Stormwatch #1
“The Dark Side, Part One”
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist/Cover artist: Miguel Sepulveda
Colors: Allen Passalaqua
Letters: Rob Leigh
Editor: Pat McCallum
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $2.99 US
You never know what you’re going to find from one of these inaugural New 52 titles to the next. Some pick up where DC left off before the relaunch, and others feature complete reboots. Stormwatch falls into the latter category. Still, writer Paul Cornell keeps where the property came from in mind. He’s got an unenviable task, competing against the landmark Stormwatch v.1 run by Warren Ellis and Tom Raney, not to mention the heralded runs on The Authority by Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. Cornell certainly captures the spirit of those comics, but some of his efforts to offer an accessible introduction to the retooled concept are clunky. Still, the big ideas that serve as the foundation for the first story arc are worthy of those old Stormwatch/Authority comics, enough to satisfy old fans and more than enough to impress new readers. Miguel Sepulveda is an up-and-coming talent, and this represents the best work I’ve seen from him thus far. He’s not Hitch or Quitely, but he does capture the edgy tone necessary for to make the adventures of these extreme characters and concepts work.
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