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GEN 13 #21
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Sigh. Back on the Wildstorm horse, which I’ll ride until DC gives up on it. Which’ll happen the day Jim Lee decides to head back to Marvel.
This is the one wild storm book I am not sure about. From the previews it looks like they are trying really hard to make this the cool hip book, weak.
Pulled, but then put back. Wildstorm is just too caught up in it’s own BS. From Armageddon onwards it only made sense if you were already familiar with most of it’s main titles and while for a moment I thought this was a point for jump-ins with the long release delay I see it’s really just a continuation of Number of the Beast.
The only way this imprint will pick up new readers is if it can hault continuity long enough to let the uninitiated catch up.
I have not read Wildstorm books but I am very excited about it. I have read the new Wildcats and Authority first issues and I am really excited to see where is goes. I will pick up all 4 issues for a while and see what it is like.
@ KTHX
this IS a brand new jump on point…. the recap at the beginning had to be there to show how the world had got to this point
Yes, it was a really good issue. It was sad to see what really happened to Bobby’s eyes. It would suck if it’s permanent but at the same time would be an interesting twist for the character.
As far as being a good jumping-on point?
It depends on the person.
All of these guys who seem to give up on one issue if they don’t like it might be prone to doing so simply because they’re confused and they’ve already established a routine of doing so with first issues. So I’m not sure what to say to them.
But new readers might get into it if they understand that confusion is part of the story.
First off, we get a short scene taken from Number of the Beast that sets up why the kids get stuck in the teleporter for six months and why Bobby’s eyes are messed up. Then they emerge to face a lone surviving Ratcatcher and get a chance to fight him in a pretty decent action scene where all the kids get to showcase their powers for new readers. Then we end with the kids discovering what the world is like now…
and they’re just as confused as the reader might be. But in this case, it’s appropriate because a new reader is going to be discovering this new world along with the Gen 13 kids now. The rest of us who have been following the series will simply pick up where we left off. So all around, I think it can work as a jumping on point as long as the new reader understands that confusion is supposed to be part of the story for now and allow the story to unfold.
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http://wildstormresource.wetpaint.com/page/Gen+13+World%27s+End+%2321