The Wild Storm Vol. 1
Published on 24. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-4012-7418-4 (ISBN)
Description
Acclaimed writer Warren Ellis reimagines the WildStorm Universe here in THE WILD STORM VOL. 1!
Grifter. Voodoo. Jenny Sparks. Zealot. The Engineer. These legendary antiheroes transformed the way superhero stories were told. Their return will rip apart the system once again. It all starts with Angela Spica, an engineer driven to the brink of death by the transhuman implants buried in her body. When she steps in to save the life of another, she will bring the storm down upon her, from the world's most lethal assassin to its most sprawling secret agency to the soldiers in its most ancient war. What mysteries bind these extraordinary individuals? What sinister forces threaten to tear them apart? What brave new universe will they forge from blood, brawn, brains and bullets?
Discover the answers in THE WILD STORM VOL. 1, a breathtaking reimagining of one of the most influential universes in the history of comics- from the creative team of Warren Ellis (THE AUTHORITY, TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and artist Jon Davis-Hunt (CLEAN ROOM)! Collects THE WILD STORM #1-6.
Grifter. Voodoo. Jenny Sparks. Zealot. The Engineer. These legendary antiheroes transformed the way superhero stories were told. Their return will rip apart the system once again. It all starts with Angela Spica, an engineer driven to the brink of death by the transhuman implants buried in her body. When she steps in to save the life of another, she will bring the storm down upon her, from the world's most lethal assassin to its most sprawling secret agency to the soldiers in its most ancient war. What mysteries bind these extraordinary individuals? What sinister forces threaten to tear them apart? What brave new universe will they forge from blood, brawn, brains and bullets?
Discover the answers in THE WILD STORM VOL. 1, a breathtaking reimagining of one of the most influential universes in the history of comics- from the creative team of Warren Ellis (THE AUTHORITY, TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and artist Jon Davis-Hunt (CLEAN ROOM)! Collects THE WILD STORM #1-6.
Reviews / Votes
"Warren Ellis is arguably the comic industry's greatest living science-fiction writer.... With its lethal, quippy protagonist, corporate espionage set-up, and well, robots, THE WILD STORM is a fine gateway drug into the Ellis oeuvre." --Paste Magazine"One of the most exciting superhero projects of this year" --A.V. Club
"In many ways, the Superhero Boom began with Ellis and Wildstorm."
--Vulture
"THE WILD STORM doesn't read like any Wildstorm comic that's come before... it's a sci-fi-flavored espionage book, one that takes a handful of familiar faces, remixes them and generally re-imagines the Wildstorm Universe to suit a more contemporary and jaded audience." --IGN
"The story is just told with scalpel-like precision and that's something of a hallmark for a good Ellis tale." --Newsarama
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4012-7418-4 (9781401274184)
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Warren Ellis is a comics and graphic novel writer best known for the graphic novel series TRANSMETROPOLITAN, THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY. With over 35 graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous acclaims, including winner of the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People. Rolling Stone described his work as, "more influenced by Jesus and Mary Chain than by the JUSTICE LEAGUE, while his characters fight for left-wing agendas over God and country, and kick puppies in the street."