Wild Storm #3

It's quite possible that I won't review the next issue. I feel as if I'm struggling to say any more about this series and it probably doesn't need my praise. It deserves it for sure as it is, as I said in my Deathstroke review, an extremely close second for being the best DC title published at the moment. I haven't looked at the sales, but if it's not one of their top titles then there's something very wrong with the readers of comics because this shit is golden and only getting better" which I think is platinum. The Wild Storm is platinum. Read Full Review

This issue is just the sort of gear-shift this series needed to amp up the action and the intrigue. Davis-Hunt is a star in the making with his attention to detail and organic action. Buccellato shows true innovation with impossible events occurring in a bland modern world. And goddamn, does Warren Ellis have a feel for these characters that hasnt eroded in the years that have passed. I adore this book. Read Full Review

Lately, I've been re-reading Ellis' initial run on StormWatch and, as good as that is, this blows it away. The Wild Storm is engrossingly mature – both in its portrayal of super-powered characters and the moral universe they inhabit. If that at all sounds like it might be your thing – or you have even a passing interest in the fate of characters you may have enjoyed a couple of decades ago – this book is a must-buy. It is effortlessly involving, dramatic, witty and intriguing stuff. Read Full Review

If youre a fan of these long lost characters, I think The Wild Storm #3 will give you what youre looking for. New readers, though, may have a slightly different experience. Theres a distant vision that is slowly being enacted, which is helping to build the drama and tension of this crew of characters. With that in mind, the pacing may feel slightly off in this series third issue, but theres still enough to pique curiosity. Read Full Review

Regardless, The Wild Storm continues to be an excellent book. This issue leaves me only wanting to spend more time in this world, and having to wait another month to dive back in is a little bit of a bummer. The work this team is doing feels like its on another level, in the upper echelon of comics right now. Read Full Review

The Wild Storm is a clever, engrossing update to the old Wildstorm universe, but the series has been a bit lacking when it comes to the sardonic wit Warren Ellis usually brings to his work. Luckily, that begins to change in this issue as Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt introduce Jenny Sparks into the fold. Read Full Review

Though the first two installments of this series could easily be called bland or slow-going, The Wild Storm #3 finally starts to deliver on the promise and energy we expected from an Ellis-led WildStorm reboot. The hard part is over, now it's just up to Ellis to keep delivering the kind of action and weirdness we love from his licensed work. Issue #3 also shows readers that Jon Davis-Hunt can do so much more than tense office conversations and quick bursts of sci-fi action. The Wild Storm had my curiosity before, but after #3, it finally has my full attention. Read Full Review

A healthy dose of well-scripted action makes for an exciting read, and is cool enough to make me forget the more indifferent parts of The Wild Storm. Read Full Review

Recently it's felt a bit like starting a show midseason and trying to figure out what you missed. Still, the art is great, the story is engrossing and the cliffhanger leaves you wondering what will happen next, which is an important part of a serialized story. Read Full Review

With Jenny's first appearance more of a tease than anything else, most of the comic deals with the ongoing storyline involving Angela Spica who gets two different sets of unwelcome guests in her apartment. One attempting to save her, and one attempting to take her out. Unfortunately, Angela isn't given much time to trust Grifter and his friends before the assassins from IO show up and begin shooting everything in sight. So far Angela's story hasn't brought her into Jenny's orbit… but from the tease we get here I'm guessing it won't be too long before that happens. Worth a look. Read Full Review

Iam uncertain if that is failing on the part of the writers art direction, orthe artists own storytelling abilities. Its so hard to discern when yourereading only 1/24th of the overall story. Read Full Review

Kitaru

Apr 23, 2017

My favorite issue of the week for comics and what I feel is becoming one of my favorite comics. The gradual build up of the important characters starting to meet up will create an awesome team by the end of it. I am hoping to see more characters from the past appear.

Synthozoid

May 13, 2017

Ellis makes you wait for the action, but he REALLY delivers.

Haand

Apr 20, 2017

I don't have a lot of Wildstorm background, but absolutely loved this issue. I imagine it's even more fun if you know a lot about these characters and teams. Looking forward to re-reading once more is explained.

Valiant Son

Jan 28, 2019

More action-dominated than the first two issues, but still moving the narrative on. Character development suffers a little because of the action heavy focus, and this drags it down ever so slightly from the previous standard, but this is a minor gripe, and I'm sure that if read as a trade it wouldn't be noticeable. This is an excellent series and this is a very strong issue of it.

Jack's Yattering

Apr 21, 2017

SCORE: 8.3

JAC8285

Apr 27, 2017

Where's Maul? 😛

Superior fan

Apr 19, 2017

Wildstorm is imaginative and inventive and everything else. One caveat I will make is that Ellis seems to be relying on nostalgia for his Windstorm work. Not others work mind you. He's fairly liberal with his treatment of the Wildcats, Deathblow, et al. But this book isn't aimed at 90's Windstorm fans. Its aimed at fans of the redefined Windstorm that Ellis ushered in with titles like DV8, Stormwatch, Authority, Planetary and company.

Spock's Brain

Apr 26, 2017

Good issue, as this series continues to intrigue. Jon Davis-Hunt is generally really good, but comes across as kind of stiff here in an issue dominated by action. But a worthy read.

Rick Jonez

Apr 24, 2017

It was okay. Clearly better as a long term endgame reading. And not knowing the previous incarnations would leave newer readers appreciate it less unto itself. Not really a fan of Spica yet but the rescue adventure aspect and action art was the sell.