Warren Ellis is hardly the type of creator to revisit his greatest hits. If anything, Ellis has a frustrating habit of dabbling in new projects and leaving well before he's explored their full potential (or even finished them, as fans of Fell and Desolation Jones will attest). So the fact that Ellis is not only returning to his familiar stomping grounds in the Wildstorm Universe, but committing to at least a two year story spanning multiple comics, is cause for excitement. And true to form, The Wild Storm doesn't read like any Wildstorm comic that's come before.
Ellis' earlier Wildstorm projects like Stormwatch and The Authority helped shape the direction of the comics industry in the aftermath of the '90s implosion. Ellis and artist Bryan Hitch basically coined the term "widescreen comics" with their epic, cinematic approach. That's not really the approach Ellis and artist Jon Davis-Hunt take here. The Wild Storm doesn't even really come across as a superhero comic at all. It's more 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. Right away, it's fun seeing Ellis streamline this eclectic universe into a leaner, meaner whole.
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