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Series · 8 books · 1993-2011

Books in series

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#1

WildC.A.T.s Compendium

1993

For millennia, a clandestine war between two alien races, the malevolent Daemonites and the aristocratic Kherubim, has been waged on Earth for control of the world. As part of that endless battle, the ancient Kherubim leader Lord Emp has recently formed a team of super-powered Kherubim/human half breeds called the WildC.A.T.S. Covertly fighting the evil extraterrestrials, this band of heroes has tirelessly stood as humankind's last defense. But when the Daemonites initiate a plan that will allow their warships to attack Earth, it appears all hope is lost. Now with Armageddon approaching, it is up to the android Spartan, the hulking Maul, the female assassin Zealot, the mercenary Grifter, the shape shifting Voodoo, the living weapon Warblade and the precognitive Void to stop the invasion and save the world.Collects issues 1-4 of Wild C.A.T.S Covert-action Teams, the team origin issues.
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#4

James Robinson's Complete WildC.A.T.s

1996

Acclaimed writer James Robinson takes on WildStorm's flagship super-team James Robinson is considered by many to one the best modern comics writers. His landmark achievement in the medium is his acclaimed run on STARMAN, which Entertainment Weekly described as “the best written super-hero in comics.” Now Robinson's defining run on WildC.A.T.s is collected into a single volume, collecting his 1990s issues, which feature the impressive art of Travis Charest and other fine artists who provide breathtaking visuals. Robinson takes over the reins as writer of WildStorm's flagship super hero team from comics legend Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA) and continues the amazing adventures of the WILDC.A.T.S while stirring up the WildStorm Universe.
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Wildcats, Vol. 1

Street Smart

2000

The Wildcats were once a team of heroes fighting against the Daemonites, an alien race bent on taking over the world. When the Daemonites were defeated, the Wildcats went their separate ways, never to see each otherAuntil now. A new menace has surfaced, a madman named Kenyan, who is trying to use the aliens' technology to become the most powerful being on the planet. Street Smart is a collection of the first six issues of Wildcats, Volume 2, and also contains various sketches and character renderings as well as variant covers for all six issues contained in the volume. All the artwork in the book is absolutely breathtaking, and while the dialog is often trite, the story moves along well enough. An entertaining read that doesn't require too much thinking.
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#8

Wildcats, Vol. 2

Vicious Circles

2001

This collection finds the Wildcats taking on a new direction as Lord Emp leaves the team for good with the remain members relocating to California.
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#9

Wildcats, Vol. 3

Serial Boxes

2001

A young serial killer named Slaughterhouse Smith sets out on a vendetta against Jacob Marlowe and anyone who shares his name, leading a bloody path toward Halo Industries in Los Angeles. A Graphic Novel. Original.
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Wildcats Version 3.0

Brand Building

2003

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Wildcats 3.0

Year Two

2011

WildStorm’s top superteam retires the tights and starts saving the world from the vantage point of high-stakes corporate activity! Jack “Spartan” Marlowe, the WildCats leader, decides that his team of superpowered allies can do more for the people of Earth by being responsible corporate citizens. He uses Void’s god-like powers to access an alien dimension to create never-failing batteries and sets out to take over the world for the greater good. Meanwhile, others on the team aren’t adjusting to the stuffy suit-and-tie lifestyle so well, as Grifter begins wishing he could go back to kicking butt.
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JLA / WildC.A.T.s

1997

Crossover between the Justice League of America of DC Comics with WildC.A.Ts, of WildStorm Comics.

Authors

Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen
Author · 4 books

Dustin Nguyen is a comic book writer/artist who has worked for DC Comics and WildStorm since 2000. He has since worked on such titles as Jet with Dan Abnett, Wildcats v3.0 with Joe Casey, Batman with Judd Winick, Manifest Eternity with Scott Lobdell, and the latest revamp of The Authority, The Authority: Revolution, with Ed Brubaker. He was the artist on a six-issue arc of Superman/Batman entitled "Torment", with writer Alan Burnett. With issue #840, Nguyen became the regular ongoing artist with writer Paul Dini on one of DC's flagship titles, Detective Comics until issue #852. He is now the ongoing artist along with Derek Fridolfs and writer Paul Dini on the series, Batman: Streets of Gotham. Photo by Luigi Novi.

Brandon Choi
Brandon Choi
Author · 3 books
Brandon Choi is an American comic book writer who wrote several titles for Wildstorm Comics with his friend Jim Lee.
Sean Phillips
Sean Phillips
Author · 7 books
Drawing comics professionally since the age of fifteen, Eisner Award-winning Sean Phillips has worked for all the major publishers. Since drawing Sleeper, Hellblazer, Batman, X-Men, Marvel Zombies, and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Sean has concentrated on creator-owned books including Criminal, Kill Or Be Killed, Incognito, Fatale and The Fade Out.
Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell
Author · 66 books

Scott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer. He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.

Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Author · 170 books

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning his American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, he has also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS. In his secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. He divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

James Robinson
Author · 70 books
James Dale Robinson is a British writer of American comic books and screenplays.
Joe Casey
Joe Casey
Author · 36 books

Librarian note: there is more than one author with this name Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe\_Casey

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