StormwatchWildstorm. Issues before Warren Ellis took over have not been traded. |
| Volume 1 |
| Wildstorm Rising (22; w Ron Marz; a Renato Arlem). For full contents, see Wildstorm Crossovers page. |
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Lightning Strikes (43-47; w Warren Ellis; a Tom Raney & Randy Elliot,
with Jim Lee & Richard Bennett). [From DC Comics:
Collecting five issues, this book showcases both the individual personalities
and abilities of Stormwatch as well as their intricate team dynamic. In
solo adventures, Jack Hawksmoor contends with a horrific murder, Battalion
faces off against a racist militia group, and Jenny Sparks must triumph
over different incarnations of evil throughout her lifetime. The StormWatch
team must also unite and combine all of their abilities and experience to
defeat a destructive Daemonite being.] |
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Change or Die (48-50; w Warren Ellis; a Tom Raney & Randy Elliot).
[From DC Comics: The High, a legendary hero from centuries ago, returns
to Earth with a new super-human team and a lethal mission, the rebirth of
humanity. Believing that the world's worst enemy is itself, the only thing
between this supremely powerful being and his goal, is StormWatch, the United
Nations' International intervention team. As StormWatch goes to battle with
the fate of the world in the balance, they find themselves out powered,
overmatched and in dire straits.] |
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3 Change or Die (Preview, 1-3; w Warren Ellis; a Oscar Jiminez, Michael Ryan). [See above.] |
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A Finer World (4-9; w Warren Ellis; a Bryan Hitch & Paul Neary).
[From DC Comics: Led by a new and saner Weatherman, StormWatch stumble
upon two incredibly powered super-beings who have been presumed dead by
the world for years. The lone survivors of a fateful mission, Apollo and
the Midnighter have worked in secrecy to expose the events which destroyed
their lives. Now as StormWatch and the fallen heroes race towards a similar
goal, the invaluable resource known as the Nevada Garden, the super-group
must determine if Apollo and the Midnighter are threats or allies.]
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Final Orbit (10-11, WildCATS/Aliens; w Warren Ellis; a various).
[From DC Comics: This trade paperback chronicles the final chapter
in the world of the super-hero team known as StormWatch and plants the seeds
for the birth of their successors, the Authority. Based on the popular characters
from the Sigourney Weaver movies, the Aliens have selected Earth as their
next target. As they infest the planet, the WILDC.A.T.S team is quickly
deployed to stop this alien invasion. But caught unaware on their orbiting
SkyWatch headquarters, several members of the StormWatch team are massacred
by the Aliens. Back on Earth, the WILDC.A.T.S fight to avenge their fallen
comrades and save Earth from Alien infestation.] Old Book of the
Week 1/26/05: [Brian Bendis, eat your heart outWarren
Ellis wrote the book on how to disassemble a super-hero team. Violently.
Very violently! OK, so Stormwatch didn't have the same nostalgic love that
fandom had for the Avengers. But Ellis made up for it with sheer mayhem.
It's a miracle that enough of the team survived to become The Authority!] |
| (becomes The Authority) |
| Volume 3: Team Achilles |
| In the aftermath of The Authority vol. 1, a completely revamped Stormwatch was launched as part of Wildstorm's Eye of the Storm imprint. In a way, Stormwatch: Team Achilles is a reaction against the ideas put forth in The Authority, who appear (in a very bad light) in issues 4-6. |
Stormwatch:
Team Achilles 1 (1-6; w Micah Ian Wright; a Whilce Portacio & Scott
Williams). [From DC Comics: The superhumans of the
world generally fight their own battles
but when things get out of
hand, humanity needs a police force to keep their powers in check. Thats
where StormWatch comes in! Written by Micah Ian Wright with art by Whilce
Portacio, Scott Williams, and Sal Regla and a cover by Portacio, STORMWATCH:
TEAM ACHILLES Volume 1 collects the first six issues of the ongoing series
plus the hard-to-find preview originally seen in the pages of Wizard! Created
and funded by the United Nations, StormWatch: Team Achilles is a group of
highly trained human operatives armed with the latest weaponry and gadgets
and given a mission: to police the worlds growing superhuman population!
Led by former Black Razor Ben Santini and featuring an international cast,
STORMWATCH: TEAM ACHILLES is hard-edged military fiction for the discriminating
reader! Dont miss this chance to see where the action started!]
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Stormwatch:
Team Achilles 2 (7-12; w Micah Ian Wright; a Whilce Portacio, C. P.
Smith & Bill Sienkiewicz). [From DC Comics: Created
and funded by the United Nations, Stormwatch: Team Achilles is a group of
highly trained human operatives armed with the latest weaponry and gadgets
and given a mission: to police the world's growing superhuman population!
STORMWATCH: TEAM ACHILLES Volume 2 is a hard-hitting trade paperback collecting
issues #7-11 of the critically acclaimed series written by Micah Ian Wright
and featuring the artistic talents of Whilce Portacio, Mark Texeira, Tomm
Coker, C.P. Smith, Sal Regla, and Bill Sienkiewicz. This volume also features
a stunning new cover by Portacio. Led by former Black Razor Ben Santini
and featuring an international cast, Volume 2 contains five gritty tales
of hard-edged military fiction with political undertones, each spotlighting
a different team member. Dont miss the introduction of slithery Senator
Sonny Terns, the tragic story of Finnish superhuman Holocaust, a guest appearance
by THE AUTHORITYs Midnighter, the return of a classic Stormwatch character,
the death of a Team Achilles team member, and much more!] |
Coup d'État (4-issue mini with issues for Authority [w Robbie Morrison; a Whilce Portacio], Sleeper [w Ed Brubaker; a Jim Lee], Stormwatch [w Micah Ian Wright; a Carlos d'Anda], and Wildcats [w Joe Casey; a Alé Garza]). [From DC Comics: Tao has tricked the U.S. government into committing an interdimensional atrocity, and only the Authority can save the planet! The crossover event that brought the Eye of the Storm universe to its knees is now available as a trade paperback that collects Coup Détat: The Authority, Coup Détat: Stormwatch, Coup Détat: Wildcats and Coup Détat: Sleeper. As an added bonus, this 112-page volume also includes pinups that appeared in Coup Détat: Afterword. When The Authority decides to take control of the situation and the world their actions send out shock waves that shake the foundation of the Eye of the Storm universe. Can Stormwatch: Team Achilles and the Wildcats coexist with the Authority under the new status quo?] |
| Volume 4: P.H.D. |
| Team Achilles was cancelled abruptly due to C.V. issues on the part of writer Micah Wright. Stormwatch: P.H.D. was launched in 2006 as part of a line-wide relaunch. |
Stormwatch: P.H.D. 1 (1-6; w Christos Gage; a Doug Mahnke, Matthew Smith). [From DC Comics: Former Weatherman Jackson King has a near impossible mission: develop new methods of superpowered-being apprehension and containment…on a shoestring budget. With a dingy office staffed with second-rate heroes and former villains, does this Post-Human Division stand a chance?] |
Stormwatch: P.H.D. 2 (7-12; w Christos Gage; a Andy Smith, Matthew Smith). [From DC Comics: In this volume, Jackson King takes his motley PHD team to pay StormWatch Prime a visit to see what they can learn from their super-powered, superstar brethren. But when a key cast member is left for dead, the PHD team must discover who is responsible. Will the investigation tear StormWatch apart from within?] 3/26/08 |