This was a free preview of the WildStorm Universe, so . . it was the right price. What can I say. I'll take anything that's free. It focus' on the team books, and I thought it was interesting that DV8 was coming back. They talk about each of the teams . . what they've been through . . where they may be heading. They talked about how they have some resets in place, in case they wanted to give up these post-Armageddon story-lines, but . . it doesn't look like they'll be using them. At least not anytime soon. WildCATS focus, it seems, will once again be on the conflict between the Kherubim and the Daemonites on Earth. Plus, now that Defile and Majestros have destroyed the Halo building, it looks like they're going to have to find a new place to live. Also, with issue #19, Adam Beechen and Tim Seeley will take over the creative chores. There's a nice picture of the team in here by Howard Porter. It looks like the Authority will continue proceeding the way they have. Hopefully Jack and Apollo will get their individual issues worked out. They're pictured in here by Drew Johnson. They'll also get new talent with Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman on issue #17, and then Al Barrionuevo takes over the art on issue #18. Gen13 looks like they'll also be getting a new creative team . . finally . . which will consist of Phil Hester and Cruddie Torian, with issue #33. Their picture in here is by Pete Woods. StormWatch has a fantastic picture in here by Carlos D'Anda. They don't have a creative change coming up, but . . at the end of the last issue we did see SkyWatch getting blown up. So their future appears to be up in the air . . literally. Then we move on to DV8. I had no clue that they'd be returning, but they say "Just prior to Armageddon, a secret warehouse was broken into where some of the Deviants were seen in cryo-stasis among hundreds of other super humans. The current status of the Deviants is unknown. For now." They don't have an issue date listed, but the creative team will consist of Brian Wood and Rebekah Isaacs. Rebekah also does the art for the team in this book. They also give us a bit of unexpected news that Tranquility will also be back. Gail Simone and Horacio Domingues will be contributing a new mini-series called Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave. It seems right now that the WildStorm Universe is split into 2 groups . . the 'Image' team books, and the franchised stuff. And of course the ton of TPBs they put out. Which recently it seems that they're responsible for reprinting the ABC Comics stuff . . Promethea, Tom Strong, etc.. In the end . . it's a good thing this was free. Actually, I would've felt cheated if I'd have even paid a quarter for it. But . . it did have a beautiful Shane Davis wrap-around cover. So I guess all is not lost.
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