Great interview with Jim Starlin, incoming writer on DC’s Stormwatch. Surprisingly honest too - “DC editorial pretty universally thought Stormwatch wasn’t working out.”
Unusual but pleasant to see blunt honesty in comics-related journalism.
Yeah, he was incredibly candid, and I appreciated that. No spin, just ‘it wasn’t working out, we’re trying to fix it’
Also some interesting revelations. From the sounds of it, it really is a total reboot, where it’s actually retconning past events. From the solicits, I thought it was kind of a half-reboot, with no retcon, just the current team getting lost in another dimension and their alternates taking their place. This makes it sound like it’s more of a warping of reality, similar to what Pandora did, but on a smaller scale. Though they both have a similar end result, this is even riskier, imo, because it’s harder to go back if THIS doesn’t work out, and will anger the fans who actually liked the earlier Stormwatch issues more, since those events are being erased from continuity. But on the other hand, it means they can still have a connection to the larger DCU as a whole. He SAID they were still secretive, but on the other hand, you have Storm Control *cough*Bendix*cough* wearing an ARGUS helmet, so… (of course, that just makes sense. With all of Stormwatch’s eye/watching imagery, a connection with ARGUS, an organization with a eye logo and named after a figure in Greek myth with a thousand eyes, would make complete sense)
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