In the early 2000s, DC purchased Wildstorm. Fire From Heaven was a company wide crossover event published by Wildstorm comics in 1996.The story ran across at least one issue of most Wildstorm titles at the time and several independent one-shots. The WildStorm universe features an interesting number of Superman analogs, with The High first appearing in the pages of StormWatch #46, which had recently been launched in a new direction by Warren Ellis.The High featured similar powers to Superman, but his ability to regenerate his body from nearly any damage puts above some of the other strength-based WildStorm heroes.
DCComics.com: Welcome to the Official Site for DC. With over 35 graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous acclaims, including winner of the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People. "It's very bittersweet," said … However, it was completely self-contained within its own story. I recommend: Planetary by Warren Ellis (seriously, if you're only going to read one other WS book, make it this one) Although this is branded under the DC imprint, the stories in this pre-date their acquisition of Wildstorm. Although it initially kept to its own separate continuity -- barring the occasional crossover guest appearance -- the WildStorm characters gradually began to be integrated into the DC Universe as the publisher reimagined its long … Fearsmiths Enemies of the paladins and Gen13, they search to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
I love Midnighter, but my only exposure to him had been through the DCYou run and the Midnighter and Apollo run that happened alongside Rebirth. "Wildstorm Universe" was also the name of one of three brands launched by Wildstorm to help differentiate their titles set in the same universe from other, separate titles. The company is known for a very 90's-style edginess with its characters, but they still published some of the finest creator-owned books of the decade. File:Grifter Wildstorm Universe 0001.jpg. History. History. Initially, the WildStorm Universe was a part of the Image Universe. Warren Ellis is a comics and graphic novel writer best known for the graphic novel series TRANSMETROPOLITAN, THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY. This page lists everything categorized with a template in the Wildstorm Universe Universe. Long story short, they got rebooted. This is Part 1 of my Chronology/Reading Order of the 13 Top Cow Universe Artifacts. Damn. Proger, Renato Arlem, Brad Vancata and Robert Jones as well as the “Synergy” back up story by Barbara Kesel and Mike Miller in issue 30.Best reading order would put the “Synergy” back up story from issue 30 as the first thing you read, followed by the rest of issue 30, then issues 31 through 33.
... Planetary was set within the Wildstorm universe, concurrently with The Authority. Wildstorm's debaucherous Gen-Active team of Deviants led by Threshold and Ivana Baiul. You can also choose where to start by reading the list below and simply picking a spot that sounds good. I found a pretty nifty reading order all the way up mid-2009 on the comicbookdb forum by user EddieHades (scroll a bit down), it lacks some of the stand alone mini series, one shots and others like Planetary, but with the complete wildstorm publishing history on the wildstorm resource wiki completing the list ought to be rather doable! Please note there is overlap, but the focus will be on events that are primarily WildStorm related, please go to the Image Universe page.