Not so confused anymore (Kinda)

I think I've got the new Wildstorm universe all figured out now. Maybe. I should have payed more attention to the Captain Atom series that came out earlier this year. It's not a relaunch, and it's not a restart. It's both. They literally got to pick and choose the history they wanted to keep and what they didn't. WorldStorm, aka Crisis on Yet Another Earth.

I read the new Stormwatch PHD, which I liked quite a bit, but it looks like they have thrown out a large chunk of what Ellis wrote, and then kept some of his concepts. Some good characters that he killed, like Winter and Farenheit, are alive again, and bad characters like Blademaster that he got rid of are back. They have lost their orbital headquarters, but they don't say how. Jackson King is alive and well again, apparently no worse for wear for having been killed in The Monarchy. The origin for the The Authority will have to be rewritten now though, as Jenny Sparks formed them because Stormwatch was disbanded. I hope Morrison has taken that into account.

WildCats seems to have kept much of the Joe Casey run, expanding on it even. I understand Maxine Manchester is coming back, though. That should be interesting. I also have to wonder about Zealot and Majestic, does the Mr. Majestic series from last year get counted in, our is that out on it's ear as well? The Majestic that we have seen so far is much more like the Alan Moore version. Which brings up another interesting point, is the war still on? It certainly seemed so.

The Midnighter book was decent as well, but it looks like it's going to take a couple of issues to really get going. I have faith in Ennis, but with him channeling so much genius into The Boys, how much is going to be left?

Alrighty, that's it for today. Tune in next time to find out all about my week off.


-Dan