STORMWATCH VOLUME 1 TRADE PAPERBACK
Adam One is the current leader of Stormwatch and was born at the birth of the universe and is aging backwards.
Harry Tanner interfaces with the moon, takes all of its knowledge, and finally kills it. The moon responds by attacking the Earth with meteors while one turns into a monster on impact so the Earth would be prepared to face something even greater.
Martian Manhunter recruits both Apollo and Midnighter into Stormwatch as Apollo heads into space to stop the meteors. Jack Hawksmoor talks to various cities including Metropolis, Paris , and Gotham to find out of the hidden city called Alba Umbra within Colorado Colorado
A great start however Paul Cornell is leaving after the first arc with Paul Jerkins coming onboard for two issues before Peter Milligan takes over. Seems very clear DC Comics did not have a long term strategy for this series after after the first 8 issues.
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- The Projectionist stops media coverage of the alien in terrorizing Colorado
- The monster absorbs everyone’s powers and leaving Midnighter to fight them all
- Apollo comes back to Earth after destroying the lunar meteors
- Apollo saves the Stormwatch heroes as Jack Hawksmoor wakes Alba Umbra
- After the monster is stopped the team faces the Stormwatch Shadow Cabinet
- Adam is taken to the Shadow Cabinet realm for failing Stormwatch on the field
- The Projectionist Adele Benson is chosen by the Shadow Cabinet to lead
- The Swordsman attempts to steal data from Stormwatch and kill Midnighter
- Swordsman reveals something is heading towards Earth from his interface with the moon
- Swordsman uses the alien horn to destroy Stormwatch HQ and the people inside
- The Stormwatch HQ is a Daemonite ship with a Daemonite A.I in control
- The Engineer is elected as the new leader of Stormwatch
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT – 3 OUT OF 5
