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Title: Stormwatch: Final Orbit by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch ISBN: 1-56389-788-1 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: No sacred cows
Comment: What impressed me the most in Final Orbit is the seamless weaving in of an inter-company crossover gimmick into its continuity. In fact, its effect has very crucial repercussions in the Wildstorm Universe. I feel it's the most unexpected ending for a series (when was the last time you saw characters from another company obliterate the title group?), and even though the overall book can be improved, it's a worthy read. However, since this was the first Stormwatch book I picked up (my last one was during the Jim Lee/Brandon Choi era, so at least I was familiar with some of the characters), I share the sentiment that it would've been better if there was an idiot's guide in this TPB so it can be more accessible to the readers. Otherwise, it's good and I'm looking forward to buying more of the Stormwatch collected editions.
Rating: 1
Summary: A terrible ending for a great title.
Comment: Stormwatch was a great title that had its highs and lows. No point was lower than this insipid crossover that is responsible for killing off a group of interesting superheros in the cheapest possible way. I'm a Warren Ellis fan but this was a terrible way to end the series and launch the Authority. If a series has to end, why end it in such a weak way?
Rating: 3
Summary: Stormwatch: A disappointing finale, a necessary transition.
Comment: This comic marks the end of the Stormwatch series and the beginning of the The Authority.
Throughout it's brief, bright lifespan, Stormwatch introduced us to brand-new heroes, cut from a far different cloth than the "silver age" Supermen of yesteryear. This was an admirable attempt at bringing superheroes up to date with the global politics of today, infusing it's characters with a wry wit and a jaded outlook. No longer were superheroes going to be aloof, intervening only for the benefit of mankind against the usual cavalcade of supervillians and extiction-level events, these guys played politics and played it rough.
Of course, in retrospect, this series just seems to be a warmup to the Authority, who take the superhero-as-politico two steps further, with far more violence and in my opinion, even better stories and artwork. But Stormwatch is still a great series, well written and lavishly colored and it's diehard fans will be disappointed at the cavalier and laughably cliche way in which their favorite heroes are shuffled off the stage to make way for The Authority (A few make the cut, I won't give away who). Fans of the series should buy it for the closure it represents and use it like the bridge it was intended to be.
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Title: Authority, The: Under New Management by Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, Frank Quitely ISBN: 1563897563 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Authority, The: Transfer of Power by Mark Millar, Tom Peyer ISBN: 1401200206 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Authority, The: Relentless by Warren Ellis ISBN: 1563896613 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Authority: Earth Inferno And Other Stories by Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Chris Weston ISBN: 1563898543 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority by Mark Millar, John McCrea ISBN: 1563897695 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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