Wildstorm Redux

The new Wildstorm books launch this month (yes, I know Wetworks is on #2 - but they *mostly* launch this month). I am really looking forward to the new Authority series by Grant Morrison, along with the new WildCATS book. What I am confused about is whether or not these are continuations of the old books, or restarts? Is it Ultimates, or One Year Later? I read the new Wetworks, written by one of my favorites, Mike Carey, and the new Gen13, by Gail Simone, and the preview book WorldStorm. And now I am even more confused then ever! Wetworks seems to be a continuation of the old series, as best as I can tell having never really read more then an issue or two of it.

Gen13 is a complete restart, going back to the very beginning. In WorldStorm they preview the new StormWatch: PHD book, and that also appears to be continued from the old series, but not quite. They make mention of the character Fahrenheit, who longtime readers will remember being killed off by Aliens in WildCATS/Aliens, now in a coma with brain damage. The new Authority book has the same line up as the Ed Brubaker run, but the new Deathblow book is supposed to be a restart also. I don't care if they want to continue the old books or do a restart, I just wish it would be one or the other, not both.

-Dan