This comic brings back fond memories because it was the first Jim Lee comics we bought and read after he left Marvel and yes, we missed the early issues of WildCATS and only managed to snag it in TPB when that version came out finally after a long wait ...
Anyway, while not knowing the artists involved, for us, back then, the cover was amazing because it had loads of new characters in over-the-top costumes and gadgetry and the colouring is just popping off the cover. Hence the purchase
The actual storyline isn't half-bad as well. It starts at a fast pace where we are swiftly introduced to the various members of Stormwatch from their leader, Sentinel in his weird armor uniform to Fuji the Japanese built like a mountain (not just strength does he possess which makes for a nice switch), Diva the sexy Russian (and her name tells you she has sonic powers), to the rest of the team
And the villains though not yet build up to the final momentum in this first opening issue but did quite well especially with people like Pike and you just know they are all going to clash again in the near future
What is even better is we get slice of life bits on Sentinel and his family and we found out that he had long requested for his younger brother not to follow in his footsteps by having latent powers activated. Unfortunately in this tale, such a decision was no longer possible and so ....
Buy it, read it and then re-read it again. It is a good opening issue. Although with hindsight, we can see a lot of flaws but if you take it as a comicbook meant for light entertainment, then it has done its job and makes you want to come back for issue 2 even if only for the artwork
Ratings: 5/10
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