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[...]
Published by WildStorm/DC in the nineties and noughties, it consisted initially of Tom Strong, Promethea, Tomorrow Stories Top 10 and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen It remains a high point of DC Comics' publishing line over the decades Until Dunbier posted it, it had never been seen publicly before So Bleeding Cool transcribed it for[...]
Scott Dunbier was the editor of Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line at WildStorm/DC Comics It wasn't the easiest of tasks In recent days, Dunbier has been sharing some of its history on social media Including encouraging people to guess who the three people who turned down drawing Promethea were, before JH Williams III accepted[...]
Dunbier was Alan Moore's editor-of-choice when at WildStorm Gen-13 is the teen superhero team created by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi, and J Scott Campbell for WildStorm.Dunbier shared with us that he was going to sit down and read it Eight years later, Dunbier is going to share the first page with us as well[...]
We even got to read part of a Namor pitch that was basically Frank Miller's Daredevil: Born Again meets The Little Mermaid, and a wild Hearts of Darkness sequel pitch that would have seen the invention of Cosmic Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange in a polyamorous relationship with Clea and Brother Voodoo, and vampire Wolverine and[...]
I have also heard rumours that we may see a more immediate independent comic book crossover including Donny Cates, other A-list creators, and a bunch of creator-owned characters, as part of an Image Comics superhero universe crossover that will also include DC's Wildstorm books Again, that is all still to come.But that hasn't stopped big[...]
He will star as Hundred, the main character of the comic who could talk to machines.The comic, which Vaughan made with artist Tony Harris, debuted in 2004, running for 50 issues under DC Comics imprint Wildstorm It centered on Mitchell Hundred, a former superhero who becomes the mayor of New York City after 9/11 Hundred[...]
Back in the late noughties, Peter Milligan wrote a comic book for WildStorm called Zombistas!, described as a zombie-story set in Mexico and California about an American company who are trying to create the perfect non-unionized labour force, talking about it saying "there's some politics in there, using the walking dead guys as a way[...]
Unless of course he is going to age even more...
Generation 4: The Flashpoint - 5 Year Time Window
Year 1 - Wildstorm Damian debuts as Robin, Dick Grayson debuts as Batman, Bruce returns, Donna Troy takes over Wonder Woman mantle, War of the Green Lanterns, Hal kills Mad GuardianYear 2 - Justice League Court Of Owls,[...]
The clock continues ticking down (a little too slowly for our liking, if we're being completely honest) to the premiere of Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic book series The Boys on July 26th. Now over the past few weeks, viewers have been treated to introductions to superhero team The Seven as well as anti-supes squad […]
Usher (Survivor’s Remorse) as The Seven member, A-Train, a superhero faster than a speeding train; Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) as The Seven member The Deep, an aquatic hero; Nathan Mitchell (iZombie) as Black Noir, a masked superhero with fighting and Set martial arts skills; and Erin Moriarty (Jessica Jones) as Starlight/Annie, a young woman who can make lightning bolts flash from[...]
Usher (Survivor’s Remorse) and Nathan Mitchell (iZombie) are set to join Jessica Jones' Erin Moriarty as leads in the streaming service's adaptation of Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson's (Happy!) comic book series.Created for series by Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and with Preacher‘s Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen set to direct, here's an overview of the comic[...]
Moritz’s studio-based Original Films.The Boys ran for 72 issues between 2008 and 2012, initially published by Wildstorm for the first six issues before moving to Dynamite Entertainment for the remainder of its run Here's a quick overview of the comic book series:
THIS IS GOING TO HURT! In a world where costumed heroes soar through the[...]
So this is a story I have been following for seventeen years, since the original publication of The Authority #13 by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely in 2000.We recently looked at the Wildstorm Oral History account of what went down in those days.John Layman: All these issues were in the pipeline including this issue where[...]
Back in July, DC Comics teased some mixing between the proper DC universe and Warren Ellis's Wildstorm universe when they revealed in a press release about the upcoming Wild Storm spinoff, Michael Cray:
Warren Ellis’ critically acclaimed relaunch of WildStorm gets its first solo spinoff series! Michael Cray, professional assassin, has been betrayed by International Operations[...]
It may not be as perfect a way to celebrate Wildstorm's 25th anniversary as being a month late.. er, two months late.. but it'll do.DC Comics announced a digital sale of Wildstorm comics to celebrate Wildstorm's 25th anniversary Starting today and running through August 29, the sale includes 200 Wildstorm issues available for just 99[...]