History ComicBook / StormWatch

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm, complete with original logo. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, the Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permanent Starlin intends the changes to be (especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".) Unfortunately, the re-reboot didn't seem to succeed in winning new readers, and DC cancelled the Stormwatch series. But not before the very last issue [[BeyondTheImpossible re-re-rebooted]] Stormwatch ''back'' to the #1-18 continuity.

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm, complete with original logo. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, the Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permanent Starlin intends the changes to be (especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".) Unfortunately, the re-reboot didn't seem to succeed in winning new readers, and DC cancelled the Stormwatch series. But not before the very last issue [[BeyondTheImpossible ''re''-re-rebooted]] Stormwatch back to the #1-18 continuity.

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm, complete with original logo. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, the Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permenant Starlin intends the changes to be (especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".) Unfortunately, the re-reboot didn't seem to succeed in winning new readers, and DC has announced that they will be cancelling the New 52 Stormwatch series.

The comics follow the titular Stormwatch, a fictional United Nations-sponsored superhero team in the Wildstorm Universe (originally the Image Universe). Unlike traditional superteams, they receive assignments from the United Nations; the leadership of a UN member nation has to issue a formal request for Stormwatch to act. Once called, they partake in various endeavors, such as foiling terrorist plots, preventing national disturbances or thwarting aspiring super-villains.

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm, complete with original logo. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permenant Starlin intends the changes to be. (Especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".)
Unfortunaly, the re-reboot didn't seem to succeed in winning new readers, and DC has announced that they will be cancelling the New 52 Stormwatch series.

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm, complete with original logo. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permenant Starlin intends the changes to be. (Especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".) Unfortunaly, the re-reboot didn't seem to succeed in winning new readers, and DC has announced that they will be cancelling the New 52 Stormwatch series.

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As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm, complete with original logo. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permenant Starlin intends the changes to be. (Especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".)

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Citizen Soldier.

* PowersAsThePlotDemands: Jenny Quantum's powers are... vague. She doesn't actually really know what she can do, or how she does it, and neither does anyone else. It seemed to generally be "If she needs to be able to do this at the moment, then that's what her powers can do."

* RetrauxFlashback: Jenny Sparks' flashbacks to earlier in her life are drawn in period-appropriate styles (homages to influential series like ''DanDare'' or ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'').

* EvilStoleMyFaith: One of the story beats in WarrenEllis's run,'' which carried over into ''TheAuthority'' a few years later, was that God does not exist. The Doctor mentions it offhandedly in Ellis's final arc, and earlier, a "villain" called the Eidolon had come back from beyond the grave to try to convince people to make the most of their lives.

* FullFrontalAssault: Father, a NietzscheWannabe cyborg who was the first villian of Ellis's run.

* SkyPirate: In ''[[JonahHex All Star Western]]'' #17, Jenny Freedom of the 19th Century Stormwatch clashes with Smokestack Jack; SteamPunk anarchist MadScientist based on a CoolAirship.

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permenant Starlin intends the changes to be. (Especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and ''All-Star Western'''s "19th Century Stormwatch".)

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced. Since the first storyline is "Something's happened to Stormwatch history; we need to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong", it remains to be seen how permenant Starlin intends the changes to be. (Especially given that the new set up contradicts ''Demon Knights'' and the ''19th Century Stormwatch'' in ''All-Star Western''.)

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly rejoiced.

** To give some context: Battalion goes from carrying guns and having some telepathy to [[OneManArmy taking out thousands of marauding mutants with little assistance]]. Fuji goes from being TheBigGuy to someone who could use his powers to save the entirety of Stormwatch even as their disintegrating space station fell from orbit. And finally Winter went from BadassAbnormal to, well, a Badass Abnormal who drove the vampire race to extinction within an hour of encountering them.

* ThereIsNoGod: One of the story beats in WarrenEllis's run,'' which carried over into ''TheAuthority'' a few years later, was that God does not exist. The Doctor mentions it offhandedly in Ellis's final arc, and earlier, a "villain" called the Eidolon had come back from beyond the grave to try to convince people to make the most of their lives.

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoiced]].

As of issue 19, after the first try proved to not be as successful as DC had hoped, it got [[ContinuityReboot re-rebooted]], with writer Jim Starlin initiating a massive {{retcon}}, taking things back to something more similar to how they were in Wildstorm. Previous stories were largely erased, Apollo and Midnighter went back to their old costumes, The Bleed was re-introduced, going back to Skywatch as their base of operations, introducing more classic Stormwatch characters like Hellstrike and Fuji. Though some elements of Cornell's set up remained, such as the Shadow Lords, it is pretty much a complete fresh start. The change resulted in a BrokenBase. Fans of the first 18 issues were NOT pleased with the change, due to it erasing events from {{continuity}} and heading in a whole new direction, while fans of the Wildstorm incarnation mostly [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoiced]].

The third, going back to simply ''Stormwatch'' again, is by Creator/PaulCornell and incorporates the team into Franchise/TheDCU as part of DC's line-wide relaunch in 2011 (the "{{New 52}}" or the "[[FanNickname DCnU]]"). This version has aspects of both ''The Authority'' and MilestoneComics' ''Shadow Cabinet'': Stormwatch is a covert organization of superhumans that has been protecting the Earth from within the shadows for centuries, and they regard themselves as the "professionals" compared to Franchise/{{Superman}} and the new wave of "superheroes" he inspired. The MartianManhunter was a member of Stormwatch this time around, after an offscreen period serving with the [[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] that ended badly. He summed up the difference between the groups by saying that when he's with the League he's [[TheCape a hero]], and when he's with Stormwatch he's [[ShootTheDog a soldier]].

''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' is a series originally created by JimLee for Creator/ImageComics in 1993, though the series later moved to [[Creator/{{Wildstorm}} Wildstorm Productions]] with Creator/WarrenEllis taking over writing duties in 1996.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Almost everyone who doesn't join TheAuthority in the ''{{WildCATs}}[=/=]{{Aliens}}'' crossover.

* NighInvulnerable: Flint is an exceptional case. So far, the only thing that has ''ever'' injured her is [[Film/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] blood. She ''still has the scars''. The High, being a Superman Expy, is of course even more so.