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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,[...]

#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, it will be accompanied by a four-issue mini-series Waller vs Wildstorm by Spencer Ackerman, Evan Narcisse and Eric Battles on the 15th of November[...]

Scott Campbell from Aegis Entertainment/WildStorm Productions, published by Image Comics It was bought by DC Comics along with the rest of Jim Lee's WildStorm line Each member of the original team, Caitlin Fairchild, Roxy Spaulding, Grunge, Burnout, and Threshold, later joined by Sarah Rainmaker, was a child of a member of other WildStorm characters, Team[...]

DC Comics has had a mixed bag of reintroducing the WildStorm comic book creations that it owns after buying them lock, stock from current DC Comics publisher Jim Lee Now WildStorm comic were known for a lot of things, but one thing was that they were often rather late Well, with Superman Vs Lobo #3[...]

Why hasn't DC Comics revived Gen-13? Created by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi, and J Scott Campbell for WildStorm Comics back in 1994, it teamed a bunch of super-powered and irresponsible teenagers, Caitlin Fairchild, Burnout, Freefall, Grunge, and Rainmaker had mixed ethnicity and sexual orientation, and was the best-selling comic book in the direct market for[...]

And of those eight, three were from WildStorm, one from the DCU, and none from Vertigo editorial. As posted by former DC Comics Executive Editor, and now Special Projects Editor at IDW, Scott Dunbier to Facebook The DC Comics Staff Phone Listing Of 2002 And no, none of the phone numbers work anymore Indeed, hardly anyone[...]

Bleeding Cool has been fascinated by DC Comics' attempts to integrate WildStorm comic book characters into the DC Universe First with the DC New 52 and the likes of Stormwatch, or more recently with Grifter and Zealot in Batman Urban Legends, and Midnighter and Apollo in the Superman books Superman And The Authority #2 was[...]

And yes, it is all Amanda Waller's fault. And so Clark Kent's explanations to Jonathan Kent as why he does what he does – or doesn't do what he doesn't do… …might not stand up to his own actions in front of his son. Could one have inspired the other? As Jonathan Kent catches the latest news about[...]

This is a Wildstorm concept, and with the inclusion of Henry Bendix (a major WS villain) and obviously The Authority, it wouldn't at all be a stretch to include this concept The most notable Century Baby is the former leader of The Authority, Jenny Sparks She's notably absent from Morrison's take, and has been replaced[...]

Spoiler time! You have been warned! In Batman: Urban Legends #6, Zealot returns… properly The Batman anthology series Batman: Urban Legends has been telling stories of Grifter, the Jim Lee, and Brandon Choi-created character from WildCATS, who was reintroduced to the DC Universe in the Batman comic book. DC Comics has teased several other WildStorm characters arriving in the DC Universe[...]

Will Return (Spoilers) The Wildstorm characters, initially created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, were bought by DC when they bought the Wildstorm Studios And now that Jim Lee is the Publisher and CCO of DC Comics, there's a little more openness to using WildStorm and WildCATS characters We have has quite a few mentions of Apollo and Midnighter in the[...]

Bleeding Cool has been covering the return of Wildstorm characters to the DC Universe after Rebirth The Wildstorm characters, initially created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, were bought by DC when they bought the Wildstorm Studios And now that Jim Lee is the Publisher and CCO of DC Comics, there's a little more openness to using WildStorm[...]

We've been looking at the 2021 June 17 - 19 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #7244 auction from Heritage, which may be their most significant

DC Comics has teased several other WildStorm characters arriving in the DC Universe Still, their August solicitations promised Zealot, taking over the Grifter feature in Batman: Urban Legends in August with issue 6 Being sent by the HALO Corporation, of which we have heard a little of late With a mission to take out Maxwell Lord,[...]

DC Comics has teased a number of other WildStorm characters arriving in the DC Universe, but this one is a bolt from the blue, Zealot, taking over the Grifter feature in Batman: Urban Legends in August with issue 6 Being sent by the HALO Corporation, of which we have heard a little of late With[...]

Back in September, Bleeding Cool got the rumour that many more WildStorm characters would be returning to the DC Universe The line of comics created and published by Jim Lee were bought out by DC Comics a couple of decades ago, and with Jim Lee now sole DC Publisher, it has seemed a fine time[...]

Over a month ago, we looked at the rumour that there was a lot more Wildstorm Universe coming back to DC Comics to join Grifter, Midnighter, Apollo and mentions of Halo. The WildCATS characters created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi were brought by DC when they bought the Wildstorm Studios[...]

Whether that's X-Men, Wildstorm & Gina Carano, or more, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: X-Men, Wildstorm and Gina Carano – the ten most-read stories yesterday… The world keeps turning, and America[...]

It's WildStorm time! Grifter has recently arrived with aplomb in the DC Comics Universe, as a mercenary for hire, employed as a bodyguard by Lucius Fox and at odds with Batman The WildCATS characters created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi were brought by DC when they bought the Wildstorm Studios And now that Jim[...]

And we begin with The Authority. Created in 1999 for DC/Wildstorm by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, The Authority superhero comic changed everything It was a bold widescreen approach to superheroes that directly influenced the likes of New X-Men and The Ultimates And they would go on to inspire the Marvel Cinematic Universe style of storytelling[...]

Once upon a time, Scott Dunbier was EIC of WildStorm, which was bought by DC Comics And Scott Dunbier was the point man for publishing Alan Moore's ABC line of comic books, including Top Ten, Tomorrow Stories, Tom Strong, Promethea and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Then Scott Dunbier was fired over the breakdown regarding the[...]

A month ago, Bleeding Cool told you what we thought was going down with Wildstorm and DC Comics Looks like we were right on the money We stated; DC Comics solicitations have highlighted the appearance of WildStorm's Grifter in Batman #101, the comic continuing directly after The Joker War, a character created by DC publisher and CCO Jim[...]

DC Comics solicitations have highlighted the appearance of WildStorm's Grifter in Batman #101, the comic continuing directly after The Joker War, a character created by DC publisher and CCO Jim Lee But it's not alone During his DC Fandome addresses, Jim Lee stated that WildStorm characters would be returning to the DC Universe in 2021[...]

Before that, however, in the late 80's he was the white-hot X-Men artist who helped form Image Comics with his creator-owned series WildC.A.T.S.  Now Jim Lee's corner of Image Comics, WildStorm, was sold to DC Comics in 1998 when he went to work for them Throughout that time, DC has tried many, many, many different[...]