.S team as a way of bringing different Wildstorm characters in and out of the group thenā¦ maybe! It looks like it could go that way based on the end of issue #2. However, that could also just be a public misdirection by Marlowe.
Eh. There was a way in which the original character design for Fairchild was a bitā¦ exploitive. I think that, in the year 2022, itās good that they are not sticking to that. However, I think they couldāve kept the hair and the classic costume colors which wouldāve given her that more nostalgic feel. Iām also not crazy about the cargo pants, but to each their ownā¦
I dig cargo pants, so if Caitlin wants to rock 'em, more power to her.
I havenāt read #2 yet (Iām spending too much time admiring Ben Oliverās groovy take on Zealot, you see), but its up next in this weekās āTo Readā stack.
Iāve been getting the B covers for each issue, so far.
Hard not to when #1 was by Jim Lee, #2 features Zealot looking wicked-spiffy and #3 features her looking even spiffier and alongside Ladytron, as theyāre wearing rad Harley and Ivy tees.