History ComicBook / StormwatchPHD

* MakeMeWannaShout: Amadeus.

The 2007 iteration of ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' created by Christos Gage and (mostly) drawn by Doug Mahnke, ''Stormwatch PHD'' emerged from the [[CrisisCrossover line-wide event]] known as Worldstorm. Part of the fallout was that the UN-sponsored Stormwatch Prime could no longer afford to be profligate with their funding. Then [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Jackson King]], Weatherman of Stormwatch Prime, has a brainwave. He introduced PHD (Post-Human Division) with a mission statement of street-level Stormwatch ops on the cheap, crewed (for the most part) by people who would normally be support staff. Technically the series lasted for 24 issues (January, 2007-January, 2010), but it was retooled into effectively a different book after issue #12, due to [[AfterTheEnd Worlds' End]], another line-wide event.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Jackson King.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The Cooler.

* BackFromTheDead: In Issue #5, Jackson reveals that Fahrenheit, Hellstrike, and Fuji, who had all been killed off in ''ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm'', were successfully revived after the new Doctor restored Winter.

* BackFromTheDead: In Issue #5, Jackson reveals that Fahrenheit, Hellstrike, and Fuji, who had all been killed off in ''ComicBook/WildCATs'', were successfully revived after the new Doctor restored Winter.

* HardHead: Incredibly averted. Farenheit starts the series with no powers thanks to a concussion. Although she regains her powers, they're not as strong or precise as they once were. On a smaller note, Gorgeous gets a concussion later in the series. Though she survives, it's treated as something very serious in-universe (just as it is in real life).

* BadassGrandpa: Slaughterhouse Smith, a superpowered crimelord, woke up from a coma he's been in since the [[TheSixties 1960s]] and kicks everyone's ass while griping about how much better music and girls were in his day.

* TheEighties: Invoked in-universe. The tenth issue starts off with an investigation on the deaths of the members of Stormwatch Black, a team from the 1980s including Ebony and Ivory, Urban Cowboy, Deathrace, Flygirl, Ghetto Blaster, and New Romantic. New Romantic's the only surviving member.

* TheVamp: Wanda Durst is this, using mind games and sex to get her way with others. However, she does have an honorable side that means she always keeps her promises (i.e. Having sex with Dr. Shaw during a deal despite the fact it was only to get him to attack some enemies.)

'''The Machinist/Dino Manolis''' -- ex-supervillain, low-budget high-effect gagdeteer of no small ability. Too bad he's potbellied, has a Ron Jeremy back and lives with his mother. Answers to whoever squeezes his balls the tightest.

Oh yeah, and Jackson King is their Augustus Gibbons. Having paid several prices -- small and large alike -- for the privilege of putting boot to ass for his planet, he conceived the PHD concept and recruited the team. Ultimately, he plans to have a PHD unit -- cheap, effective, human -- in every state.

* BadassGrandpa: Slaughterhouse Smith, a superpowered crimelord woke up from a coma he's been in since the [[TheSixties 1960s]] and kicks everyone's ass while griping about how much better music and girls were in his day.

* AbusiveParents: Paris' childhood. Saying more would be a spoiler but ''damn''.

* AstralProjection GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: Jeremiah, Black Betty's mentor]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Paris' metier.

* BroughtDownToNormal / BroughtDownToBadass: Fahrenheit loses her pyrokinetic powers to brain damage rather than outright power suppression. As a result, she retains the mildly enhanced healing and durability that all [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual SPBs]] possess.

* DarkMistress / HotConsort: Lady Decadence, to Lord Defile.
* DysfunctionJunction / HiddenDepths: Though they appear mostly stable at first, it's revealed nearly all of them have severe issues.

* FlawExploitation: Paris' speciality.

* HappilyMarried: Ebony and Ivory, two retired Stormwatch members from the 1980s who are killed in issue 10.

* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: Jackson King assures Fahrenheit that her actions were the result of Defile messing with her mind and she's not to blame for betraying the team. However, it turns out Jackson was lying. She knew what she was doing, but Jackson realizes Fahrenheit should've received therapy for her PTSD and that she still needs it, and that at the end of the day she helped defeat Defile and his men and no one got killed.]]
* MrFixit / GadgeteerGenius: Dino Manolis is the low-budget version. Can turn your Discman into a laser weapon but probably can't build you a teleporter.
** He also can't genuinely create anything, just improve on someone else's ideas and creations.
* PerkyGoth: Black Betty all the way.

* PlayingWithFire / AnIcePerson: Fahrenheit and The Cooler had a bit of a rivalry going.

* {{Telekinesis}}/{{Telepathy}} - Jackson King.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: In the fourth issue Gorgeous, Fahrenheit, and Betty encounter two {{Jerkass}} members of "Team Xtreme," a super group which fights crime with super-powered skateboards and motorcross gear.

* FemmeFatale: Gorgeous has shades of this, along with TheVamp.

The 2007 iteration of ''ComicBook/StormWatch'' created by Christos Gage and (mostly) drawn by Doug Mahnke, ''Stormwatch PHD'' emerged from the [[CrisisCrossover line-wide event]] known as Worldstorm. Part of the fallout was that the UN-sponsored Stormwatch Prime could no longer afford to be profligate with their funding. Then [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Jackson King]], Weatherman of Stormwatch Prime, has a brainwave. He introduced PHD (Post-Human Division) with a mission statement of street-level Stormwatch ops on the cheap, crewed (for the most part) by people who would normally be support staff. Technically the series lasted for 24 issues (January, 2007-January, 2010), but it was retooled into effectively a different book after issue #12, due to [[AfterTheEnd Worlds' End]], another line-wide event.

'''Liam Mendoza aka Callsign Paris''' -- Iliad, not Hilton; otherwise deceptively boring. Late of Stormforce (the special ops army StormWatch ''used'' to have), Paris is a specialist in counter-SPB close-quarters-combat (much like Jukko Hamalainen of Team Achilles.) He has a phenomenal talent for spotting vulnerability in opponents, be it in anatomy or in fighting style.

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!!This comic book series provides examples of:

* AstralProjection gone HorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: Jeremiah, Black Betty's mentor]]

The 2007 iteration of ''ComicBook/StormWatch'' created by Christos Gage and (mostly) drawn by Doug Mahnke, ''Stormwatch PHD'' emerged from the [[CrisisCrossover line-wide event]] known as Worldstorm. Part of the fallout was that the UN-sponsored Stormwatch Prime could no longer afford to be profligate with their funding. Then [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Jackson King]], Weatherman of Stormwatch Prime, has a brainwave. He introduced PHD (Post-Human Division) with a mission statement of street-level Stormwatch ops on the cheap, crewed (for the most part) by people who would normally be support staff. The series lasted for 24 issues (January, 2007-January, 2010).

* StraightGay: The New Romantic. His father was the original Romantic back in the forties, but added the New Wave motif to his costume since it was TheEighties. He also notes the irony of his pheromone manipulation working only on women while he's gay. Betty and Fahrenheit both mention after they finish questioning him how badly they had to fight back the urge to have sex with him right there.

* StraightGay: The New Wave Romantic. His father was the original Romantic back in the forties, but added the New Wave motif to his costume since it was TheEighties. He also notes the irony of his pheromone manipulation working only on women while he's gay. Betty and Fahrenheit both mention after they finish questioning him how badly they had to fight back the urge to have sex with him right there.

* HardHead: Incredibly averted. Farenheit starts the series with no powers thanks to a concussion. Although she regains her powers, they're not as strong or precise as they once were. On a smaller note, Gorgeous gets a concussion later in the series. Though she survives, it's treated as something very serious in-universe (just as it is in real life).