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Review – Wildcats Version 3.0 Year Two

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Brett

I never really got the original Wildcats series, I remember it being kinetic and all over the place, but the art and characters were pretty cool. With that being said, I was skeptical when I received Wildcats Version 3.0 Year One in the mail a few months ago. I was blown away. Here was a brilliant mix of the traditional action comic book, but also a mix of political and corporate intrigue.

The second trade paperback of the series, Wildcats version 3.0 Year Two, picks up where the first left off. However, it dives a lot more into the Wildcats lore with a pretty hefty side story featuring the Coda. It’s an ok side story, but the main focus is the political and corporate storyline. Jack Marlowe continues to build the Halo corporation. They have now moved into the automotive and entertainment sectors.

What’s fascinating is the political aspect of the book. What would happen if someone presented the ultimate solution to energy that occurs in this book? Corporate and oil interests would of course flex their political muscle. Washington would do everything they could to shut it down. As rightfully pointed out in this comic series, an unlimited source of energy that’s able to power everything would fundamentally change the world and nations would rise and fall.

But, there’s a subtler theme about corporate altruism. Can any corporation really be out for the greater good? Is it possible with so many people they need to support? Or the investors or stock holders that need to be kept happy? It’s an interesting question and one I’m hoping the next volume looks at even more.

These first two volumes have it all, they’re both an absolute buy.

Around the Tubes

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Brett

Convention season has kicked off with the end of the Emerald City Comicon. Now the focus is on C2E2 and already hints of announcements coming from there. As always, we can’t get to every story, but here’s what other sites thought would be good to cover.

Around the Blogs:

Comics Beat – DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: January 2011 – It’s DC’s January sales breakdown.

Bleeding Cool – DC Gold And Silver Jewelery From Down Under – I’m tempted to grab one of those Green Lantern rings.

USA Today – First Look: Super-creators pair up for ‘The Infinite’ – Liefeld and Kirkman together on a comic. Should be pretty interesting.

Dread Central – Exclusive: Andrew Lincoln Talks The Walking Dead – Is the second season here yet?

Bleeding Cool – Marvel Sold Separate Film Licenses For Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man Because Licensing Department Thought They Were Two Separate Characters? – The headline pretty much sums that one up.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Cartoon World – Batman: The Cult

SciFiChick – Cowboys & Aliens

Blogomatic 3000 – Fables Vol. 14 – Witches

Blog Critics – Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Blogomatic 3000 – Sweet Tooth Vol. 2 – In Captivity

Comics Alliance – Wildcats 3.0

Review – Wildcats Version 3.0 Year One

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Brett

I remember when Wildcats first came out so many years ago. It feels like a decade since the last issue of the series I read (and wasn’t much of a fan of). It actually might be a decade come to think of it. But this latest version of Wildcats I can get behind. Wildcats Version 3.0 Year One takes the super hero comic and brings a hell of a new twist.

Spartan decides it’s time to hang up the tights and do some real good as members of corporate America. With gun-slinging Grifter by his side and a host of new recruits, he aims to tap a source of unlimited power and disperse it to the masses.

The Wildcats go from super-heroes to corporate gangsters in Year One of this beloved and critically celebrated series.

From what I remember of the series it was a lot of folks in spandex fighting aliens, most of it pretty typical and not really a whole lot of originality. But, this third version of the series is beyond original. Gone is the spandex, instead we have corporate raiders and Machiavellian machinations.

Do you want folks running around shooting big guns and women in skimpy outfits? That’s there two, but there’s a lot more going on. Along with guns blazing we have talks of mergers and stock holder meetings.

This is comics for adults and with the recent axing of Wildstorm by DC, I’m hoping a still get a chance to read the second volume in 2011. But, for what it’s worth volume one is still very much worth the read.